The long weekend has definitely impacted my schedule this week. While on the beach, watching the kids I was able to use some scraps and made up some hexagons. I now have 37 pieced together. Any ideas on what I should make with these? I was thinking of a pillow or a baby quilt (if I am over zealous 🙂 )….maybe just a portable blanket for a car seat/pram (push chair). What do you all do?
The other project, I was working on last week for our quilt guild pillow swap….well, I am not as far as I wanted to be, but I have made steady slow progress. I have sewed 30 of the 50 squares together.
To make the 1/4 inch line on each side of the diagonal, I used a Quarter Inch Seam Marker Ruler. It worked great, I purchased it at Joann’s – a set of three, however I can not find it online to share at Joann’s so here is one similar I found at Amazon. I am sure you can find them everywhere though. I just used the middle line of the ruler, to line up the opposite corners (ie. the diagonal) and drew a line on either side with a pencil marker…then sewed down the lines. So simple, when I measured my squares – they are 2.5 inches around!!! 🙂
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What if you set the hexie cluster in a green background (like your upholstery), plenty of negative space, baby quilt size? Cute, quick, unisex. But then you might have to sell or gift it, and I’d want to keep them! 🙂
I like the idea of the green background, nice bright green like in the center…..I know I keep telling the hubby I won’t keep everything 😉
The hexies are looking great! Love the fresh colours in it.
Thanks 🙂
WOW! These are fantastic! Love the colors, I would make a baby quilt but a pillow cover would be great too! 🙂
Thanks – the great thing is I don’t need a sewing machine and that means I can do it on vacation and I can do in front of TV.
Love the hexies… I am particularly taken with the cute little flower.
Thanks – it is a great print from spoonflower.com by Monda @ http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/678786
Awesome hexies!
Thank you.
I really love your colourful hexagons – they would make a great pillow!
I love the colors too. I am trying to use scraps and use as many fabrics as I can 🙂
Lovely hexies, I’ve spotted lots of cute fabrics there!
Thanks….I have more ….cute fabrics that is 😉
I definitely agree with Laura, when I saw your hexies I saw a baby quilt too! I think it’d be adorable! My husband also wants to make sure I don’t keep everything, but it’s so hard 🙂
Thanks – I think I am just going to keep going and see when I get bored of doing them. Hopefully that will mean a baby quilt size 🙂
How long did it take you to piece all of those together? I love the look of hexies and would love a pillow sized grouping, but am afraid of all the hand sewing 🙂
So the 37 was probably 2 hours but I don’t concentrate purely on them. These are also small – probably 2.5 inches on each side (maybe 2). The hand sewing is not bad at all. You will enjoy it!
Double bed quilt? Maybe not – that would a lot of hexagons – but they are very pretty!
Thank you – We will have to see, that would for sure mean a lot of hexagons and a lot of individual fabric scraps 🙂
Love your hexies! I think the would look lovely as a baby quilt!
I’m in the process of making a queen size with 2 inch hexies, there’s a strong possibility that it will be downsized! 🙂
I can totally understand that 🙂 Good luck.
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