Hexagons to triangles quilt

I finished this quilt a couple of years ago. It's made of black hexagons surrounded by mixed coloured half hexagons. I puzzeled the half hexagons so that it seemed like triangles in between the black hexies.

You have to study it closely to understand how I did it. The hexagons are about 1 1/2". All the hexies are hand sewn, and hand quilted. Take a closer look at the quilting in the next picture.

Hope this can inspire you to use all your small scraps, and make a real beauty out of them.

Pieced Hexies

I have been playing with Pieced Hexies lately...

Both in preparing for a demo at our monthly Hexie Night at my LQS:

Made with yummy Cherrywood Fabrics!

But also because I signed up for Mickey's Craftsy class that also had 2 more hexie designs :)

This is an 18" block which will be made in to a cat mat. I still need to decide what hexie-something-or-other to add to the corners to liven it up a little more.

The red fabric has hexies on it!

 Yesterday was my HeLP for Hexie-aholics linky party on my blog...I hope you'll stop by for a look see!

Half hexagon project

This is my ongoing project with blue, green and black scraps. I've done some blocks the last week, and like to show you all.

Here is how I do it. First I cut paper templates. Then I cut the fabrics about 1/4" outside the edges of the paper. I sew the fabric around the paper, but do not sew through. That way I can use the paper again and again, as long as the shape is good. The edges of the hexagon templates are 1".

At last I make a block out of four half hexagons, as you can see in the last picture, and join the block to the quilt as I like the colours to be. Gives me a sort of a chevron pattern, and I've never seen anybody else doing it this way. Have you?

I've thought about making the colours the opposite way, the blue and green in the middle. Think that would have given me a butterfly row instead of a black zigzag. I have to try that next time.

Hexie Puzzle update

I thought I would share an updated picture of my Hexie Puzzle quilt. I am in the process of trying to get it to be symetrical so I can then decide what the final project will become.

And, if you just want a quickie project...try this as a mugrug. I'm sorry the model is blocking part of the photo...

Wedding rings

This is a small wall hanging I made from scraps, 12"x12".  I used 1" squares. I've also used triangles and hexagons in this quilt. After finishing it, I appliqued it onto a background. Then I handquilted it, as you can see around every ring. Outside the rings I quilted some stars.

Here's a close-up for the quilting.

I love to use all my tiny scraps this way.

Food for thought.

Progress update of my hexagon quilt. Just sharing a few photos.

It's my labour of love.

Hexagon wallhanging

This was the first really big quilt I made of hexagons. It took me nearly four years to finish it. The hexies are 1 1/4" at the ends. I cut all the papers myself, and didn't know about any precuts or standard sizes. The whole thing is handsewn and handquilted, of course.

Here you can see a close-up of the hexies. A bit difficult to see the quilting, but I quilted inside every hexagon. I made the pattern for this, and I like the way it came out. It is now my pride hanging in my hall.

I had to sew some bread basket clothes to find out what to do with the ends when I had quilted it all.