Design Wall Monday - Hexies

I did not get as much hand stitching done in the car as I expected on my trip.  One day I got engrossed in a book that I finished.  (Good thing I have a kindle app on my phone with more books.)  I usually have to read before going to sleep, but with the time change and keeping so busy, I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow!  There was also a lot of scenery to look at, and not to mention I have a habit of falling asleep in the car.  Squeekie likes my flowers.

I did get 5 1/2 flowers stitched with the navy blue sashing.  The one in the upper left corner just needs the sides sewn up, the two in the middle need sashing, and there is 12 in the upper right corner that will be attached between the ones with the sashing.  I think attaching the flowers together is going to be the hardest part.  I have all (I hope) of my navy blue hexies cut out.  Here is a finished flower.

Pippi decided to just watch from my her box.  That tub is supposed to be for material, but Pippi won't let me have it back.

Maybe I'll be able to do some more hand stitching this week, but I need to finish a friend's dress, another friend's capes, and another friend needs some mending done.  I also have a cheesecake order for Sunday.
This past weekend my friend ordered a cake for her daughter's sixth birthday.  She loves to read, so she wanted a book cake with letters on it.  The icing is Italian Meringue Buttercream which I can't get perfectly smooth, and I also messed up the ribbon for the middle of the book, aside from that I was really happy with it.

Her name is Obadiah and she is called Obi for short.  I hope she likes it!  It is my honey spice cake recipe from here, but I used half wheat and half whole wheat pastry instead of unbleached all-purpose cake.
Thanks for stopping by!
Missy