Hoppy Easter!

Hexie Coasters

A customer recently asked if we knew how to make coasters from hexagons.  We did not so, do a little "interweb" search.  We found a tutorial on a blog called Melinda Quilt's Etc. 

Here is the direct link to the page with the hexagon tutorial. 

You start with a package of pre-cut hexagons.  Moda calls these Honeycombs. From a pack of 40, you can make 5 coasters. Notice below, each packet comes with a hexie template so, you can cut more if needed.

For each hexie, choose two hexagons and place them wrong sides together for your base. Select 6 more hexies. Press each in half, wrong sides together and aligning two of the straight sides. 

Layer them on top in a spiral.  This is where you either need to stop by and let us show you or check Melinda's blog.  

After layering, stitch 1/4" from the outer edge, all the way around. Trim a little and turn the coaster inside out. Very Cute.

We have pre-cut hexies in stock in Moda's civil war print, Hope Chest, shown above as well as these selections in batik and in the more modern prints of From Outside In.

Mom's last stitch - Rest in Peace

Marian Joan Beaman, 83, of Dexter passed away September 5, 2013 at the Stuart Community Care Center from pneumonia.  Visitation will be held from 6-8 P.M. Monday, September 9^th at the Johnson Family Funeral Home in Dexter.  Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, September 10^th at the First Presbyterian Church in Dexter.  Burial will follow at the Dexter Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Dexter or the Stuart Community Care Center Foundation, in care of Johnson Family Funeral Home, PO Box 246, Stuart, Iowa 50250.  Online condolences may be left at www.johnsonfamilyfuneralhome.com.

Marian was born June 20, 1930 in Dexter and lived in the area most of her life.  After graduating from Dexter High School she attended AIB Business College and worked as a secretary in Des Moines.  She was a life long member of the Dexter Presbyterian Church.

She married Harvey Beaman in 1950.  Together, they farmed and raised four children.  After Harvey’s death in 1985, Marian worked several years as an Activity Director of the Community Care Center in Stuart.  In addition to her duties as matriarch of a large family, Marian also had a business hand quilting for others.  In her lifetime, with thread and needle, she brought beauty to almost 500 quilts, an accomplishment that brought her great joy.

Marian loved to sing and had a beautiful alto voice.  She also loved to play bridge and was in several bridge groups throughout her life.  Her biggest legacy, and the one which she was most proud and brought her the greatest joy, was her family.  Wherever her children and later her grandchildren were, she was there as well, offering a helpful hand or a loud cheer.

She was proceeded in death by her husband: Harvey Beaman.

Left behind to cherish her memory are her children: Bill (Mary) Beaman, Dawn (Rick) Durham, Jacque (Frank) Johnson and Ben (Kandi) Beaman; 14 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; sister: Betty Wells; sister-in-laws: Helen Neal, Doris Neal and Phyllis Beaman; and a host of other family and friends that will miss her dearly