Rosa's World

Friday, August 2, 2013

Hexagon #2 - Let's Sew With Inklingo!

 Hi There!

Important Inklingo links:





Note: When you place your Inklingo order, please advise Linda Franz that Rosa Robichaud recommended you.  I would appreciate that.  

*s*

Onto Hexagon #2, with Inklingo!

The 1st hex was easy and.... 
well, let's admit it, kinda boring.

But wait till you see them all, close-up and personal!

I figured these ones were like little pie pieces.

To make Hexagon #2, you will need:

Hexagon .75 (x 1)
Hexagon the Other Half (x 6)
Triangle .75 (x 6)
Diamond .75 (x 6)


I laid the pieces out and this is what it would look like.


Gilbert saw this and said, "Oh, you're making a Halloween quilt?"

*insert LOUD sound of screeching car brakes, here*

HUH?!??!?

I wanted to use a dark navy with different oranges and yellows, to make my hexagon quilt dramatic.  These hexies were too close to my nose, I think. I never realized that YES, these colors did INDEED look like Halloween colors and NO, that's NOT what I wanted to make!

*insert a LOUD and LONG sigh, here*

Soooooo, I took the first hexagon apart as well as the pieces to the 2nd one.  I will replace the dark navy pieces with some various WOW (White on White) fabrics.

In French, there's a saying that says that "Not only fools can change their minds."

Also, I had originally wanted to make each hexagon a different orange or yellow. But, since some of Linda's hexagons have TWO colors, with white, I thought, "Why waste perfectly good pieces?"

I got 2 ziplocks and am putting left over pieces in them, according to "size".  Figured it would be easier to keep track of them, this way.

*grin*


Also, my printer doesn't take different sized paper.  Although, in the meantime, I DID figure out how to use small pieces of fabric, for Inklingo.

You just iron your small piece of fabric to your 8-1/2" X 11" piece of Freezer Paper and you put 'er through your printer!

Easy, eh?

Here's a picture of my 1.50 pieces.


Yesterday evening, I was curious as to how many had visited my blog since I posted on my 1st Hexagon.

Lookee, Lookee!

This is THE most viewers I've ever had!

Oh what a fun adventure this will be!!!

Have a Fantastic Friday, everyone!!!

Rosa

3 comments:

Frummie said...

I am with you all the way. I realize the bee isn't a INKLINGO-able Hexie, that is until you finish the PP, but in the end I printed out a 6" hex on FP to iron onto the finished block to make sewing it together easier, the INKLINGO way.

Cathie in UT said...

At least you caught the "Halloween-ness" before you spent the time stitching it up. I think whenever orange is in the mix there's always a chance that you or someone else will think Halloween. thanks for posting a link in Inklingo group messages

Elly D said...

I was just looking for the 'like' button, LOL.... Thanks for the tut Rosa :) May just have to go fish out some 30s fabrics and do some printing tomorrow. :))