A few weeks back, that day arrived. After playing around with several layouts and background fabrics, I finally decided on a good 'ol rainbow (when is that ever not the right choice?) and even had to make a few extra hexies to fill in some color gaps.
The
fabrics are all from Elizabeth Hartman's first two collections, Rhoda
Ruth and Pacific. I love the bright, saturated colors and how well these
lines play together. Those little bunnies and foxes peeking out are my
favorites.I followed the Modern Hexies tutorial from Modern Handcraft to glue baste and quilt my hexies to the background, and I love the result. The quilting pattern is so simple but really makes the hexies "pop." I created an envelope enclosure for the back of the pillow using the navy raindrop print from Pacific, along with a fun teal arrow and heart print from Cloud 9.
Now that this one's done, I gotta get back to those Tucker Prairie hexies. I think they might be destined for a new table runner, but only time will tell.
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