Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Hexagons

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Have you wanted to make hexagons but did not want to make them by hand? If you go to Doreen's blog you can make hexagons with your sewing machine. She will show you how with 5" charm squares. She has two techniques. One is with a ruler and the other is paper piecing. I used a ruler to make this table runner which is going to be a Christmas gift. If you click here you can see the first set of instructions. Click here for the next set of instructions. And here is the next set. I love making hexagons by hand but I wanted to learn something new. Thanks Doreen for sharing this technique.
 Doreen also had another sew along in June. I made this quilt using one jelly roll and some background fabric. I got the binding sewn on last night. One jelly roll and some background fabric sure made a good size quilt. Thanks Doreen for sharing this design too.
 Here is a little bit of the quilting. I did not want it heavily quilted. Laura did this one for me too. Laura has been saving up her money and just got herself a new quilting machine. Go by and see what she got here. Thank you Laura!
With Passion,
Carrie P.

14 comments:

Jeanna said...

Love your table runner! I didn't join Doreen's August project...too much backlog :(

I also love your Willow Weave, mine is still a flimsy. Laura did a great job on the quilting too!

Hope you are having a great week :)

Robin said...

The table runner is great! I'll have to check out her instructions... you've got me curious. :) The jelly roll quilt is awesome. The quilting looks wonderful!

Loris said...

Your hexies look gorgeous in the table runner. Lovely fabrics too!

Loris said...

Wow! Interesting tutorial for sewing the hexies too! I like it :-)

Aunt 'Reen said...

Wow, I just LOVE your Christmas hexie Table Runner. It's gorgeous!
Your Willow Weave turned out very beautiful as well! Thank you so much for participating in my sew-alongs!

KaHolly said...

Love your table runner. I am excited for Laura's new machine. I am growing more appreciative of machine quilting now that I've been introduced to FMQ.

FlourishingPalms said...

After much resistance, I've been bitten by the hexie bug, and am very interested in the machine-sewn versions. Thanks for the link to Doreen's blog.

Melissa said...

I love your hexagons. I have done it on my machine a couple of times but I'm never as happy with the results and I am when I hand sew them...

Anonymous said...

You e certainly been keeping yourself busy and in colors that are me!

Raewyn said...

Thank you for the link - I am itching to give these a try!!! Your runner looks great :-) I love your newly finished quilt too - the red in it is lovely and really makes it sing.

Judy said...

Thanks for mentioning how to do hexies by machine. I'm going to visit her blog to see how to do that. I'm up for learning something new!

Anonymous said...

I need to read how to do the hexie on the machine. I always sew them by hand so it would be quicker. Thanks for posting.

Michelle May-The Raspberry Rabbits said...

Beautiful. I love all your fabrics too. I think I have some of those in my stash. :)

Sue said...

Your Christmas hexie table runner came out gorgeous and I love the fabric in your Willow Weave quilt.

I also made Doreen's Willow Weave quilt and am working on my hexie's