The Great Sew Mama Sew Pillow Contest

I decided to enter my Pure Hex Pillow in The Great SMS pillow contest. 

I was so frustrated and DONE with hexagons by the time I actually finished this quilt.

I wanted to toss all the extras and be done with it.

My inability to throw away any usable fabric saved me from that.

Instead, I unpicked the matching 1/2 hexes and re-sewed them into 6 scrappy hexagons.

Then I sewed them into an odd shaped table topper.

I  looked at it and thought

 hmm.

I wonder if I can sew all the edges together and make a pillow.

So I did.

It was quite the challenge.

I kept having to re-check the seams I was going to sew.

I didn't turn out how I thought it would, but I totally like it.

I don't think I'll make another one though...

Well, maybe if someone asked nicely.

really nicely.

and gave me chocolate.

Pure Hexagons...Pure Craziness

Before Christmas I started building a hexagon quilt for a gift.

I used Jaybird Quilts hexagon quilt along as a guide.

I even purchased a jelly roll.  (since it was going to be a gift, I could ratioanlize the cost.)

*sigh*

I chose the Pure line by Sweetwater.

I played with the strips for hours before finally sewing and cutting them into triangles.

I got them all lined up on the floor, set out exactly how I wanted them to be.

It took hours.

I piled them neatly into little stacks, numbered and ready to be sewed.

I then managed to dump all my little stacks all over the floor.

On Christmas Eve Eve.

I'm glad the kids were sleeping because I sure didn't say "Golly, gosh darn!"

Yeah, I didn't give that one as a gift.

Last week I finally got around to re-sorting and organizing them again.

Then I PINNED them into little numbered piles.

and sewed 'em together.

Another top done!

Into the "QUILT ME" closet.

progress.

I had a few leftover hexagons and I played with them and came up with a pillow

It's a hexagon made of hexagons! 

It was a challenge.

It's done.

and I like it.