Hexie Flower plan

Two posts in one day , oh well I did promise an update as to what my plans are for the hexie flowers and I think I have it . I know for certain I have more than enough flowers for this plan so lets see if it works out.

I know it is probably difficult to even see the background fabric on the design wall but you will get the general idea , I loved this basket block that I played around with last week, you can see that here  and I had been looking for a good size basket and even tried to draw one out that I liked but couldn't seem to get it quite right until I came across this one ,sorry can't remember which magazine I found it in . I hand appliqued this last evening and I like the outcome except I am wondering if I should add leaves , what do you think? It would mean taking out some of my stitching but if it would look better I am willing.

  Remember also the other day I was talking about flower pounding , well I wasn't pounding flowers I was pounding leaves , I learned real fast that some leaves have a lot of moisture in them and they don't pound real well and some come out completely different colors than you expect but this was all in fun and I was enjoying the process . So what was I planning on making with my pounded leaves you ask , well a postcard , I am in a postcard swap with another online group and the theme is leaves , she suggested we use real leaves so this was my solution to this challenge and here is the result . The large leaf in the center is of course a maple leaf and I pounded it then traced around the image to make it clear enough to do some free motion stitching then I painted it with some oil sticks , another first for me .The colors all over the card are various leaves that have been pounded onto the treated fabric and I then just did some free motion leaves on both sides , not that great as it is difficult for me to do it on this small space but it's not bad for a first attempt .

What else did I do today , well I love sunflowers and I had this fabric with these two large sunflowers that just spoke to me to use them on a teatowel for decorating for the fall , yes it is coming and quicker than I had hoped . I just put some heat and bond on the back and stitched around and voila a sweet little towel to decorate my kitchen .
 Hope you are enjoying your day , it is raining and dreary here but a great day for sewing .
 Thanks for stopping by , hugs
Sheila