Back doing the hexagons.

I really thought I had enough of the hexagon flowers. And in fact I do, but not enough of the pale green eau de nil. I found a strip to make just enough more of them.
I have a beam compass but the chaos of the studio meant I could not find the beam. Two choices, either keep hunting and lose more time or just measure it out over and over again until I could make a big circle and join up the dots. I opted for the latter. The circle has an 18" radius so will measure about 38" because I am not lining up the hexagons inside the circle.

This is as far as I got before I realised the lack of eau de nil.

And yet more vintage chintzes.

Yet again Laura Ashley reproductions printed and glazed in Holland in the 1980s.

Meanwhile I  still hate Windows 8.1 and will probably download the Classic Shell but I want to get my photos and files off my old hard drive first.

And something more serious. Ebola. My daughter's best friend Holly is out in Sierra Leone working for Oxfam. She is not nursing or being a doctor but nonetheless she is out there working. She has learnt how they now greet people, not by a handshake, but the Ebola greeting of putting your hand on your chest.  She met Mary, a community health worker who said ''One of my friends family, 10 of them are all dead in one house. If you are on Twitter you can follow Holly here. If you are not, then please donate to Oxfam in the UK, Oxfam in the USA, or Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). 
It is no exaggeration to say Holly and everyone working in the Ebola stricken regions have put their lives on the line to help. The least we can do is give some cash.  
 You can hear Holly here on the BBC this afternoon.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FAQDvpyln8&feature=youtu.be

I have been playing with the hexagon rosettes.

I have been playing with the little hexagon rosettes and wondering about possible layouts for them. I could go something like this with stars in the corners. I have also been wondering about having them in a circle round the central star....

When I see creams, beiges or snow white fabrics going cheaply I dive in and buy a bolt. I can always use them. The problem comes when you are doing three quilts at one time with three slightly different creams.

Believe it or not these four fabrics look identical in daylight and also in the photographic lights in my studio. I just took this photo so you could see how they all look the same. Now I know to take a flash photo with the camera (not the phone) and immediately the differences become apparent. Always happy when a solution just happens. Each of the creams has been labelled now.

The weather has been getting cooler, not a lot but you can feel autumn in the air. And the cats stay indoors more and ask for their supper on the dot of 5pm.

George on one of the kitchen sofas

And Rosie helping me with the machine appliqué quilt....

By the skin of my teeth.

Part Five of the mystery is coming any day now and I finished Part Four today, with the exception of the little hexagons to go into the corner blocks. I will do those after Part Five as I find it better to centre them afterwards.

It will only take another few minutes to have them ready to appliqué.

The flowers in the garden are having a last fling before the autumn is here completely. It hasn't been cold or wet, but it has been grey. And it is dark by 8pm.
On the up side cold nights are better for sleeping.....