Honeycomb Quilt
The combination of a sick child and a borrowed magazine gave me the opportunity to try a craft project yesterday. I’ve tried making quilts before but always gave up when attempting to put the quilt squares (or whatever shape it was) together. It always involved using a sewing machine and having the pieces pucker and/or become misaligned. The techinque I tried yesterday was simple and involved hand-sewing hexagon shapes together into a honeycomb pattern. Hand-sewing has fascinated me for a few years, which is the reason I took up embroidery. The appeal is that it’s a very hands on process that allows for creativity while using a pattern. Yesterday I sewed 7 hexagon shapes together (it looks like a bee to me) and appliqued them to a piece of fabric. Today (yes, sick child again) the fabric will be turned into a pillow for my daughter’s stuffed animals.