Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Hexies - Progress

Progress! I have made 14 sets of hexagons - bound to need lots more - but I have started joining them together with white ones to get a better idea of how it's going to look. It is very colourful!



After the first few hexagons which were a bit mixy-matchy, I have tried to make them more homogenous (makes me think of the Count Homogenized TV programme from when I was a kid - which after googling for a link I have just discovered was made in NZ!). So now I have pink hexies, green (the top one above), orange (the bottom one) and purple hexie flowers (the middle). I hope this will make the quilt look less random. The Kaffe Fassett fabrics, from 2007 according to the selvedge, are so soft.

Each side of each hexagon measures 1 3/4". I am glad I didn't make the hexies any smaller because I like seeing some progress after all my hand sewing.

On a side note, if you are interested in modern quilts and modern quilting, we (Jacqui, Megan and I) have written a series of posts on Modern Quilting over at the Auckland Modern Quilt Guild website.

WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced

14 comments:

  1. oh how we love hexies!! looking good and totally know what you mean about seeing some progress when doing EPP. x

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  2. That is some impressive hand sewing! Love the white around it - really emphasises the colours!

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    1. Thanks, Kristy. I think it makes it look quite summery - perfect in our winter!

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  3. Your hexies look great Karyn. I think I should have made bigger ones like yours!

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    1. It does feel like you are making progress when they are a bit bigger!

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  4. these are beautiful hexagons...

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  5. Hello, I'm dropping by from the WIP Wednesday link party.

    Your hexies are so pretty. The finished quilt is going to be bright and colourful.

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    1. I hope so! I might be tempted to keep it rather than gift it!

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  6. Very pretty! I love the colors you chose and how the white "border" enhances them!

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    1. I have had the fabric put away for years for another project! I was trying not to buy more fabric (-:

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  7. Very, very lovely! I think "matching" them is the better way to go too!

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  8. These are so pretty, I recognize many of the fabrics!
    I've got another diamonds quilt in the works, with white, that have many of these same brights in it!

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