No Hay...Hexies Instead

There's an old saying

"make hay while the sun shines".

Last week I had to change

the wording just a little.

" Make Hexies while the Snow Blows"

Even with the yearly signal that it's okay 

to plant annuals after Mother's Day,

Mother Nature had other ideas.

I decided it was a great opportunity

take advantage of the time

and start make the hexies I had been putting off. 

They're not for a new project, 

but for a not so mystery mystery

( I loved Shirley's take on it over at Stitcherydo)

They are for the final border of Petra Prins'

last years mystery quilt from Quiltmania.

Here's Petra's quilt at the Australian-Dutch Connection show

in Amersfoort, Netherlands.

It was in front of a window so it had a stain glass effect.

But here's Petra's final border and

the hexies and kite shapes I worked on

while the snow was blowing.

I had been dragging my feet for quite awhile

not because of the hexie part, but the kite shape.

I had tried thread basting these small pieces and

and didn't have very good luck.

I finally decided the only way to move on was 

to glue baste, which is what I did.

 It was fast and easy.

I just hope removing the paper will be too.

So while it continued to snow

 my pile of pieces got deeper and deeper
thread basting the hexies.

I had to lay out a few combinations

It was fun to work with the Dutch fabrics again. 

And I certainly made progress 

despite Mother Nature.

Until Next Time-
Kyle