Friday, February 14, 2014

MORE HEXAGONS

I thought I was finished making hexagons, but after I appliqued the quilt to the plain border, I decided it needed to be a bit larger to fit our bed comfortably.  I thought about adding a pieced border, but didn't think it would add to the overall design.
My final decision was to make a second plain border, using fabric similar to the final background hexagons used in the quilt top, and then add two alternating hexagon motifs , appliqued to the final border, to finish the quilt.
So now I am back making 42 flower motifs, and 42 lozenge motifs.  I had been complaining to DH that I didn't have any hand stitching to do while watching the Olympics, so now that problem has been solved.

7 comments:

  1. so are those called "lozenge" or is that your name for them? i have been calling mine "diamonds" LOL

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  2. Wow. It's so very nice. Can you give some instructions on how to do it? I am sure many will appreciate it. Thank you for sharing.

    Mycaa assistance

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    1. The pattern for my quilt was another found in Australian Homespun magazine, March 2013. You can buy an e-copy at Zinio.com for a few dollars. I'll post a few pictures of the border, when I begin to stitch it - I only have 10 of the 84 motifs finished.....

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  3. So nice! Your first sentence was shocking me, but now I'm calming down again. Finished to make hexies? We are never coming to that point, unless we are blind, I think. Have a nice weekend!

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  4. Very cute little hexies. Can't wait to see them all put together in your quilt. It will be awesome.

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  5. There's always another hexagon design to make! =) Ask a woman who is working on at least three right now. LOL For more inspiration, you can check out Hexagon Alley. A lot of us post sporadically about what hexagon project we are working on.

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