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Hexagon Flowers Second Round

Hello Dear Friends and Readers and warm welcome to today’s post. As I recently traveled to Japan I took with me my hand piecing project. I thought it would be appropriate to now share with you the next stage of these hexagon flowers. As usual, I have taken the opportunity to continue to use pieces of scrap fabrics, which are in my stash which are are light, colored fabrics. These consist of small pieces of light prints or solids of low volume fabrics. These fabrics which are all mixed, are really bits and pieces of stuff that at first glance you probably might think were of little use.

I decided to use these as the next part of the hexagon flowers. This will be called Hexagon Flowers Second Round. Using up these assorted scraps also increases the variation within each block. The original fabrics for the centers were scraps of antique reproduction fabrics. I thought that putting them into a hexagon quilt be an appropriate use of them. One a Day Hexagon Flowers

The technique for the method used is called hexagons from circles. here is the link. Hexagons from Circles

I rather like this method as there are no papers and it’s easy to cut out the circles, just with scissors and a template, which makes it a very suitable mobile project to have on hand. This is not a project that I am doing all the time, but rather one which I save for traveling journeys, car journeys or times when my hands might be idle, but I would still like to be creative. While We Wait

I took several of my hexagon flowers and a stack of 3 inch light colored circlesin a small bag as my traveling project.

Hexagon Flowers Second Round Requirements.

Assorted light, colored fabrics. (Low Volume Scraps)

A selection of Hexagon Flowers Antique Inspired Hexagon Flowers Antique Inspired

Each flower will require twelve 1 inch hexagons Made from 3” circles. I have chosen to use three different fabrics to go around each hexagon flower.

Therefore cut four of 3” circles from three varying light colored fabrics.

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Making the Hexagon Flowers Second Round

Choose three sets of four of light coloured 3” fabric circles. Make the circles as described in hexagons from circles link. Hexagons from Circles Stitch them to the flower, ensuring that the three fabrics are alternated around the flower as illustrated in these photos.