Piece and Love Hexagonal Progress

After I saw the giant hexagons that Claire at Self Sewn was making,

I decided to jump on the bandwagon and make some too.

I started making them and told the family I was making a table cloth,

but they are not having a bar of it,

so I think it's going to be a quilt.

Claire's one has about 200 hexes and I decided that sounded like a good number

so the other night I cut all the fabric to approximately the right size.

And cut a load of papers from a magazine.

Now it's all neat and tidy and ready for anytime I want to make a few.

I'm thinking this is a long-term project that I can plod away at.

I love using up random colours of vintage thread,

you know the ones that are too old to go through the machine

but perfect for a temporary running thread.

I love using these old scissors too,

I keep them in my hexagon kit.

It's a perfect project to cart around,

spread on a quilt and enjoy in peace and quiet.

This is the basket I keep it all in.

It's probably the nicest basket of this sort I have,

I think I have four or five of these shape, it's so useful.

I wish I could remember where I got the tutorial for the background quilt from,

I made it a few years ago and although I didn't love it much when I made it

because of the raw edges, actually it's worn well.

I really love vintage sheets in quilts,

their colours just go so well together.

Annie loves playing with the hexagons sorting and re-arranging them,

they are actually perfect for her to play with, 

my wee quilt designer.

I think I've made about 40, so 160 to go,

that's no too bad is it. 

Giant hexagons are absolutely the way to go.