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17 December 2014

Hexie Heaven

I'm at AGU - that's the American Geophysical Union's annual conference - and I knew I'd need a project to keep me busy during down time. Solution: the travelling hexies.

English Paper Pieced Hexagons
Hexagons! and cat hair...

I got one panel completed a couple months ago, and now I've got enough for the second panel. Guess I should get to work on connecting them.

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The completed panel. 

I'm using Arizona fabric by April Rhodes. The hexies are 3/4 inch, so they're pretty tiny. I like seeing the geometric qualities of the print broken down in these smaller shapes.

The conference is in San Francisco, so I also got to do a little shopping!

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Britex Fabrics! A San Francisco institution!

Not many quilting cottons, but it sure is fun to browse all the fabrics and notions. They even had the cotton tape that I ran out of!

I'm curious: what kind of do you bring when you travel? Or do you just enjoy the trip?

Linking up for WiP Wednesday with Lee from Freshly Pieced

6 comments:

  1. They look great!I love epp for traveling! My hexie quilt went to Florida with us and I'm prepping some diamonds to take when we leave on Friday.

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  2. I'm lucky that we travel in a trailer, so I have room to bring a sewing machine and projects along. Currently working on a piecing jean rag quilt and another one. Have to finish the hand work on my Christmas ornaments too.

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  3. I tend to enjoy the trip and not take projects with me... unless I am going to a sewing / quilting retreat! Then all bets are off. It's been a while, but I used to take cross stitching with me. How is/was your time in the bay area? We've had a lot of rain out here (yay!), but it might have made things interesting for you.

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  4. I took my hexagon project with me the last few times I traveled, but now that I'm finished with it, I will need to find another sewing or embroidery project to carry along.

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  5. Lovely! I like the look of the geometric shapes.

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  6. I've been taking my hexie project with me on trips this fall, but have done very little work on it while away. I do hope to make some project on it soon though! Hopefully over the holidays I'll have some more quiet time. I love the geometric prints in the little hexies, they do stand out!

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