I made a basket OR what you can do with your extra hexies

I had these extra hexies laying around gathering dust

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 sewing the back to the other side with a whip stitch

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!

Whip stitch the bottom to help it keep its shape 

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!