My First Quilt

After making my Christmas crafts, patchwork cushions and cushions for members of my family, I have found my scrap bag bustling at the seems. I began to google what I could use my scraps for and wanted to find something I could do by hand. I came across some beautiful, inspirational examples of hexagon patchwork (I haven't included pictures of others work as I'm not sure on the rules with that but if you look on flikr you will find lots of examples). 

I started to make up some of the hexagons last weekend. Here is my progress so far...

As you can see, the progress made in comparison to the rest of the work to do is mammoth. But, I do love the idea of an ongoing, hand sewn quilt. I am already very proud of what it is beginning to look like.

The back.

As I am a self-taught sewer, last night I began to think about how I would quilt the hexagons when I come to finishing the top of my quilt. I found this beautiful blog by Cheryl (http://timetocraft.co.uk/?p=5933) who is currently making her own hexagon quilt for the first time and emailed her regarding how she is quilting hers. 

I was surprised at the kindness she showed me. I received an email back with lots of helpful tips that I now feel completely and totally excited for this project. If you are making your own, please comment and I will be happy to share what I have learnt. Of course I will run this by Cheryl first but I am sure she won't mind.

On a separate note, I am hoping through this blog to share ideas, tips and tutorials. So if there is anything I can help with, or knowledge you can share with me, please get in touch =)

~*~ Sam ~*~