Babies and hexagons...

What do you do with the nervous energy you have when you know your daughter-in-law is in labour, and you're just playing the waiting game?
You sew of course!!
So do I talk about the sewing first or do I talk about the babies??
OK - babies win!!

Kaliah and Saydee entered our lives this week, two darling wee bundles of bub - check out the cuteness :-)

Saydee Anne on the left, she has the slightly chubbier cheeks!
Kaliah Maree on the right.

I totally get the grandbaby thing (phenomenon?) now - I thought I did before but -wham- it's hit me right between the eyes; cant wait till calving slows down and I can get my hands on our lovely wee girls :-)
And while I am tempted to go on about them a little more, I won't, so it's back to the sewing.

At the top of my list of things to work on was my Tuesday Mystery Medallion quilt ... I first mentioned it back *here*. Each month a set of rules is given and as long as these are met, anything goes for each round of the medallion quilt. I fell behind slightly. The trouble was I decided to make hexie flowers for month 4 and that took me a bit longer than I planned.
So while waiting for updates on the labour pains I got stuck into it.

I had done my centre block applique using the invisible machine applique
method so decided to do the hexie-flowers the same way.

I joined the sides of the hexagons in the usual way (by hand) but stitched
 the centres on by machine.
Probably would piece the whole hexie-flowers the normal way next time as it
was hard to get the centres lined up perfectly.

But I was pleased with how they came out in the end. Sewing them on by
machine was definitely a lot quicker!

This was how I had prepped the hexagons. I didn't bother turning under one side
since I was joining in the centre differently.

This is my medallion quilt so far, now to decide what it needs for the next
border.

When I was trying to photograph the quilt I had a hard time finding somewhere to pin it that was in the right light and so on...sometimes I wander around the garden for a while trying different spots. Yesterday I decided the stable wall was the perfect spot... but look at the uncropped picture below...the wall is grotty, and our 'affectionately' called mud-yard is muddy — just as well I didn't drop the top while I was out there!

Behind the photo!
Where would I be without the crop tool in Photoshop?!

I had a couple of finishes last month which I haven't shared yet.
I finished the scarf I'd started a couple of posts ago. ED is now enjoying it down in Wellington. This was a fun easy make; by using a large crochet hook it grew really quickly.
(Ha! All three photos are of the same scarf, different lights!)

The darker 'flecks' are from the possom fibre in it. Possom is a very light hollow
fibre which is very warm. 

And another pair of Happy Pants has been posted off, this time it's to keep YD warm.

Love these prints my big kids choose!

To finish I'll pop in one more baby photo.... I just love the look on my son's face here, he is one proud Daddy!

They are all home now and doing well.

And on that happy note I shall say good night. 

Sending you all warm wishes 

and many creative moments,