Hexie Fun!

I put myself on a strict no sewing until I finish my chores rule.

That didn't last. I did most of my chores, but I did give myself a little bit of sewing time while watching tv with my husband after dinner.

Which means hand-sewing. 

Whoa.

Hand.

Sewing.

I'm not a huge fan of sewing by hand most of the time. I do like to hand sew some things, though. About a year and a half back, my mom went to a show, or class, or maybe it was a class at a show. I can't remember. Well, my mother is awesomely sweet and she and one of the ladies hit it off. The lady she hit it off with had taught a class that my mom and I took together. Well, she gave my mom a hexie trial kit (7 hexie card cutouts, 7 - 2" fabric squares, and instructions on how to make a hexie) to give to me. I looked at it once, but it looked too complicated at the time, so I put it away.

Fast forward to now. I came across some hexie tutorials the other day, and they showed a different (easy) method that doesn't require basting the card into the hexie. The tutorial got me jazzed! 
Here are the two tutorials that I found: 
http://modernhandcraft.com/2013/11/hexagon-mini-quilt-tutorial/
 
http://www.thezenofmaking.com/2013/06/tutorial-english-paper-piecing-hexies-part-1/

There are so many cute hexie projects out there, I was dying to try one. I ordered a hexie kit and remembered the kit that my mom gave me. So last night I made my first hexie. I see why they say it's addicting.  It's crazy easy. 

My only issue was that my needle is definitely too big.  I need to see if I can get some smaller needles at the store. I can't wait for my kit to come in. The fabrics are bright and wonderful! 

When I was sewing last night, I wanted to keep my goodies together, so I sewed myself a little zippered pouch out of some fabric that I had been saving. Urgh. I love this fabric. It's blue and white and has flowers on it. So, I have my little hexie kit to bring with me! :) I didn't finish the flower that the seven little hexies will make, but I probably will tonight. 

Oh! and I ordered some gorgeous fabrics from fabricworm.com today! They'll be for quilts for my nieces and nephews. :) I'm thinking something simple for the boys, like HSTs or flying geese. I need to think of something for the girls.

Guess that's all for now!