Another way to join hexies
#11
i'm new to hexies, and just sewed my first whip stitches the other day using beige silk thread... they didn't show much. but this method looks interesting... kind of like a feather stitch. i may have to give that a try
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I just tried out Anjeanette Klinder's method and really like it! With arthritic fingers it is so much easier to insert the needle through "one side" at a time. Yes, you do twice as many stitches, but they are much easier and can be almost totally invisible. ( I just used "natural" thread with a dark brown fabric and it was great!). Good time to find this when I'm doing a bunch of Lucy Boston blocks! Thanks, Geri B, for the topic!
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I use Type A Silamide thread. It's strong, thin, and waxed. No tangling, no curling, hand stitches like a dream. I bought a set of different colors on 100 yard spools when Eleanor Burns told us at a meet and greet dinner it was what she used for hand stitching. I use it for yo yo's, hexies, buttons, anything added by hand stitching. I use the invisible stitch and don't have stitches showing front or back.
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don't you just love her hexie window table runner?!
http://anjeanettek.com/wp-content/up...Anjeanette.jpg
http://anjeanettek.com/wp-content/up...Anjeanette.jpg
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I just tried out Anjeanette Klinder's method and really like it! With arthritic fingers it is so much easier to insert the needle through "one side" at a time. Yes, you do twice as many stitches, but they are much easier and can be almost totally invisible. ( I just used "natural" thread with a dark brown fabric and it was great!). Good time to find this when I'm doing a bunch of Lucy Boston blocks! Thanks, Geri B, for the topic!
#18
I really like the way she sews her hexis together. I have never seen her technique. She used black thread and you can't even see it....
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