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mjhaess 02-13-2015 10:02 AM

They look great...

nannyrick 02-13-2015 10:18 AM

Beautiful hexies. Thanks for showing them.

lorli 02-14-2015 05:51 AM

Those are beautiful! I like the one that's in honor of you grandmother the best of all!

You do beautiful work! You said that you used paper templates, I never heard of the Mylar ones so I just read the tutorial from the link. Did you try them too? I have the paper pieces and a whole box of basted ones but haven't worked up the courage to start sewing them together. I don't know what kind of thread to use...then I don't know what stitch (whip stitch, ladder/H stitch, buttonhole stitch, which I saw on this board last year).

Did you sew them together side by side as she does in the tute? I never would have thought of it.

I agree with others about blue between the flowers (my favorite color). It would lik pretty if the blue areas were shaded from edges to center.

Thank you for sharing! I'm inspired, will look for that box of basted pieces...

Ada Shiela 02-15-2015 01:56 AM

Hello Lorli
I began my handpiecing in 1985-6 and learned that we do whip stitch with cotton thread; same thread for the hand quilting SID. I did a second hexagon quilt a few years later named "Honeycomb" which I quilted with the tied method. Then I did what I called the elongated hexagon quilt a few years later. They sure are addictive and very portable. Do give them a try. I made my own paper templates back then!

grammyto2 02-15-2015 05:50 PM

lots of hours of work there, going to make a great quilt.

sarahrachel 02-15-2015 07:17 PM

very pretty! They are addictive, I'm currently quilting my large hexi quilt (2 1/4" hexis) and while I was in the middle of putting them together, I couldn't help but make a few hexi flowers using 1" hexis because I liked the fabric scraps but didn't have enough to include it in the quilt. So I made a small pillow out of them with one left over, not sure what I'll do with that one, but I'm already planning another quilt (go figure, I should probably finish my queen sized one first). Make sure you save those papers, I printed my own out and I wouldn't want to have to cut them all out again if I were to make another one (which I probably will).

Keep up the momentum because you'll probably think you're crazy at some point before you finish it though!!


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