Hexie WIP
05-23-2013, 03:45 PM
#62
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This is a amazing quilt top WIP I love the combination of it. It is different than any I have personally seen before. It is truly inspiring. I have hand pieced two GFG and hand quilted three ( and one of mine isn't done) (quilted two for a friend) anyway. When I take the time to hand piece I think they deserve hand quilting just how I think. You don't have to quilt every hexie. Good luck with you decision.
05-23-2013, 04:27 PM
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I must add to my reply that I was shocked when I visited two paper template vendors at the show in Paducah. Both booths had tiny hexies assembled into small placemate sized rectangles. When I first looked at the finished side thought someone would have to be crazy to sew fabric on such tiny paper hexies but when I turned them over I was completely shocked. The tiny hexies and other assembled display pieces they were showing were glued! Instead of folding the fabric and basting the fabrics around the paper hexies like I have been doing they simply used basting glue and dabbed glue on the fabric when they folded it over the corners! I tried it with an Elmers school glue stick when I got home and it works, but I can't seem to force myself to do it, it seems like cheating after I have sewn so many already. Do you agree?
Thank you for sharing!!
05-23-2013, 06:41 PM
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You said .5 hexes, do you mean 1 1/2 inch??? I just cut out 2 inch hexes which will be just bigger than a quarter when sewed. I didn't read all 7 pages of comments. Sorry if I missed something. Marcia
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