Hexagon project

I have always many sewing projects in progress.

One of my fave projects is the hexagon quilt.

I started to cut the 2 x 2 inch squares in may 2011 when I was on a trip with dad & sis.

Since may I worked nearly every week on this project. I cut templates & fabrics, sewed templates and finally put the hexagons together.

Last week I finished 127 hexagon flowers in different colours and fabrics.

(hexagon flower tower - 127 flowers)

I used all my quilting weight fabrics (no linen or medium weight fabrics) except for the grey and the black ones.

(hexagon quilt - planing)

Last week I took another big step. I draw the pattern for the quilt.

When I draw the pattern I planed to use 130 hexagons. But after some calculating I thought it might be better to add 13 hexagon flowers to make the quilt wide enough to use it as a blanket.



(time to start putting the quilt together)



So here are the plans for quilt:

- 143 hexagon flowers made from 1001 coloured hexagons

   I finished the first 127 flowers so I already used 889 hexagons.

- sash the flowers in ash kona

  I have no idea how many grey hexagons I need to make. Must be something around 1500+

- quilt size: around 112 cm x 182 cm

   I might add another row with 13 hexagon flowers when the quilt turned out to be to small.

(ash sashing)

Last weekend I finally start putting the first flowers together. I have to admit that I used every free minute to work on this project (which wasn't a lot since we visited mr. artistics parents) but the result is already breathtaking.

(first 10 flowers sashed in kona ash)

If I add one flower to the blanket each day this project should be finished in 143 days.

But since I'm working on a few projects it might take a little longer.

I'm not sure if anyone is reading my blog but I'm looking for someone who likes to swap 18 little fabric squares (2 x 2 inch) with me.

I'm looking for 6 purple, 6 dark pink and 6 orange squares for my hexagon project.

I run out of different fabrics and I don't want to buy any fabrics just for some tiny squares.

So if anyone wants to swap some little squares with me feel free to contact me .