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Home / My Blog / Classes and workshops / ::Somewhat Circular Hex::

::Somewhat Circular Hex::

January 15, 2015 By Katie

sewkatiedid/somewhat circular hexagon quilt

Regardless of my best intentions posting anything here gets pushed to the back.

I have a new season of lectures and workshops coming up and am always hoping to finish up at least one more sample for design options.  I love this practice as it allows me to reacquaint myself with a technique. Often I’ll gain perspective to share with my students that I didn’t originally think of.  Design wall time is invaluable to my process and a main focus of my workshops.  Leftovers from the original project are generally my go to, but more often than not, one project’s scraps merge into another project.

But it’s that desire for a finish that keeps me from here.  What I need to get over is always wishing to post that finished project.  Especially since I sew way faster in my head than real life.

So I think my intention for blogging this year is to focus on process AND post about it.

Marketing workshops is at the forefront of posting too and I wanna say I’m lucky that my classes fill as if late, but I also have to give myself credit that I’ve been working hard to figure out what people are inspired by, it’s not an accident.

sew katie did/somewhat circular hex

But if there’s a spot I like to make sure that I’m working on a sample. And that’s just what happened with this hex quilt.

There’s some quilting that needs to come out here and there, but I’m pretty happy with it. The trend and my love for dense quilting however isn’t fitting for the utilitarian use of baby quilts in my opinion, cardboard comes to mind, but we’ll see how it washes out.  I probably could have helped it out by selecting a type of batting that would be more supple instead of just grabbing a scrap that fit.

sewkatiedid/throwing stars

My To the Point workshop is full, but I’m working on a sample from the hex scraps for it.  They’re wee and currently being quilted.  Hoping for that finish today along with hanging sleeves/labels for Quiltcon quilts and squaring or at least picking out binding for the hex.

Thanks for reading, I’ve obviously got things to do;)

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  1. Sarah M. Ehret says

    January 15, 2015 at 5:16 pm

    I like the close quilting style too..

    And yes it does make for a stiffer quilt…

    Which batting do you think would work better…I hear a lot about how great wool is …your thoughts/

    Sarah

    Sammamish

  2. This Wife's Life says

    January 16, 2015 at 12:34 pm

    Lovely!! I’m loving the bright colors on gray lately…very nice!

  3. jodierichelle says

    January 16, 2015 at 5:57 pm

    Beautiful, inspiring work, as always. I love hearing how you are growing your business (and struggling with the lack of creative time that brings). Glad to know I am not alone there.

    I love the toes in the first photo: the ole’ “throw it on the floor and stand over it method, eh?”

  4. Kathy says

    January 16, 2015 at 6:50 pm

    Best use of hexagons I have seen in ages! So want to do a “To the Point” session with you.

  5. littlefieldbirch says

    January 16, 2015 at 6:52 pm

    Beautiful quilt! Thanks for sharing.

  6. GerryART says

    January 16, 2015 at 11:39 pm

    Seems you’re one busy gal‼️ I’m lovin’ the gray❤️

  7. erin says

    January 18, 2015 at 7:41 am

    gorgeous work, katie! i love to hear about process and will look forward to reading about it.

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