Let's give three cheers to Susie! She came extra early to turn up the heat and get things laid out so that we would have a wonderful day - and we did.
Susie showed us the ironing "mats" that Jeanette K.'s (Piotique Quilters Quild member) husband made for the November Hexie program Susie put on in Clay Center. She gave out quite a few as door prizes then, but had a few left to make it easier for us to press during her demo.
As the ladies came in and got set up, Susie chatted with them showing them what was ahead.
Okay Esther - Teacher's Pet or what? hahahaha Bless Bruce, he brought Esther and Donnis in, along with Esther's special chair so she could attend our meeting. Darn the cold and darn bad backs.
Susie brought in several examples of patterns,
books, materials available for those interested in making hexies.
Capstone Quilt Shop in Pryor, Ok. is one of Susie's favorite shops to go to. (100 fusibles for $7) You can check them out here. Susie said you can call her at (918) 824-1990 and she will mail out what you need. Stable Stuff goes through your printer - Ricky Tim's product.
While I was looking up the stores phone number, I came up with this blog from the hugs n kisses pattern above. More hexie and EPP ideas.
The Hexie Quilt Book that Susie brought had a pattern for a great quilt.
Susie made her own version - little smaller. She put Yo-Yo's on it in lieu of the smaller hexies shown in the book.
All done by machine, except yo-yo's hand sewn on.
Back
More ideas in the book.
To make our own hexie block, Susie had kits. We stared out with a 14" circle that we folded in half, and then in half again. Centered a hexie batting and folded.....
Susie showed us how to make the smaller (1 1/2") hexie to cover where all the ends came together.
Remember, you can get your own templates on line at various places, click here for one of them.
Here is Esther's all done. Wow was she fast.
Some of the rest of us, well we yak and look while we are working. hahaha
But before long, quite a few were done and ready to be used single-ly or the start of a larger quilt.
Then Susie had one more kit for us to work on. This Grandmother's Flower Garden hexie was done using fusible hexies and 2 ply freezer paper hexie templates, starch pens and glue. Check out the fussy cut rose and the way that Susie is joining the outside, then putting in the middle.
Remember you can get the artist pens at Joann's for your starch.
Quilters Moonshine: 4 cups distilled water + 1/4 cup Sta-Flo liquid starch + 1/4 cup "cheap" Vodka.
Makes a lot, so go in with friends to make up a batch.
The glue Susie has found that she really likes is the Apliquick brand. You can get it at All About Quilts in Manhattan, or have Sheila at Sew Country order it for you. Check out on line all the Apliquick tools available.
Susie was especially interested in the glue sticks when she worked on the smallest hexie she thought she would enjoy 3/8".
See how precious they came out. Did Susie say if she was going to do a queen size this way? hahahaha Don't think so.
So many ways to do Hexie's. And the more ways you learn, the more choices you have when you want to add some to a project you are working on.
This one still has the templates in back. Some are plastic, some made from political mail outs using a punch.
There are so many twists and turns to hexies. Here, Susie used strips sewn together and then hexies cut from them to make up the pattern shown here.
Susie is not quite done with this quilt. Look at all the sections she has finished so far. Looking forward to seeing this some day.
After Susie's demo, everyone got busy trying out the various ways. What do you think of Esther's portable work table? Sure helped out.
We had 13 Friends gathered for the day. Lisa was working on her wool project - this is going to be a beauty when done.
Carol talked over different ways to add a hanger/sleeve to the back of her Wonky Houses wall hanging.
Frances had used the "one stitch" style of tabs on the back of the Clay Center Guilds 2016 Opportunity quilt, so she had some good pointers for Carol.
Juanita had a goal - get those blocks up and figure out how you want to set them together.
This is what she had.
Maybe?
Or?
Could be?
Frances had her foot to the pedal on her project.
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After Lunch was Show 'n Tell.
Grandchildren get bigger and bigger, so Deb had to come up with a larger size of bib. Now the mom's want more - for painting and such. Looking forward to seeing how Deb meets all those requests.
Donnis made this gorgeous table runner out of 2 1/2" x 6 1/2" scraps and 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" background squares. Don't you just love patterns that create a second look. And Donnis, you do a great job at quilting.
Hayley was home from college and we got to share some of her time. Not only did she work on hexie's, she also worked on these stars......two sizes.
Lisa "almost" finished this runner - look at all the carrot noses. Hurry Lisa, it is gorgeous.
Janet finished this disappearing 9-patch. And believe it or not.......
That's the same pattern that Frances was working on. This is a pattern that you may get tired of (right Frances), but it gives you so many different looks - colors, lay outs, etc.
A gentleman had asked Carol if she knew someone that could quilt this top of his mother's. So Carol brought it in to have Susie look it over.
Look at the detail in this pattern of "x" embroidery. Wow and double wow. Remember, click on any picture to have it come in larger so you can see it a little better.
Machelle made double hot pads for her Christmas presents. She even fussy cut the backs. Machelle wanted to know who said you had to give 2? hahahahaha This pattern takes extra fabric, but is so easy to do.
Susie brought in some hexie quilts for show and tell. She had gotten this top at a sale and quilted it up. Now to put the binding on. Susie said she may never make a whole Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt, so she was very excited to get this one to finish.
The fabrics, the small diamonds and triangles that separate the flowers - so much work. And Susie's quilting holds the older fabrics in place while looking perfect.
Susie made this quilt - in the Quilt as you go style.
And embellished it with doilies she had collected.
This quilt is Susie's take on a Modern style. She quilted the whole cloth and then added on the hexies with twilling, the large doily and the smaller hexies.
Great look and great work. Make sure you get a good look at the quilting pattern also.
Lorraine finished her runner in time for Christmas and it is lovely. Congrats Lorraine.
Esther has the middle almost done on her medallion quilt. Lovely work.
Next month Carol will be showing us how to do these "Wonky Star" Blocks. You can read at the top what you need to bring to make your own Wonky. What fun not to have to be precise and to whittle down the scrap box. Whether you make one or oodles. Looking forward to your demo Carol. Thank you.
When Bruce came to pick up the ladies, he got a chance to check out all the critters and such that are in Carol's neighborhood of houses.
Juanita practiced with her Apliquick tools to get these flowers going for a runner she wants to make.
Check out what she is holding. Vevia will be demonstrating this method of applique in March.
Yeah! Machelle finished her second hexie flower. Sorry it is hard to see in front of her cute sweat shirt.
AND THIS IS THE WAY THAT JUANITA WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER HER BLOCKS!
Final picture. Once she gets the blocks sewn together - then she will decide on the framing.
Wide, narrow, black, blue, piping..............the sky is the limit. What fun we all have ahead - if she brings it back for our input. Please, please, please Juanita. hahahahaha
Have a pleasant start to 2017, see you next month if not before.
