
When I was in Sydney recently, we had a fantastic day fabric shopping. At Material Obsession in the back room where they hold their classes, there was a basket of WIP's and I scored all these hexagons for $10.00. Bargain I thought! I can make some funky, retro styled hand quilt. 33 blocks, all ugly prints, well a few nice ones, but lots of grey and poo brown. Uneven stitching which I can forgive as my stitches are not the neatest but the thread happens to be bright red even though the material is a grey or blue, so it does stand out a bit.... But when I got home, I discovered why they were in the WIP basket. They don't actually fit into each other, they are all out! Some fit in one side and are 2 mm's out in the other! So then I thought, thats cool, I'll just pair them up and make little pincushions, like the one below which I have nearly finished. I sewed this the first week I was back and then put it all in the snap lock bag and shoved it back in the storage tub of WIP and patterns. I found it again yesterday and admit I had forgotten all about these hexagons and no wonder, they are so ugly! What was I thinking?

8 comments:
Heavens! What were you thinking?! Good idea getting rid of them before they take up permanent residence in your valuable sewing real estate! Just don't send them here!
I firmly believe there are no ugly fabrics! They just need to be paired with something lovely to make them shine. I'd love to take them off your hands as I need some hand sewing to keep me occupied while I heal from an accident.
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I would say I would take them off your hands but I have my own 'hand-me-down' hexagon project to finish sometime - http://lucysquilts.blogspot.com/2007/07/what-is-grandma-growing.html
Ooooh anything is worth a shot
Three Helen .....your doing well!! lol
oh what the hey! throw me into your pit of ugly hexagons!! i will give it a try it you pick me
=)
but seriously, what were you thinking? hehe caught up in the moment?
6 comments!!! Me posting this does not put my name in the hat!
It's actually only 4 Ads....Emma and I don;t want them either!!
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