#hexie quilt

[lullaby-machine]

hexagon quilt by sarepta gillis. mound city, missouri, USA c.1935. hand-pieced muslin, 87x55 inches. from the international quilt museum collection.

[martha-anne]

Bonkers patchwork playmat I made for a friend's new baby. As with all my patchwork so far, this is entirely handmade and constructed from scrap fabric (old clothes, leftover from other projects, etc). It's a variation on this pattern from talesofcloth.

EPP patchworking is one of the most rewarding hobbies I know of. The barrier to entry in terms of cost is very low. Give it a go if you're in need of a relaxing activity!

[bluedesignwall]

As I stitched row eighteen together I realised I did not have enough patches in the kit bag I had made up to make all of the row eighteens. Today I laid them all out on the floor to figure out what I had done. For some reason I had made up the kits from eighteen on with only four rows in each bag. Don't know why but it is all sorted now. I did wonder why I had a bag of patches left over but not any more. Now all I have to do is add the extra rows to the kit bags and keep on stitching.

[vafibrearts]

Twirly seams?

Twirly seams.

[eclecticcrafting]

Starting the adventure on this quilt! My arm hurts after doing all of this by myself but I’m excited to get working on this!

[raggednorth]

I keep forgetting to post this. I got the first row done on my EPP quilt before my neuropathy got too bad. We'll see if I can get this figured out so I can hand sew again and finish this bad boy!

[thewitchinthecherrytree]

In English Paper Piecing hell (complementary) at the moment! Need to get as much of this quilt done as possible so I can get it off the floor before the dogs are home! Trying to get this done asap so I can get it off the floor before the dogs come home on Saturday!!

It’s just past noon and I remember it’s Wednesday so LET’S CELEBRATE BY SHARING WIP-PICS

[witcheswhimsy]

Slow progress...

[rumade]

John O'Groats to Lands End in Hexagons by Frances Begbie

Why I like it: Obviously a huge amount of work went into this piece. The hexagons were thumbprint sized, but the overall quilt had a a huge presence. I liked that the colours of the counties sometimes related to them (like Cornwall's black and white). The whole thing reminded me of the election maps we saw this year. When I was at a textiles museum in Thailand I saw a map of Thailand where each province/changwat had been produced in a different regional textile technique. This reminded me of that, but slightly less cool.

[wyrmscraft]

Dr Who OBW. Did some free motion quilting on my domestic for this.

I thought the hexagon block was an excellent block for this fabric (you can see it unaltered in the borders), I think it gives it a swirly feel!

I love Toscana blenders too. The black looks like if you felt it, it would be velvety, but no, it’s just regular old 100% quilting cotton.

I didn’t have enough of the blue to do the entire back, but I think the two tone blue looks good especially because I did the binding in the smaller amount.

[lazulisong]

in my own defense i've basted twenty of the things and counting today but:

i will baste hexies at my desk!

i will baste hexies before im dressed!

i will baste hexies when i should rest!

just try and stop me!

wait and see!

i'll baste hexies as i flee!!!

[fungusqueen]

It’s coming together!

[bluedesignwall]

Friday was busy. I worked from home and got a heap of work done. I was able to smash it out in half the time in the quiet of my home office. The day started out chilly but it warmed up rapidly and so I decided to run on my lunch break. It was beautiful out there and it felt like a good reward for getting all the work done. When I got back I did my usual cool down walk around the flower garden. On the way back inside I grabbed some greens from the vege garden for my lunchtime smoothie. So yum. More work was done and then housework then patchwork to round out a busy Friday. So good to see the sunshine again after a sudden very cold snap.

[vafibrearts]

Finally made it to the last row! I can't wait to see the whole top together!

[eclecticcrafting]

Fantastic!! That’s super helpful! Thank you so much 😁😁😁

Question for the paper piecing quilt community particularly those that make hexie quilts or intricate blocks- how do you finish the quilt? Like when you are combining the quilt top, batting, and backing? Do you stitch in the ditch? Do you use a quilting stencil and a free motion foot?

I want my next quilt to be a hexie quilt but I’m not sure how the finishing process would look!

[raggednorth]

I have finally basted all the cream/yellow/gold hexies for my honeycomb quilt!