Vexing Hexies

First things first, let's clear up any confusion. I did NOT start a new project before the others were finished. I made a kit. A lacrosse-season-is-starting-Monday-and-I-will-have-a-lot-of-time-on-my-hands kit. And anyway, Posie made me do it.

I've always felt too intimidated for hexagons. There is something about them that feels pretentious to me, like you're trying too hard. Julian is fascinated by them and gravitates to a Flower Garden quilt whenever we see one at shows.

So yeah. I'm a hexie maker now. It is tedious. It is time consuming. It is not pretentious. They are so lovely! The only thing that vexes me now is that I really, really want a snow day to work on them - but a snow day would make lacrosse practice very difficult. But if somehow I could get a snow day but Julian could still pull off a lacrosse practice, I could work on my lacrosse-waiting-only handwork. Yes, that would be nice.

Birch beer

Just yesterday, Julian asked if I'd ever heard of birch beer. Yes, I have (River Cottage Handbook #12, Booze) but recalled that it wasn't anything special. Come to find out, there are two different things: one like beer beer and one like root beer. Then this  morning I saw this in the cooler of my favorite coffee shop in town. So there you go. Ever seen it? Ever tried it?

Finished!

I started this pillow cover from a scrap bag I got at my local quilt shop... in fall of 2012. I didn't have a pattern and I just sort of did some math and threw it all together. I would have done several things differently, and I did do those different things in the second pillow I started at the same time and have yet to finish. My deadline for these two projects is March 12. This pillow is a gift for my grandmother and the second one, which you've seen bits of already, is for my cousin, Natalie. Grandma is coming to visit on March 12 and I'd like to send them both home with her then. So glad to have this done, and in combination with the quilt finish from two weeks ago, I'm moving right along my WIP list!

I am going to wash it and give it a light starching, trying to get some of the original creases out of the fabric. I also hope to take a better picture of it, maybe the sun will shine when Grandma is here. She believes that pictures should be made with people and their things.

More snow flurries this morning. I said all those things about not wanting spring then I found myself feeling quite the opposite when I saw a bit of golf on the TV. The sunshine and green grass looked awfully nice, but isn't that the way it always is? We are so content until the world tells us there is something else.