Good Hexies

I ripped the incorrect seam on the hexie project and sewed the columns back together properly:

The next step—which is proving to be rather tedious—is to remove all of the papers from the individual units. Another reason not to like glue basting. After that’s done, I’ll trim this into a square.

I finished one of the hoodies yesterday, after another hard-won battle with a zipper. I also decided, after listening to the Stitching Tales podcast episode on buttonholes, to cheat and put snaps on the front of my Ryliss Bod blue-and-gray plaid coat. I sewed on three large buttons, then sewed on large snaps underneath them. Finished is better than perfect. If I waited until I felt like making buttonholes, I’d never wear the coat. And I can always go back and make buttonholes later.

I’m trying very hard to finish current projects before I start any new ones.

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I belong to the Craft Industry Alliance—well worth the membership fee—and attended a webinar yesterday focusing on crafting trends for 2025. It was interesting, although perhaps not directly applicable to sewing. One of the home dec trends is a move back to warm earth tones after years of black-and-white-and-gray “modern farmhouse” kitchens, which gives me hope that my circa 1996 kitchen with oak cabinetry soon will be back in style. 😉

I’m not sure about some of the trend ideas I heard discussed—disco cowgirl?—but DD#2 says they get trend decks at work and she just looks at some of the ideas and shakes her head.

The 2025 Pantone Color of the Year is Mocha Mousse:

Eh. You all know how I feel about earth tones.

The 2025 Kona Color of the Year is Nocturne:

I like this better.

Have you heard that Missouri Star Quilt Company has taken a controlling interest in Robert Kaufman Fabrics? (They produce Kona.) Apparently, reaction is mixed, but I am all for any moves that keep Kona available to quilters.

Today is an errand day, although I’m hoping for time this afternoon to finish the other hoodie.