I am speaking at a guild in California next week about hexies and all English Paper Piecing. I remembered that I had purchased a couple of old quilt tops I bought several years ago on eBay. I thought I would practice quilting on them but never got around to it. Amazing that I knew where they were stored. Here is the first one.
The hexies are quite large – my guess is 2 inches on the edge. I love all the old fabrics in it. The blocks are hand pieced and completely random – sometimes identical blocks are right next to each other. I took a couple of photos of the blocks.
I need to take it to Michele who knows about old fabrics to see when this was made. It fits on top of my queen-sized bed so it is probably about 65 by 80.
Melinda
gosh hexi heaven lol
ReplyDeletean interesting mix of fabrics there, one or two late 40s and some 50s maybe
and yet some 60s too?
there was resurgance of hexis in the 60s hippy days as I recall lol
Nice buy!
I am thinking 50's ish? It's so hard to say for sure! Reminds me of the fabrics in my ebay hexie quilt find that Angela quilted for me though :) http://www.cascadequilts.com/2014/06/grandmothers-flower-garden-hexagon-quilt.html - I think you should add a border to it so it's bigger :)
ReplyDeleteThat is certainly a beautiful quilt top. I love all the old fabrics.
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