Hex Color Wheel - making progress!

 

I finally received my order for the background fabric for the Hex Color Wheel quilt.  

This is a terrible picture of the background!  Honest, it looks better in person!  Although, I didn't receive the fabric I wanted.  I was going for the next shade up between the light and darkest. To reorder would take another 3 weeks and  I didn't want to wait.  

It does have some shades of browns, gray, etc. running through it.  HMMMMMM

I haven't done any free motion quilting on a large piece (50"x50") so this one sure taxed my arms, back, neck.  HA  Not used to handling all that fabric under the needle.  

This is the backing where I used leftover fabric from  making the hex triangles.

It almost looks dirty!!!!!  Doesn't look bad when hung on my design board.

Maybe I should lay the hex piece on the backing!  Woohoo!  Who knows!  Yes, those are my 'little' toes sticking out at the bottom!  don't we all do that!  HA

In-between waiting for the fabric, my 'idle' hands were making me crazy.  Back in 2010 timeframe, I was part of a beading group that made a new 9"x12" piece each month.  

I decided maybe I should start beading again!  I have some biofocal type glasses for doing hand work and they are working for my beading too!

I found a free design for coloring and printed out on wash-a-way stabilizer and started to bead. Trying to get utside on my newly scrapped/painted deck!  Instead of going in my sewing room after dinner/dishes, I now go outside.  So bright and I can see!!

 Once I finish the main leaf area and smaller leave, I'll cut out and attach to a quilted background. 

After it's attached, I'll add those little green and pink buds or whatever they are.  Just something I can work on in-between the hex piece.  Which I am now thinking of ways to attach the hex piece (after removing threads/paper hex pieces)  the quilted background!  

That's another post forthcoming!!!