May Hexie Beginnings

Hello! I am Audrey at Glory Be Quilter. I just recently joined Hexagon Alley after finding a new found love in EPP hexies! This is how it all began...

I received a giveaway win at TGIFF from A Quilting Reader's Garden by AngieN with hexies cut out of stiffer paper and a fat quarter of fabric. I had a recent head cold that made me tired where it made me feel like just sitting around.  Watching TV was not enough so I decided to try EPP with hexies.  I asked Angie for a bit of help and she directed my to a tutorial on line on You Tube. So this is what I have done since...

 

This one has the 3 Hexie flowers on a 12 1/2" square of Pale Flesh Kona fabric.

 

This block I added leaves to the 3 hexies onto a white Kona fabric.

 

This is the newest addition I am working on.

So that is 7 Hexie flowers for May, which I think took me 6 hours. I love the portability of EPP with hexies! It adds another dimension to my piecing, just like Hawaiian quilting did for me too. I look forward to working on more in June! 

Audrey @ Glory Be Quilter

Hexagon Sewing Kit

Someone suggested that those of us who play with hexagons should post what our hexagon sewing kits are like. I'm sorry to tell you, mine is not that exciting! Some I've seen have hundreds of little petals all basted and ready to become flowers. Not mine.

Here's the outside - a lovely cookie tin:

And nothing mysterious inside:

The red ones waiting there are chickens!

If you post about your hex kit, please use the label hex kits in addition to your name. Thanks!

Two Done

47 to go - lol.  Only got in 2.5 hours of hexie time this month.  Hope to do better in June.

Wonderful Wednesday Hexagon

Yes, I know it's Thursday, but my U-verse box went out, so there ya go. Besides, I was on an Atlanta turn-around trip from 7:30am until almost midnight last night. So I have TWO excuses. LOL

Here's this week's hexagon, a day late, but quite wise anyway!

Sideways on hexis?

This is my latest hexi shape I've been stitching.
I can't take credit for the shape, I saw it on Pinterest somewhere and quite fancied the idea of making several to go on my bed cover,
perhaps to run around the sides.
Of course now I have to make the little diamonds to fit in the centres of course or I may just applique them onto edgings.
Since my cover design isn't fixed, I will make a few until design inspiration strikes ~

 

 Oh and if your interested in vintage sail making tools and really, who wouldn't be lol - nip across to my blog and see the natty gadget I was given.
Oh yes and the twee little sewing box too!
Happy Hexing folks : )

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What a nice weekend

It was such a lovely weekend. For once, no one had an activity they needed to be at - I even spent an entire day in my pajama's! Heaven! I spent most of the weekend in a rocking chair on my porch working on sewing flowers. I didn't keep track of my numbers, but here are a few pictures of the progress.

Thea wanted to pose with the flowers. I have more somewhere, but the little miss in the picture likes to steal them (her current favorite activity is to use the flowers as her "recipes" when she cooks at her play kitchen).

Closer view

And making headway on the fabric in my travel bag. 

Speaking of travel bags. When I started thinking about hexagons, I read everything I could find on the internet (including this entire blog - everyone here is such an inspiration!) and I especially loved looking at everyone's hexie kits. If you have a hexagon kit, would you be willing to share? 

Housekeeping: Welcome New Author

Patti is joining us on Hexagon Alley. She'll soon post an introduction, but if you want to see a couple of her projects, you can link to her blog, which is in the sidebar. Welcome, Patti!

And oh, look, Audrey is joining us, too! Her blog is on the sidebar, too. Audrey is new to paper piecing and got into it because of Angie, also a contributor to this blog, and blog linked in the sidebar.

If you have a blog, and I don't have it in the sidebar, please let me know the address and I'll add it.

If you decide you are through with hexagons, or through with posting about them, let me know so I can remove you as an author. That doesn't mean you can't read and comment, only that you can't post. If you aren't going to anyway, no need to stay on the list. There are a limited number of authors allowed.

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I didn't get to finish my fussy-cut hexagon this week, so no post from me on Wednesday. Sometimes life happens. It's more birds - fun little owls! It'll be here this coming Wednesday!

Obligatory hexagon project picture - not mine! Sadly, the blog no longer exists, but the picture was still available on the internet search I did. Isn't this gorgeous? I'd love to know about the maker.