"life is too short
not to experiment."
-jamelia
being a creature of habit, i find myself slipping into patterns and stale routines at times. of late, i've indulged my inner brat with sulking through the holidays. moaning about the things i don't have in my life. blah, blah, blah, roll eyes, etc.
in an effort to form new habits, i let go of my self-decided dislike for hexies. to be honest, the hexie quilts i'm used to seeing are the vintage, lavendar and moth ball scented old lady flower garden types. now, i love vintage quilts, but these just do nothing for me. this afternoon i saw a critter of altogether different proportions. a scrap hexie quilt. now *this* i can do! i was awestruck. it was beautiful!
of course, being a hoarder of fragments, i am in no short supply of material, so i decided it was time to stretch my legs and do something different. i decided it was hexie time. starting with scraps from community (still in the works), i began making my first hexies. little two inch hexies (note: apparently hexies are measured by the length of their sides...they are only 1" hexies). after the first few, i was already skipping down the primrose path to hexieville!
i guess this dog ain't too old yet...
namaste'
wow, two inch? I like your collection of prints there, they're looking promising.
ReplyDeletei know! they are so small! and now that i've learned that they are measured by the length of one side, they are even smaller....only 1" hexies! the print collection will expand and grow. i am thinking of making it true scrap quilt...with now duplicate fabrics, so there will be a gazillion different bits! ha!
DeleteWonderful to read your skipping to a new beat story...strange, and so true that we ever so often put certain "things" aside only to discover much later how much joy our spirit and self get from that very pushed aside thing. Tiny bits will make wonderful little 2 inchers..'twill be fun to assemble and create with one day.
ReplyDeleteKristin
i can hardly wait to see them star to come together!
DeleteI think it's a year to expand and grow. It feels that way for me too. I love your non-lavendar, man-scented hexies!
ReplyDeleteha! "non-lavendar, man-scented hexies"! i love it!
Deletei agree with you on the year purpose. been feeling tugs in various gypsy directions myself. been re-examining the concept of time, as well. perhaps this is for another post...
I, too, have never been attracted to hexies and I think for the same reasons you have mentioned. Although while growing up in Kansas I started a traditional quilt (Bow-Tie pattern) from a pattern published in the newspaper. I never finished it and cannot find the blocks I did start.
ReplyDeletePerhaps I need to drag out some of my scraps and set about to do one.
Are you using a paper template to do them? I'm tempted to follow Jude's paperless piecing method.
Kirsten
hi kirsten! it's been surprisingly fun! i'm doing a different methods at the moment, but plan on experimenting as I go. right now i'm using teflon templates, basting, pressing, then removing the templates and mindful piecing (which has similarities to jude's paperless piecing). you have to be present when doing this so you do not stretch your pieces out of shape, but it is very relaxing.
DeleteHey Joe! We just connected on linkedin and I clicked to see your blog. I love hexies and english paper piecing. I discovered it this past year. I hand dye wool fabric, roving, and yarn. If you are ever interested in playing around with wool, let me know and I can hook you up! Cathy Ware
ReplyDeleteAlways nice to visit here Joe. Good luck with your new project and happy 2017!
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