Wednesday, October 5, 2011

spellbound with hexies

I have been hexed with hexies. A spell has been cast on me by the quilting gods. Ooooo, it isn't that bad. Years ago I did not like these little six sided shapes. I think I saw way too many
grandmother's flower garden quilts at flea markets and garage sales. Nothing inspiring; they were everywhere and they mostly looked all the same. One night long ago at a quilt meeting the nice speaker brought samples of hexagon quilts...........hoo hum to me and I was resigned to suffer thru.........it was quilting, afterall.....do it for the cause. At the end, she showed us how to baste a hexie to old card stock and how to join them and she called it English paper piecing.

Was I an idiot to prejudge.

I liked doing them! I went home and started doing hexies from scraps. No granny's gardens for me but a little hodge podge project to put on a table or such. I had fun. I liked it. I really liked it. Mindless hand quilting.........fun..........oh I could dream dreams and think thoughts while stitching my hexies.
I hand appliqued my little hexie scrappy maze to a background and use this little quilt often. Here I have it for fall with some buckeyes.

Good memories to remind me not to just jump to conclusions of not liking something in the quilting world before I know more about it. At least try not to!

So I do have a little bag of scraps that I cart around and stitch on when I have nothing to work on and after a little time, progress can be seen. I will make these until I get a good idea of what to do with them. They are fun and good for a take along. Thought has crossed my mind to taking them to church and piece thru the sermon at Mass. Rethink that one; I don't want to be made the sermon subject. But it has crossed my mind since I do think and listen better during handwork...............hhhmmmmm..........

6 comments:

Sarah said...

HAHAHA welcome to hexie obsession - I almost always have my little travel bag with me to work on hexies when the moment strikes. Wish I had it with me at the doctor this morning...

Me and My Stitches said...

Funny - I just posted about hexies today on my blog! We must all be in "handwork mode"!

Pat said...

Why not - some people sleep!

antique quilter said...

I am so scared to start making these I may not stop!
I hear they are very addicting!
Kathie

Raewyn said...

yes it is true - hexies are addictive :-) Are't you happy you caught the bug? Your projects are gorgeous.

Lee Prairie Designs said...

Same here I love the hexies too! I am behind in making them but hopefully I will get back in gear soon.

Carolyn :)