I finished up a new quilt top this week. This started with a fat quarter bundle of Jenni Baker's Nordica. I wanted to showcase the prints and the over sized hexies let me do just that. I made a carboard template to cut the hexi halves. By no means an original idea but I do think it is a rather interesting spin on the traditional hexagon quilt block. I used some gray and pink (really more of a salmon) from my stash along with another half yard of one of the Nordica prints for the borders. It has been a long time since I made a quilt with borders and it seems as though I spent as much time on them as I did piecing the hexagon center! The top finished at 80.5" x 89.5".
Sunday, February 2, 2014
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Giant hexies; that's awesome! The problem I've seen with hexies is that they're often too small to show the beauty of the fabric. Making oversized hexies is a great idea! The way you've tied the border colours and hexie colours together is perfect too. I love this quilt
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I am having fun quilting it now.
DeleteThank you so much! I am having fun quilting it now.
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