Believe it or not, this is the final month of Season 3 of Block Studies Collective with Tara Faughnan @tarafaughnan. Sad but true. Once again, my fabric pull was a combo of Tara's suggested palette and colors from my stash that were close to what I didn't have. Though I originally pulled a few more, the fabrics I ended up actually using were Konas Windsor, Blue Jay, Sienna, Cerise, Woodrose, Yarrow, and Dusty Peach.
The design for the month was hexagons, and though Tara gave several more options of shapes to try, I really did love the hexies best.
Eventually, I stopped and worked up a layout. In retrospect, I maybe should have stuck to clearer hexagon shapes, but you know me. I like seeing what other shapes can be created with adjoining like colors, and that's kind of the way my piece developed.
Obviously, I made a much simpler pieced back for my little quilt, using cut-offs from my original piecing.
I quilted with Aurifil 50wt 2975 [Brass], with the beginning intention to echo on each side of all the hexagons. But after doing just the sides - not the tops and bottoms - I liked the look, so let that be enough.
I'm regretting trying to do precision sewing when I was still under the weather, as I see a spot now I would have tried harder with if I'd noticed it in time. At any rate, I love this little design, and again, the palette was half the fun.
I think that experimenting with secondary shapes by allowing the color to flow makes the piece really interesting. Sorry to hear you were under the weather; I hope you are feeling much better now.
ReplyDeleteThe color palette is so good, and works well for the hexies. I like that you played around with the shapes and how secondary shapes would show up. Looking forward to see all of your block study pieces, what a fun study this time around!
ReplyDeleteWow, I'm really struck by this hexie project and the secondary patterns -- I feel like it's something I haven't seen before? Is that possible? Thank you!! Wishing you a speedy and full recovery from feeling cruddy.
ReplyDeleteMaybe when folks do hexies they're more likely to make them stand out more? I'm not sure why I let them make secondary patterns this time. Was just having fun. Thanks for the well wishes - finally feeling better!
DeleteI was also jumping in here to say: I especially like the secondary patterns. And apparently I am not the only one ;) Overall such a lovely mini! Glad you are feeling better. xo
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