I think it's about time to do a little catch up with some more of the quilts I finished this year. Let's start with this one, a baby quilt for a friend. Their little guy will be here in the next few weeks and I'm thinking he's going to like kitties as much as his parents do.
I had a fun bundle of Makower Cats with lots of adorable prints in there. I pulled out some of the more boy-friendly ones and finally tried Modern Handcraft's popular Modern Hexies tutorial. It was great! I made the hexies a little bigger - the sides are 1.5" instead of 1" so I was able to show more of some of the larger prints.
I assembled about half of the hexies her way and then decided to veer off course, armed with starch and my iron. It went so quickly this way! I just cut squares the right size to cover the hexagon paper, sprayed the fabric with a little starch, and then folded and pressed each side around the paper. Once they were cooled off, I took the papers out the the fabric held it's shape until it was glued onto the background fabric. I will definitely use this method again when doing Modern Hexies. They were a little difficult to line up just so but I love how it turned out. The backing is Pearl Bracelets - I think the triangles look fun with the circles.
And one last shot, playing around in the train station while our train was delayed.
Terrific use of this fabric and the hexies!
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