Once again, it’s the day my friend Gun in Sweden and I host ScrapHappy, a day for showing something made from scraps.
And here it is, my latest scrappy project, currently imaginatively called Big Hexies (needs work, I know!). You may have seen the post earlier this month on my first batch of hexie flowers. Here’s the next lot!
This isn’t the final arrangement, by any means, just a layout to show what I’ve got finished since my last Big Hexies post.
ScrapHappy is open to anyone using up scraps – no new fabrics. It can be a random or formal quilt block, a pillow or pincushion, a bag or hat, a collage or rag rug. Anything made of scraps is eligible. If your scrap collection is out of control and you’d like to turn them into something beautiful instead of leaving them to collect dust in the cupboard, why not join us on the 15th of each month? Either email me at the address shown on my Contact Me page, or leave a comment below. You can also contact Gun via her blog to join. You don’t have to worry about a long term commitment or even join in every month, just let either of us know a day or so in advance if you’re new and you’ll have something to show, so we can add your link.
Here are the links for everyone who joins ScrapHappy from time to time (they may not post every time, but their blogs are still worth looking at):
Usually has a scrappy post:
Gun at https://rutigt.wordpress.com (in Swedish and English)
Titti at http://tittisquiltlek.blogspot.se (in Swedish only)
Heléne at http://quiltochsom.blogspot.se (in Swedish only)
Sometimes has a scrappy post:
Eva at bambisyr-evaj.blogspot.com (in Swedish only)
Sue at sewingmagpie.blogspot.com (in English only)
Nanette at http://stitchandsow-homeandgarden.blogspot.com.au (in English only)
Lynn at https://thetialys.wordpress.com (in English only)
Norma at https://shesewsyouknow.wordpress.com (in English only)
Lynda at: https://pixilatedtoo.wordpress.com (in English only)
Birthe: http://birthesrom.blogspot.no (in Norwegian only)
Turid: http://densyendehimmel.blogspot.se (in English and Norwegian)
Cathy: http://nanacathydotcom.wordpress.com (in English only)
Debbierose: https://sewrosey.wordpress.com (in English only)
Tracy: https://itsatsweetsday.wordpress.com/ (in English only)
Jill: http://nicepieceofwork.wordpress.com/ (in English only)
Claire: https://knitnkwilt.wordpress.com/ (in English only)
Susan: http://desertskyquilts.wordpress.com (in English only)
See you again, same time next month!
Lovely hexies, such an appealing shape. (Must have been fiddly sewing, non?)
Just enjoying reading some new blogs, thanks to you (new to me, at least). You really have a gift for bringing people together. xxx
Yes, joining the hexies is a bit fiddly, but I can do it on autopilot, so it doesn’t bother me 🙂
I know what you mean about finding new blogs; nothing makes me happier than reading though a bunch of posts from a blogger and recognising a fellow traveller.
You need to join hexaholics 😀
Who, me? I don’t have a problem…. do I? No, I’m fine! I can handle it! Hexies don’t control me, I control them… probably…
😂😂😂 it’s a Facebook group for quilters doing hexie projects 😂😂😂😂
Ah, all is explained! I’m not on Facebook, otherwise I’m sure I’d have come across it!
Big, bold and beautiful!
Thanks, Nanette! I’m a bit in love with these big ones, and they certainly go together much more quickly than the little ones.
Lovely hexies… I have just completed a scrappy granny squares blanket (not photographed yet). I’m trying to use up those tiny balls of wool that end up occupying space in my yarn collection and really aren’t big enough to do anything with other than something scrappy. I rather like the way that random elements can turn into something unexpectedly beautiful.
I think scrappy yarn projects would qualify as ScrapHappy… Would you like to join in? There’s no obligation to post anything, but I send a reminder a few days in advance so you can schedule your scrappy post for 15th of the month, and once you’ve posted a couple of times, I put you in the Sometimes Posts section. Let me know 🙂
Yes, that would be lovely. I make something with scraps quite often 🙂
Done! You’re on the email list and on the links list. See you same time next month 🙂
So very pretty! I just unearthed a small piece of hexagonal patchwork work from my great grandmother that I have to get made into something. I remember it from when I was little.
It sounds almost too precious and old to be made into something that gets used. Would it look good mounted and framed? If not, and it’s quite small, and you like the idea and don’t mind a bit of sewing, this post talks about making tiny hexies into a purse:
https://grannymaudsgirl.wordpress.com/2016/07/19/scrap-bag
I’d love to see it, whatever you end up doing with it.
It’s quite long and rectangularish but my preference is to mount it and frame it. THe husband isn’t too keen. If it was backed, I could just use it as an ornamental throw. I may try and send you a photo of it.
A photo would be good, with dimensions? I might be able to come up with a use you’re both happy with!
Thanks Kate, will do that. I could frame half but wouldn’t have the heart to cut it in two.
The alternative would be to unpick some of the stitching, which might not be that hard, but could lead to unexpected unravelling and a bit of restoration work!
Very pretty. I have been neglecting my hexies and scraps recently. Next year….
We’ll be glad to have you back and scrapping!
I love the black and white dotty hexies! They contrast so well to the hexieflower!!!!
Don’t they! I looked at all sorts of ideas, but this was the best solution.
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Ah, the hexi… I see a scrappy quilt in my future! Beautiful work Kate!
Hexies are a wonderful scrap eater. The small ones take much longer to achieve a quilt, but you can use smaller scraps. I wanted more impact (as well as slightly more instant gratification!), so I’m using 4.5 x 5 inch scraps for each ‘petal’.
Good idea!
I’m loving this eye-popping goodness!
I have quite a substantial pile now, and sometime soon I’m going to have to clear a patch of floor to lay them out…
Very pretty, I don’t think I’ve got the patience for hexies! I’ve got a load of furnishing silk samples which I fancy turning into a scrap quilt, just not sure of a design yet 🙂
It’s funny, everyone talks about the patience needed, but I can crank these lovelies out pretty quickly. Certainly faster than a complicated paper pieced block…
These (and the ones you showed in the earlier post) put me forcibly in mind of your hat boxes. Is that because you’ve used some of the same prints? I love both projects and yet neither is something I’d be willing to undertake! Oh the joys of being able to see and benefit from what folks around the world are doing. 🙂
Yes, a lot of the hat box fabric scraps are reappearing here! They’re mainly quite large prints, and therefore well suited to large hexie flowers, and I love the fabrics too well to consign them to the depths of one of my scrap boxes…
Oh. My. Goodness. Kate! I wouldn’t know where to start with this lot, and here you are making something amazing. A very happy rendition to be sure!
I looked at a pile of scraps and didn’t want to cut them too much smaller, so a large hexie was an obvious choice. And once I’d settled on black for the centre of the flowers, it all flowed quite naturally from there. If you like the look of it, buy yourself a $8 pack of hexie papers, take out a needle and thread, and just start. Even if you only make a few flowers, that’s still enough for a couple of cushions, or a bag, or something. And you never know, it could be the start of something beautiful. This will be my 5th hand stitched hexie quilt…
WOW!
I just love it.
Me too, I’m having lots of fun!
Love these hexies….they almost have me wanting to make some myself….but I’m resisting….lol.
I *never* manage to resist the lure of hexies. Everything else, yes, but not hexies 🙂
Those black and white hexagons really make a different look!
They make the colours pop, don’t they? And I like the way they make each individual flower distinct from the others.