Friday Night Sew In

Last night was FNSI.  We have a different person hosting it for the next 3 months.  Big Thanks to Sugarlane Quilts!  Head over there and check out all the participants.

I have shared how I how I do my hexagons but thought I would share again since
this is what I did last night. :) 

More hexis! 

I start with a 2.5 x 2.5 inch square.

 

 

On the wrong side I center my 1 inch paper hexagon.

(each side of the hexagon is 1 inch)

 

 

I fold and baste the paper template in place.

 

I do chain about 3 together at a time.
 



More Hexagons

What a great Saturday night, Dirty Dancing on t.v. and hexis!  Have had this project going for a while now.  No deadline so no real urgency to get it done.  Basted a bunch last night and snipped ends to get them all organized.  I am up to 350 hexis!  I honestly have no idea how many it will take as I haven't decided on a pattern.  At first I was thinking of a traditional Grandmother's Garden but I have seen so many great uses of hexis that I haven't decided yet.  I have done everything myself, to printing and cutting out the paper templates for each hexi and cutting the 2 inch squares.  Below is a little bit about my process. 

Pile of Hexis - I love all of my different fabric colors I am using.



 

Here is my 2 X 2 inch square that I cut.  I know I have seen people who use hexi cut fabric.  I have never tried this and it may work better.  For me it is easy to cut 2 inch squares and quickly baste the squares with the paper hexi.

 

 

I do print sheets of paper with rows of hexagons.  My hexi's all have 1 inch sides.

 

 

 

To start basting I fold two sides around one point, starting on the right side I pull the thread through to the back (paper side) and then go back up right by the spot I came through. Repeat at each point. 

 

 

 

 

I chain piece several on one piece of thread.  Here you can see the back and front when done basting.

 

 

 

All 350 Hexagons all neat in a row!