Lucky 7

More flowers! I am so close. I changed my last flight from Thursday to Wednesday so I could sleep in my own bed a day earlier, and it meant that I had a lot of extra time in the airport, so things are cooking along!

I forgot that I actually finished the green flower before my last post (so there are only three newly finished ones in the first image below), but I decided not to retake the photo because it's fun that they ended up in the same orientation as the last one! Clearly that is The Right Order.

You can see in the second photo that I'm making good progress on the next set as well. I will definitely plan to leave the orange one at home when I leave again tomorrow, since there's only one seam left, and I will definitely plan to take the red one (3 seams left), but I'm on the fence about the yellow one. 

I also fixed one hexagon that had a big cut in it (see last image), by ironing on a little patch. It will make the sewing a bit harder going, and I thought a bit about sewing it up instead, but I think the patch will be nicely invisible. That cut had relegated the whole flower to the end of the envelope pile, but now that there are only 4 (!!!!) envelopes left, there's nowhere to hide. 

Excited to see how far I can get in the next 13 days (until I'm again back at home)!

Full flowers: 57/64 (3 started)

- Catherine

A new help

I am officially traveling now - I've got two full days at home next weekend but otherwise will be on the move for the next 20 days. It's a lot, but all good stuff! And then I'll have a quiet weekend/week to crash afterwards. Whee!

Thanks to time on the plane and a very friendly lap cat (my new helper, see?), I have finished a new flower and am one seam away from finishing the blue one I had started last week. Plus two others in progress. I also only have 7 envelopes of hexagons left!! I really can't believe it.

I am enjoying the new rhythm of threading my many needles with one long thread, using those to close up the big seams between hexagon strips, and then using the short remnants to create new strips. This strategy will also be helpful to make sure I'm finishing flowers rather than just starting new ones over and over, since the short seams are unsurprisingly easier, but then I have more and more bits to carry around. Hopefully I can finish these three and leave them at home when I stop by!

Full flowers: 54/64 (3 started)

- Catherine