I'm not sure why, but over the last few weeks of this quarantine period, I've turned to slow stitching processes: English paper piecing and hand embroidery. Maybe hand processes are more soothing, maybe I was inspired by re-discovered UFOs [unfinished objects], maybe a shake-up was needed in my making... maybe a little of all these.
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| 75 English paper pieced hexies from Glorious Hexagons project. From the book: The New Hexagon by Katja Marek. |
I do know that two events reignited my interest in English paper piecing [EPP]. In mid-April, I uncovered a big pile of 1-1/4" EPP hexagons. Not sure if there was an original plan for these...
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| A stack of 1-1/4" English paper pieced hexagons [hexies]. |
A few days later, I was tagged by Katja Marek on one of her Instagram posts. Katja so generously named Block #16 the Veronica block, after me. What an honor! The Veronica block is in her latest book, The New Hexagon 2. Get yourself a copy! (This time there are patterns for 12" as well as 6" hexie blocks.)
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| Block # 16, Veronica, from The New Hexagon 2 book. |
You can bet her book is already part of my personal fiber arts library!
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| My copy of The New Hexagon 2 book. |
Realizing this was a message from the fabric goddesses, I went in search of my previously pieced 6" hexies from my Glorious Hexagon project that coincided with Katja's first book, The New Hexagon.
My Glorious Hexagons project was started in January of 2016. Through a search of my 2016 blog posts, it appears I stuck with it for about 8 months. With renewed excitement, these are ten 2020 additions to the collection.
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| Six completed hexies made with stash fabrics. |
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| Three 6" hexagons made with Art Gallery Fabrics. |
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| Dawn block #23. Made with Art Gallery Fabrics. |
As of today, the pile is up to 75 finished hexagons...
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| 75 hexagons. |
and counting...
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| EPP hexies with tails! |
