From A - Hexing Along

Instead of spending the weekend as I intended (cleaning, doing laundry, quilting, and sleeping), I spent the weekend starting a new project. I started making hexies. It's been awhile, but you may remember what happens when I start making hexies.

It started off with me just wanting to make a few, just to try it out and see how I liked the templates. This quickly progressed to me wanting enough of them to make a cute little stack while I watched a movie.

This turned into me wanting to have enough hexies to get a sense of what they might look like sewn together.

Another movie later, I had almost half of my coffee table covered and a good part of my day gone. Fifty little hexies in all. Half of what my Tula Pink kit will produce. Still not sure what these are going to turn into but for now, I'm perfectly happy making them, stacking them, and admiring them over and over again.

From A - 'Tis the Season to make Hexies

There's nothing quite like a Canadian winter to make me downright giddy at the prospect of a few months of sunshine, grass and flip flops.

As summer barrels towards me, I find myself spending more time in parks, on patios and generally anywhere that is not within reaching distance of a sewing machine.

What's a crafty girl to do? Handwork!

Lately, more and more of my big sewing projects are being sidelined in favour of some good old English paper piecing. Let me tell you, making those hexagons is very, very addictive!

While I methodically cut, baste, and sew the little units together, I can't help but admire their perfect finished edges and their beautifully symmetrical shape.

I'm not sure what these little hexies will become but I can tell you that it's very likely that I'll spend most of my summer making more of them.

What are you working on this summer?

(PS. Fat Quarterly is hosting a quilt along to make a whole quilt worth of hexies. Although the finished quilt is absolutely gorgeous, there is no way the Toronto heat and sun will last long enough for me to get that kind of project started, let alone finished. You'll find me cheering the brave participants on from the sidelines as I add to my collection of green and blue hexagons.)