Friday, February 19, 2021

I worked on cards again today. I have three tops ready for quilting and I’ll get them started this afternoon before supper. One of the last bits I did to get the tops ready was to baste some small hexagons (one-half inch). When I saw the pattern I knew I had some small paper hexies and I was lucky they were the right size, although I would have used them whether they were a little bigger or a little smaller as it wouldn’t make any difference in the card.

As I was basting them I remembered why I bought them in the first place. Ages ago (2014 I think) I came across a stitch-along project that I thought I might like to do. It was made up of 17,000 one-half inch hexies. I ordered a package of the papers but, thankfully, reality set in and I never started the project.

Today as I was sitting and basting twenty of them I noted how quickly they were going together. Better yet, an inch-and-a-half square of fabric (which I have plenty of) was the perfect size. So I’ve taken another look at the huge project and I might attempt something similar using scraps and the hexi templates I have; it will not, however, be the same size as the one I dreamed of.

But I won’t get too excited about it until I have finished the cross stitch quilt squares; the hexies will be my next armchair-while-I-wait project.