I also went to Joann's and picked up a smaller needle and some paper piecing thread. Who knew that there was paper piecing thread?! Oh, and I bought a 2" Hexie paper cutter. :)
I have a mini charm pack that I'm going to make the 2" hexies with.
Here's the Hexie flower:
Before cleaning it up:
The back:
After snipping threads:
If you look closely (especially in the first photo), you can see stitches on a couple of the sides that border the center. I was trying a couple of different methods to attach. I finally found that if you do a ladder stitch instead of a whip stitch, you can make it so that the stitches don't show. Just make sure to flatten and tighten the stitches before tying off. Here's a link to the cute blog that taught me this method: http://www.afewscraps.com/2010/07/to-work-with-hexagons.html
I left the original stitches because I felt they were a part of the learning process here. I like that.
I left the original stitches because I felt they were a part of the learning process here. I like that.
The background fabric looks different in all three pictures. It's a hot pink. I had poor lighting and was playing with flash/no flash. The first pic is the best representation of the color. Sorry the pics are so bad here.
I'm going to make this into a zippered pouch (are you surprised?). I plan to do some quilting on it. I really didn't like this fabric, but this project was about learning something new.
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