Anywho!! I saw some wonderful hexagon quilts and figure I should get mine out and finish it since I'm at home a lot lately (the understatement of the century).
Do you remember this?
Inspired by this awesome oldie made in 1875-1900
This was back in 2011. I work at it a little bit at time. I thought I was doing so well but at one point, I didn't like the half chopped diamonds so I decided to remove them. (You can see it in the first picture, at the top.)
Then someone told me that it would be better if I put some half diamonds to even out the edges a bit. At the moment, if I put the border on, I would have to bring in so deep into the quilt that there's not much of a border showing.
It's a good thing I do keep everything.
I still have enough of that fabric to make those that are missing.
Guest what I'll be doing on Slow Sunday Stitching? It'll be fun!
While on Pinterest, I saw a Jacob's Ladder quilt with a border that I finally like. (Of course I can't find it anymore and I'm kicking myself for not saving it in the first place.) I do have a Jacob flimsy that patiently await its borders since 2013. So I started to make some blocks for the border.
It would be nice if I could locate my flimsy. Hope my measurements are right.
Enjoy!
;^)
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19 comments:
Good decision.
I really don't see have you have the patience for all of that detaching and reattaching!! You are going to have a lovely quilt when all is said and done, Chantal.
It will be lovely to see your beautiful hexagon quilt top finished. xx
wel since April had 100 days maybe you could do one a day - lol
I have a small grandma's flower garden that I started at least 18 years ago and I really need to get back to it. I had already downgraded it to a lap quilt (a small one). Then tried to make a nice border, but that didn't work very well, so now I need to just add enough hexies to get it to a decent size. Maybe I am inspired by your hexagon quilt - we'll see.
Your hexagon quilt is amazing - such a lot of work has gone into it! How to finish off the edges is always a quandary for me, too, with hexies. Whatever you decide, it's still going to be amazing!
I think a lot of projects are getting completed these days, it feels so good to finish. I just love the blue/brown quilt at the top of your blog, absolutely gorgeous.
I love your hexagon quilt! The layout is wonderful. I am amazed you found the same fabrics for your blocks....I'll bet the quilt is happy to be worked on again. What a fun border that will be for your JL quilt.
Keep moving those oldies forward!!
Its very easy to lose a lot of time on the internet! Glad to see the hexagons out to play again...
Hugz
Beautiful hexagon quilt, that is a lot of work removing and then returning the half diamonds..I quite like the lack of them and the uneven edge on the border, but that is me 😁😁. You sure can lose hours on Pinterest!! I try to avoid it.
What wonderful interesting work you do! It is definitely a good idea to spend the time making the edge exactly the way you want it. You will always be glad you did.
Gorgeous! Beautiful handwork!
Way to persevere!
I’m finding the sewing of hexagons exacerbates the ache in my left hand! I must hold my pieces too tight. I just work on any handwork in small increments of time. Thanks for sharing your project. They are wonderful!
Beautiful hexagon quilt. Glad you got it out again!
Great progress on those older UFOS. I am a bit jealous :)
Thanks for linking up with Oh Scrap!
Absolutely stunning. I wish I had the time and dedication involved to make a hexi quilt like this. Thank you for linking up to Put your down. My May Island Batik project is a hexi, paper pieced of course (not EPP).
Yeah, I fall down that Pinterest rabbit hole quite often, too!
Good luck with those hexies! Looks like you've got that project on the run!
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