Paper Pieced Hexagons {How I Spent My Evening}

 

 

Thankfully Hurricane Isaac landed

to the left of us!

Fortunately, we only experienced

long periods of heavy rain fall!

 

While listening to the steady

downpour,

I dug into my "newly cut" scraps

and



I added a few more hexagons

to my quilt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slowly but surely my hexagon quilt is growing.

You can find my previous hexagon update here.

 

Thanks again for all of your thoughts and prayers!

 

Until Next Time ... Happy Quilting

 

Obsessed With Hexagons

Lately

I have been obsessed with my hexagons!

I was able to connect a few of

my Grandmother's flowers together

while I was catching up

with my TiVo shows.

If you look closely

you can see that my Little Person's

homework is buried

underneath the hexagons!

Until Next Time... Happy Quilting!

How I Spent My Summer (Part 2)

I thought that I would share a little bit more

about my version of hexagons.

I think that I do mine a little bit

differently.

My hexagon quilt is made up of MODA scraps

from my previous projects.

Whenever I complete a project,

I cut whatever pieces that I can into 2 1/2" squares.

Then I throw them into a box.

Whenever the mood strikes me,

I reach in and grab 6 squares.

I baste these squares and them sew them into a flower.

I don't baste my hexagons ahead of time because

I like the excitement of seeing the completed flower

and I love the scrappy, unplanned feel of each flower.

Here is an idea of what all of my flowers will look like :

Of course my Little Person had to lend a helping hand:

Someday I will start to attach each of the flowers

together but until then,

they will live nice and neat in my box.

Until Next Time... Happy Quilting!

How I Spent My Summer (Part 1)

I can't believe that it is already August!

Where did my summer go?

Well, I was "HEXING" it up like everyone else.

Jaclyn of Urban Crunch

hosted a Hex-A-Long

I joined in on the fun a little bit late,

but I did manage to get quite a bit done.

My first post was here.

For awhile I was able to complete one

Grandmother's flower each day.

(I think that lasted about a week.)

So here we are at the end of summer

and this is where I am at:

21 Grandmother's flowers made since June 21, 2010.

I previously had 40 Grandmother's flowers made.

My grand total is 61 Grandmother flowers made.

(427) 1" hexagons used

 I am aiming to complete 300 flowers.

So once again, I will be a grandmother

before I get this project done!


Until Next Time ...Happy Quilting

Hex-A-Long

Jaclyn of Urban Crunch is hosting

a World Cup Hexagon Month

Hex-A-Long.

 I have decided to dust off all

of my hexagons and join in on the fun.

So here is what I did yesterday:

Hexagons Year to Date (before this weekend):

40 Grandmother's Flowers pieced

Total # of Grandmother's Flowers needed : 300

Yesterday's Productivity: 3 Grandmother's Flowers completed

Too many needed to count!

I hope that all of you will also dust off your hexagons

and join in on the fun.

Until Next Time...Happy Quilting!