The Hexagon Project: Blocks 22-23

After a six-month lull, I’m getting back into a routine of stitching together hexies for my English paper piecing hexagon flower quilt.

First up was cutting more paper templates. This is one of those boring-but-necessary tasks, but now I should have enough to keep me going for a while. The current mix of whites and ivories adds a small amount of visual interest, at least.

I’ve been cutting my templates from card stock that’s too thick for our printer. This time, I also added some light press board; I won’t be doing that again as it’s a little too thick for the EPP blocks. It’s difficult to bend the press board templates while I stitch, and I can actually feel the difference in how the seams fold over the thicker surface.

With more templates at hand, I as ready to get back to sewing. I finished the two blocks I had in progress, as I had hoped to, but Tour de Fleece distracted me from making more.

A lot of time has passed since I grouped color combinations of hexies for the flower blocks. I have them set aside in stacks, and it’s a fun little surprise now to see what I end up with each time I grab a stack to begin a new block.

I can’t wait to see the blocks I have done by next month!