Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Hexy Stars Revisited and Repeated


It is rare I want to make a quilt a second time.


I hung my Hexy Stars up in the ever changing rotation at the house and I love it all over again.


If you've been reading my blog for a while you might remember I posted about it HERE.  I finished it many years ago, machine pieced and hand quilted.


I think it fits all of the criteria my special person loves about quilts.  A variety of fabrics, lots of pieces and colorful.  I still have the templates I drafted - it just might be my next project.






Here are a few of the fussy cut stars.

Stripes are fun to play with.

I've added plenty to the stash, so no problem there.








It will be a nice machine piecing project in between all of my hand work projects.


Maybe fewer pinks and florals this time.


Although, when fussy cut - not all flowers 'read' as floral.









Even if the paisleys are not always as symmetrical as one would like - visually, they can still be interesting.

I'm not signing up for perfection.
I prefer interesting.








I really do love this.  I've talked myself into it.

No commitment to a completion date.

I'll be taking liberties with the fussy cutting again.

Using more indigo, stripes and geometric prints, or so I think.

The colors and prints will be a welcome variety!




Yesterday I was gifted with some fantastic fabrics from a special person - let the cutting begin!!
Hope you are up to some fun in your sewing room today.

24 comments:

  1. Great Hexagon quilt! I made mine in 2010 and it is still one of my favorite quilts. I too would love to make another one.
    I hadn't found your blog when you posted this so I was happy to see it!
    Isn't it amazing how people are making quilts like this now?

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  2. Wonderful quilt--all that fussy cutting looks fun!

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  3. Gorgeous quilt! What wonderful fussy cuts!
    I love this line...
    "I'm not signing up for perfection.
    I prefer interesting."

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  4. This quilt is wonderful. Love all the stars.

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  5. You said you machine pieced this quilt. Does that mean you had to deal with Y seams? Love it.

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  6. Absolutely Y Seams! Also lots of starts and stops to keep the seam allowance free, just like I do when I hand piece.

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  7. This will be another treasure. Looking forward to watching your progress.

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  8. Beautiful. I can see why you'd want to make this again. I love your 'imperfect' stars.

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  9. It's a lovely quilt with lots of room for new adventures.:) I can totally see why you want to do another! Have you seen the one Hilda is working on over at http://everystitchblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/when-stars-meet-hexagons-and-ann.html? Gorgeous. Some day I hope to make one myself. When I get brave enough! lol

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  10. Oh yes - definitely bears a repeat - such a lovely quilt! And the fussy cutting is such creative fun - different every time.Interesting that you machine pieced it - would you do that again?

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  11. Love love love it! Looking forward to seeing your progress!

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  12. Love it! I'm glad that you are going to do it again, and am looking forward to watching your progress. I love all of the fussy cutting going on in the quilt world lately!

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  13. I find this style of quilt very interesting. A lot to look at. And you can get different looks using the same fabric by carefully cutting from another area of the fabric design.

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  14. Dawn I love your quilt. I don't think I had seen it before. Your fussy cuts are wonderful. You know so etimes perfection is highly over rated!

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  15. This is such a wonderful quilt Dawn. No wonder you fell in love with it again.

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  16. I love hexies quilts too. Your stars are so interesting I wish I could see them all. Love the pink/purplish star: it looks like a Lily flower to me. So beautiful all of them. I will definitively be watching the next one come to life. Thanks for sharing.
    Chantal

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  17. Wonderful to see photos of your hexagon quilt again! It was partly the inspiration for my own....haven't made any 6-pt stars yet but perhaps I will throw in a few! Mostly just using favorite fabrics from over the years....it's my hand-piecing project and I sew on it when I visit my Mom....she can't sew anymore but enjoys going through the stack of fabrics.

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  18. Are you going to do the same setting?? I saw a seven sisters type setting from an antique quilt over at Temecula quilts blog. There are so many great striped & repeat prints to work with now!! Love your first one!!!!

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  19. Just gorgeous and very fascinating to study! I can see why you love this quilted treasure so much!

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  20. That quilt can be so different the second time around. It is gorgeous!

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  21. Beautiful...it is taking me forever to do a runner for kitchen table, but I am doing everything by hand....I lost my marbles!

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  22. Thanks so much for sharing this quilt - I absolutely love it! I have about 40 stars made after seeing them on Temecula Quilt blog, but I couldn't figure out how I wanted to put them all together. After seeing this I think I'm going to try it.

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  23. I will be watching as the 2nd one evolves - nice to work 'free-form' and see where it takes you. Sorry to have been so out of the loop on reading and keeping up with your blog - and many others.

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  24. I would interested in know how you machined pieced this. the "route" you took as you pieced each star.....

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