Hexies everywhere!

The Hexies are back!

Since they were such a hit with one my previous quilt, I decided to incorporate some hexie action into this quilt as well. More on that later.

I must apologise for the bad quality of the latest photos I've been posting. However I can only find time to take photos at night and I seem to have misplaced the battery charger for my camera and so I've been taking pictures with my mobile in order to keep you up to speed, hence the bad quality / lighting of my latest developments.

Also, I'd like to share with you what has become a usual scene from my evenings. As the cold nights become colder, particularly where I live (well, not that cold, it doesn't snow or anything, but we are used to warm weather), there always seems to be a cat under a quilt or on top of it and most times I only notice it as they tend to leave some part sticking out. In this case Nico is sleeping, under the quilt I'm sewing, streched across my lap with his little white mittens sticking out.

Mushi seems to prefer the batting pile lately. She looks like she's sleeping on a cloud. It's just hard taking her picture while she's sleeping because as soon as I come close she'll want to see what I'm doing...

It's great to see they love my new hobbie/obssession as much as I do and take part in their own little ways :)

2nd hexie project.

So with my first hexie table mat done, I'm moving on to the second one and I'll be using my latest charm pack.

Here they are, all the hexies for my second table mat

I've asembled a few already

Hi Cyberspace!

So here it is, my very fisrt hexie top complete. Isn't it a beauty? Still haven't decided how to finish the project, having way too much fun doing the hexagons and sewing them together... Also, I'm much more worried about the lack of fabric, which makes it impossible to do another one of these with 90 different patterns...

So on that note...

Oh, yes, about that hexie obsession...

I've actually managed to decide a purpose for all those hexies I have lying around that were so much fun to do.

Basically I'm doing table mats, in hexagonal shape. I'm just a bit worried about how I'll finish the ends, deciding if I should just get some fabric and apliqué the hexies or just put some bottom, some filling and bind it with som sort of material...  

You can already see it shaping up, just one of a few :P

So this is my hexie progress so far.
I've been having a hard time actually finding time to dedicate to them. I still don't really know what I'm doing with them, probably table mats for the kitchen table.

Not bad...

...for a day's work! Sorry about the picture, I am kind of sleepy.

My hexies forming a big happy family :)

Just wishing the Universe a good night. See you tomorrow World!

I am such a proud momma!

I have just completed sewing my first couple of hexies and I love them! They are too cute for words! I wanna do this for the rest of my life!!

Long time no see...

Hello dearest cyberspace.

Hope you're not mad at me for being away lately, but I just couldn't find the energy to come here and write. I haven't made much progress with the hexagons, but I've managed to make a few more, the new fabrics really motivate me.

Unfortunately that means less sleep and the next day I'm even more tired. Sunday is my day off. I hope I can start sewing some hexies together but the combination of patterns worries me a bit.

My little hexie box

my hexagons all mixed up

I have now started the second hexie row, but I have yet to count them. Hopefully I'll have bigger progress in the next couple of days.

Wish me luck!

Yesterday...

Was a REALLY hot day in Lisbon. It was also Grandparents's Day, so it was very busy for us.
But I still managed to be very productive regarding my crafts, I started quilting my second project (the red and white quilt) and I finaly managed to get to the patchwork store and buy some goodies. I finaly have proper needles and thread, and I bought some lovely fabrics for my collection.

Nico helping me

My loot

As far as my hexagons, I haven't really made a lot of progress, because I actually had to start all over again as I wasn't properly securing them and so I felt they would unravel when I started sewing them together. So now they are much more stable. About 65 of them :)

My lovely hexagons so far. I'm addicted!

Overall it was a great, hot, summer day! Today I hope I'll have a quiet one so I can really do the things I want to do without setbacks. How was your day cyberspace? :)

Wasting precious time...

So today I got out of work at 4p.m. and came straight home for lunch. I've been really stressing about possible fabrics for my hexagons so I decided to check out a few stores in search for charm packs or fat quarter packs. It was a total waste of time... I've been trying to find a store that sold them that was cheaper than the only one I know around here, but it was no use. So tomorrow I'll try to stop by and get my fabric fix, hopefully it will solve my problem...

Today I reached 60 hexagons, still a lot of hexagons left I expect to make at least 500 for starters and then, depending on what I decide to do with them, do more
Had a great company for my work tonight. She just loved them a little bit too much...

So wish me luck! May tomorow be more productive than today :)

Hello again.

So after my setback yesterday, I found myself trying to decide if I should start over or just carry on. My natural instinct is to keep going, but I knew I would regret it down the road so I basically started over. With these new smaller hexagons I found I really needed to trim the edges. Also it's a bit harder because now I'm using paper and before I used a sort of thin card so it helped with the sewing because it kept the hexagons straighter.

Anyway, here was my progress last night. I've made 30 hexagons. It's not much and I expect to pick up speed as I gain more experience at it. I actually prefer these smaller hexagons.

The lack of fabric diversity is still an issue. Have you gone overboard when you start looking at your clothes and thinking that would make a great hexagon and in truth you really don't weat it that often?

I'm thinking of going down to a patchwork store today and buy some charm packs of fat quarters, though here they're usually expensive and not very original.

It's been a very busy week and I wish I had like 30 hours a day. Enjoy your Saturday. I miss having weekends and holidays and stuff...

So, it turns out...

I'm an idiot!

From all the trouble I took to make the hexagon templates, it never occured to me to track down an image online, then create a document with loads of them.

So now, just to make sure this project is impecable, I will have to undo all of my hexagons, and make them according to the new templates...

The purpose of hexagons in one's life

You might be wondering what do I need the hexagons for. After all, you usually pick out a project before starting to make it! Makes sense!

But for me, it's been sort of different. Because I REALLY enjoy making hexagons. I love picking out which part of the fabrics would be nice to feature in each hexagon, I love basting them, I love the end result, I love the anticipation of trying to imagine how it will all fall into place. And so, I have decided to keep doing them until I'm tired of it and then I will decide what to do, depending on the number of hexagons I made.
Of course I have some idea of things I would like to make. Some table mats, some pan holders, maybe even a table cloth or a quilt. I don't really know. For me it's all about enjoying the journey, something that I've learned to embrace, since it is completely out of character for me.
So I guess I see changes already, very good progress I supose!

Good morning!

Hello cyberspace!

Had a really hard time getting up today. Yesterday was so chaotic and then I stayed up later than I should because of my hexagons so today I'm kind of beat. Doesn't really help that I work every day of the week, I supose. But it could be worse because I get in at 10a.m and I leave most days at 3p.m., sometimes at 4p.m like today and twice a week at 5p.m.

I resisted the urge to bring my hexagons with me to work, though it would be really nice to be able to do them here, I just know I wouldn't pay attention to anything else. So basically all I can do is browse the Internet for blogs and pages that inspire me.

By the end of today I expect to use up all of my squares and all the hexagons I cut up. I really have to make a decision regarding my very small and embarassing fabric stash, maybe some investment is needed. I so wish I could find some fat quarter packs with beautifull fabrics, but it's hard around here...
Healtwise, I only wish that I could do this while walking on a treadmill. Oh well, baby steps I guess...

My third project

So even though my second project is not finished yet, i decided to start something I could easily do at night when I can't use the sewing machine. However, being as much fun as this is, it has actually taken over my free time.

I am ADDICTED to Hexagons!!!!

I found this amazing page called Texas Freckles it has inspired me to just go ahead and do this. This time I DID use templates, though it sucks that I can't just buy them like Melanie did and have to actually make them.

I've just started yesterday, so I'm still making them, don't know if I have enough different fabrics yet, I guess I'll just have to see as I go along... here is my work so far.

This was the result for yesterday's work.

And my second day's result. Now it's well passed my bed time. I shall continue tomorrow! Sleep tight cyberspace!