What to do?
Make a thing!
A useful thing!
These are all hexies I made teaching others how to Crazy quilt
I already have a medium large wall hanging that
Yes, I could add to, But that would be boring.
So I put 4 together to make a sewing basket.
I First I measured all the hexies and squared ( or as straight as you can make a hexie) up the edges
cut 4-1" smaller out of thin card stock, I Recycled some envelopes from the mail
4-2" larger for the lining on the back
I then mounted the cq pieces on the card stock
Then you whip stitch them all together to form a box
because of the shape this is difficult but not impossible, with lots of pins and a good thimble.
and patience, don't forget your patience!
or it gets all wobbly on you
Also using whip stitch, sew on trim
(I used a gold braid) to hide all those wonky stitches
and the odd dot of blood because yeah that happened a lot.
4 - 7" hexies make a pretty big basket!
Having finished this project, things I would have don differently.
Made the middle corners rounder because turning that corner and pinning, was difficult, It kept wanting to spring apart.
I may still make a lid for it
Also may make another one!
