A couple of weeks ago I did a yo-yo maker give-away and Sherri from the lovely blog
http://lazyquilter.blogspot.com/
Left the following comment:
“Oh, be EVER-SO careful with yo-yos! They are like little hexagons that you make and make and make and all of a sudden you have a giant over-king-size quilt top!!! Lol”
Of course I instantly went looking for Hexagon quilts. I figured something like that would make a good “traveling” project and I am about to go on a trip. Well, you guessed it, I think I am hooked. It didn’t help that I found this video on Michele Foster’s Facebook page. Melanie Sullivan has an absolutely awesome blog and has done a Hexagon Quilt-a-Long.You can check it out here. Lord help me!
Don’t worry, appliqué is still my first love but my appliqués don’t travel well due to my preference for super white backgrounds.
Back later with the WINNER!
English Paper Piecing (EPP)is truly addictive. I have a bag containing pieces for a Grandmother's Flower Garden (GFG) always ready to go. When my husband wound up in the hospital this past week, I just grabbed my bag and had some hand work to do while I was sitting there with him.
Have fun Erin.
Posted by: Nancy Noah | 06/27/2011 at 08:17 AM
Thanks for mentioning my blog Erin! I used a plastic box that could be divided how I wanted it to be, to carry my hexes when traveling too.
It is easy to come up with different ways to travel with these little gems. :)
Don't say I didn't warn you! lol
Posted by: Sherri D | 06/27/2011 at 08:27 AM
Erin
there is also a hexagon blog making a quilt from the Vignette magazine using one inch hexagons. Here is the address http://thevignettehexagonquilt.blogspot.com. They are addictive.
Posted by: Linda | 06/27/2011 at 12:00 PM
Uh oh i think you're in trouble !
Posted by: Kathinca | 06/27/2011 at 12:36 PM
YOu are sewwwwww in trouble. I currently have 2 hexie projects going and I have plans on 2 more!
Posted by: sarah | 06/27/2011 at 01:04 PM
Erin, I'd love to see how you join your hexxies together. I'm really struggling with the whip stitch. I'm better now than my first few attempts, but wow is it ever difficult not to get the whip stitches to show on the front. Melanie makes it look so easy!
Posted by: Mishka | 06/27/2011 at 01:51 PM
I enjoy making hexigons but don't do it very often. I've been working on a GFG for a very long time. I didn't make it scrappy and now I wish I had.
Posted by: Sandi | 06/27/2011 at 07:49 PM
Ok, well here's the deal with me! I tried Hexies and they are ok...but there are ever so many MORE choices. I am going to make stars. In fact, I am enjoying it so much, starting on Saturdays I am going to share my findings. (Like why you should base from the FRONT...the right side!)
Posted by: Tonya | 06/27/2011 at 09:56 PM
Yes, hexies are the perfect take-along porject. I am totally in love with my mini GFG project. I prefer to use card stock and I don't baste through the paper. That way, you can pop the papers out without removing the basting.
Mishka, I think the trick with the whip stitches is to use a thread color that matches at least one of the hexies you are sewing. Only grab a couple threads from each side and make them really close together.
Posted by: Tina | 06/28/2011 at 05:31 AM
Erin, in your photos it looks like you might be using freezer paper for the hexagons. Is that correct? And are you basting through the papers?
Posted by: Sherena | 06/28/2011 at 08:12 AM
yes and yes
Posted by: erinrussek | 06/28/2011 at 09:14 AM
Erin, if you go to www.thevignettehexagonquilts.blogspot.com
this lady cuts her hexagon paper using her Cricut machine using freezer paper, then irons the hexies onto a strip of fabric. It sure would be easier. I don't know which cassett, but I'm going to ask her.
Posted by: Patricia Ottem | 06/28/2011 at 12:37 PM
I TOTALLY agree with you Erin!! I've tried many many MANY different hand-sewing projects and NOTHING travels as well as hexies. I TOO have the hexie bug. . and LOVE to buy the relatively cheap Charm packs and make 3" hexies with them!!! Yours look like its going to be beautiful - what are you using there. . . Freezer paper? I havnet tried that techinque, I usually just stick to Cardstock. (old magazine subsciption cards. Everyone knows I collect them, so every now and then someone brings me a HUGE folder full of them. . .YAY FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE ME!!! ;c) ;c) ;c)
Posted by: Katie Wiseman | 07/09/2011 at 11:04 AM
oh and BTW, my EPP project ALWAYS is in the car. I got stuck somewhere the other day for 4 hours. . . I got ALOT DONE!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Katie Wiseman | 07/09/2011 at 11:06 AM