The Hexagon Project: Blocks 33-37

I’ve had a productive month with my English paper piecing. In five weeks, I’ve hand sewn five hexagon flower blocks, bringing my total up to 37.

The last time I wrote about The Hexagon Project, I had just cut the last of my card stock into paper hexie templates and ordered a pack of 600 pre-cut templates online from Nancy’s Notions. It was my first order with them; the product description didn’t mention the weight of the paper and there weren’t any reviews, so I was anxiously awaiting my delivery.

Well, they arrived on time and I’m so happy! The paper weight is a little lighter than what I’ve been using, but still thick enough to be called card stock — remember, I was originally using card stock that was too thick to fit into a home printer. I want to punch holes in the centers of the hexies, and that will be simple enough.

Plus, the store included a free 80/12 universal sewing machine needle in my package. I’m more excited by this surprise than I probably should be — sometimes the little things make a big difference!

At some point in the past few months, I thought that I had passed the halfway point as far as the number of flower blocks needed for a queen size Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt. I set out all of the blocks this morning, then crunched some numbers. More realistically, I think I might be a third of the way there. Oof.

How do you stay excited about long-term projects?