Design Wall Monday – Sept 26

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Not much on my design wall today – I have had family visiting and haven’t been able to get to my machine or most of my fabric — but because of this limitation I have discovered a new obsession. English Paper Piecing!  Who knew these little hexagons could be so addictive and it is great to use up scraps of fabric – I am playing with 1 inch hexagons and they use a 2.5 inch square of fabric!

I have this one made out of some scraps of reproduction Baltimore Album fabric by Mary Koval for Windham Fabric. Not sure what I am going to do with this one and the others that are in progress. I don’t know that I will make a whole quilt out of them, but might create a little wall hanging.

Any of you do English Paper Piecing? What do you do with all of your creations?

Stop over to Judy’s Blog to see what everyone is doing.

 

4 thoughts on “Design Wall Monday – Sept 26”

  2. Hey John – do be careful as the hexies are wildly obsessive and contagious!! LOL!! I've got 2 projects going (one is diamonds and the other replicates the tile floor at work) and designs for at least 3 more. Once of my classes at IQF-Houston will even be on hexies! They are the best travel project for any spare 5 minutes.

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  3. I started doing the little hexies in 3/4″ and then I joined the Inchy Hexagon Swap because they are so much fun to make. So, I have two sizes going and have no definite idea of just what I'm going to do with them! It may take me a few years to have enough to even do a small wall hanging.

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  4. English paper piecing is addicting! I've been working on a little project for quite a while. I'm slow enough that I don't have to worry about too many things piling up. I did make an embroidery project last year that also used a few hexagons scattered in the corners – it added a nice texture to the piece. No reason they can be fit in with other piecing though.

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