Where you have this bizarre urge to cut bits of paper and then sew fabric around them and then attach them to each other and then again sew these to larger bits of fabric. Sound nuts, yep it is. What you're seeing below just a sampling of 1 inch hexes for a breakfast table runner for Sondra and I. Why? Because I can. Because I'm a hoarder of scraps and figured what the heck it'll only take 200 hexes.
Then, I was flicking through Rosalie Quinlan's "A Stitch In Time" and figured I'd give her Flower Garden quilt a crack. Yeah a bed size hex quilt. (I can hear you laughing!)
I use Gutermann quilting thread to sew the hexes and Thread Heaven thread conditioner to stop it from knotting. I like this method for sewing the hexes to the papers and I can't find the link for the method I use to sew them together. I don't use a whip stitch I do a brick stitch.
I have a new to me Japanese craft book on hexagons, ISBN 9784834764826 and I knew once I saw this I'd be giving it a crack in this lifetime!
AND don't get me talking about pieced blocks that look like houses! This book is bloody awesome. Have you seen Kate's? And Maritza's? EDIT: AND Alissa's bloody cute block
Ok, well if you've hung around for that bunch of ramble, nicely done! Happy crafting.
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