Apologies - but yesterday’s lack of Blogtoberfesting was due to 3 hour dental appointment & extractions & partial denture fitting – let’s not even go there eh?
But I did use my time well – calmly (!) sewing hexies together for some new pincushion gifts … but then I thought … hang on a mo … … these produce a perfect double sided bigger hexie … and I am in need of a slow hand-sewn project …
(there are more trips scheduled to the d******t)
I made a 6cm sided template & cut a large hexie out of batting and slipped it inside the pocket. Ta-Da! instant quilting !! In the top most picture you can see the green hexie is a bit more puffy than the orange – it’s got the batting in.
Obviously, if I were to continue with this I would probably tack the batting in once I’d removed the piecing and before turning right side out, but I think I like the idea … you could make a pretty funky double sided quilt reasonably quickly like this.
The idea of making a quilt with a gazillion individual 1”hexies put me off big time because of the long preparation time that would mean for me, but I feel this would be quite fun – especially if you add your block colours into the centres or around the edges to break up the patterns a bit … You could also cut two large hexies from plain blocks and piece them to really make the colours pop…
What do you think guys? Is it viable?
