Not only did I complete two hexies this week, one for last week and one for this week, but I had them done before I went to bed Friday evening. So yesterday I spent the day printing and cutting hexagons. I kitted up enough for five more blocks and planned out color combinations for another dozen or so. It also occurred to me that maybe I should start piecing some sashing strips, else I'll have a thousand cream colored hexagons to piece all at the end, which would be boring.
For the sashing I wanted to use this cream colored fabric with the red flowers on it left over from another quilt, especially since I have quite a bit of it left. I laid out a few blocks and some of the sashing pieces to see what it might look like, and I like it. I also realized that some of my color combinations may not work so well, like the blue and pink one, and I may have to replace them later on. On the other hand, they may look just fine when I have 80 blocks put together. I'm determined to have some pink in this quilt too, but maybe not that blue. Hmm, maybe a darker blue.
Today I'll work on a couple of sashing strips and start on another hexagon block tomorrow.
I'm not a fan of hexagons, but I like what you are doing. the blue looks okay in the photo. It is soft, like a Dutch blue, and is a nice contrast... but you know best!
ReplyDeleteYou hexagon blocks look great. Personally I like the blue, I wouldn't eliminate it until I laid out the whole quilt. I'll bet it looks great when you get all the many blocks together.
ReplyDeleteI like the blue too!! I say, never kick a block out of the quilt til all the blocks are done. Sometimes it surprises you what makes the cut and what doesn't. Looks great!!
ReplyDeleteYour blocks are looking great. I to like the blue. Have to see how they look when all your blocks are done!!
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