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Sewnoma 06-21-2014 06:29 AM

My first few hexies
 
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I love scrappy quilts and I have loads of scraps, so I figured I'd try doing some hexes out of them. I'm also really out of practice doing hand-sewing, and this is certainly a project that gives lots of practice in that arena!

Here are all of the ones I've made so far (I've been at it for a little over a week)
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I sort of fussy-cut when I can, but since these are scraps often the piece is just barely big enough to cover the template. I made my own templates, with a Fiskars punch, a hole punch, and some cardstock I had laying around.

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I started putting them together into flowers, but I'm out of practice so a lot of stitches are showing. I'm not going to redo any of them, though; I figure once the templates are out and it gets quilted & washed most of that will be hidden. My stitches aren't perfect by any means but honestly I'm doing better than I thought I would so I'm happy with how it's going.

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I'm getting a little better as I go, though, and matching the thread a bit helps too.

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No idea what I'll do with these...probably just accumulate them until there's enough to make something out of them! I'm putting them together into those flower shapes but that's as far as I'm going to go until I have a final plan. They might just end up being a bunch of pincushions and potholders or something, LOL.

dottie dodge 06-21-2014 06:41 AM

You have the start of a great quilt.

QUILTNMO 06-21-2014 06:43 AM

great start!!!

Tartan 06-21-2014 06:52 AM

​Nicely done!

quiltingnd 06-21-2014 06:55 AM

Love them!!! I have a question...can you cut and sew hexigons without a template behind each one?

lynnie 06-21-2014 09:19 AM

beautifully done. im doing one on top of three. yours are very interesting , the fabs, love them
thanks for sharing your quilt with us.

beaglelady 06-21-2014 09:20 AM

Great hexies!

tesspug 06-21-2014 09:44 AM


Originally Posted by quiltingnd (Post 6767521)
Love them!!! I have a question...can you cut and sew hexigons without a template behind each one?

You can, I did a Christmas wreath wallhanging without templates. However, you get a much cleaner and sharper edge to your hexies if you use the templates or paper.

Diane007 06-21-2014 11:25 AM

very nice so far...

JuneBillie 06-21-2014 12:02 PM

Those are very pretty. Great job.


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