Riley's Quilt: Hexagon Spotlight
I've been trying to make lots of fun hand sewn hexagon blocks to add to Riley's quilt. I started out by sorting the duplicate blocks from the charm pack and putting them to the side. I wanted at least one of each print in the quilt relatively untouched. Then I use the duplicates for my hand sewn extra special blocks. Most of the blocks are cut out randomly, but for a few of the blocks I am fussy cutting. Fussy cutting is really difficult when you are using charm packs lol. I would not do this again, partially because of fabric waste but mostly because it's hard to get 6 identical prints in a 5x5 inch square. I am saving the extra fabric scraps, but they are pretty tiny I don't yet know if I can use them. Here, I've had to use two charm packs to fussy cut the right number of bees. I was nervous that using just grey tones would be boring, but the end result turned out quite charming in my opinion. They remind me of a circus. If I had more of ...