Hexies!

Last year I was shown a quilt that my great grandmother made. It's hand stitched from over 2200 hexagons, and it's GORGEOUS! I will have to post a picture sometime. It's made from old, vintage style fabrics - which were authentic to her era! Anyway, it inspired me to try my hand at making hexies. I've seen them all over the blogs and they look like a good project to take when you travel. I used leftover scraps from my blue and yellow quilt and this is what I came up with...

Maybe you can tell from the computer that I'm at work... when I worked at Bozeman Deaconess, there were days that were a bit slow and I could pull out some hand sewing in between patients. 

My first hexie flower!

This is the progress so far... and I've realized just how much work it takes to get a piece of any substantial size! It must have taken HOURS for GGramma to make the quilt - it's about queen size. I'm not sure if these will progress to a quilt, but they may make it into a pillow. We'll see!