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Last year, I made a quilt for my mom's 50th birthday. As I was trimming each block, I felt like I was wasting great scraps, but what could I do? They were so scrappy, already sewn together! So I started just sewing them all together, using a heck of a lot of pressing to keep it in some semblance of order. I did a lot of top stitching as well, to keep the fly away pieces down. I ended up with a cushion sized piece, but it was a little too intense for a cushion, and not really one that would suit our living room. It languished in a pile of languishing projects- along with clothes to be altered, fabric I can't seem to get rid of.

Fast forward a year, and in the name of challenging myself to try new techniques, I've started hand sewing hexagons for a small project. Jumping on the modern quilt bandwagon about a year too late to be en vogue- but then again, I started quilting just last year, and am starting a blog in 2012- about 5 years after the blog-wagon took off a-running! So I am a late bloomer, but even a late bloomer needs a place to lay her hexies to rest while she tends to the rest of her life. I decided to use the leftover piece I had stored. I still need to remember to take in progress pictures, because I know a before and after shot isn't that helpful... so this isn't really a tutorial, just a presentation :)

Before- my fabric stash PUKED on my floor!

After- Ready to hold hex-in-progress