Be a Hexie Queen - Day #4 = My turn!!!!!!

For those that haven't been here before - Welcome!

I've been hexing for about 2 and a half years and as much as I tell people that I don't like hand work, I make all my hexies by hand because they are sew portable. I can carry everything I need for several projects in my little zippered bag and it keeps me busy during lunch, while watching a DVD at home or even camping!

Camping in the Adirondack Mountains.

Here at sarah did it! we host a monthly linky party called HeLP for Hexie-aholics. HeLP stands for Hexie Linky Party but we invite all EPP shapes and sizes to participate. The party is held on the 17th of each month (because that's my birthday!) so please check out this month's entries and I hope y'all will come back and link up next month.

We also host a weekly linky party called Feline Friday featuring my clowder. I hope my fellow feline lovers enjoy today's project with a little help from the felines...

My project was based on a dollar and a dream...

Yipper - I stole the quote from the NYS Lotto but when you find a perfectly good jean jacket at a yard sale for just $1, there's no way to leave it behind!

Last Spring I had purchased a small bag of 6" batik squares - mostly for another hexie project but also because of the purple hexie batik. Except you can't make much with only 6". At a recent quilt show I found the same fabric and bought a fat quarter. I was excited until I got home and discovered the FQ was more pink than purple. I like the fabric enough but there was no way I was putting pink on my jacket! I dug in to my meager stash and found another batik in similar colors that I could feature on the front yoke panels and someday I'll add the fabric to the cuffs as well.

Yes, colored candies are very useful when planning color placement.
Pepper - leave the candies alone please!

I adore pieced hexies and designed the panels as I went. It takes me a while to play with the possibilities but it sure is fun. I still have several other ideas rolling around in my head in case I find more jackets.

Midgie is tucked in the quilt, offering moral support!

Once a panel was ready to apply to the jacket, I pinned tissue paper in place and used a bone folder to trace inside the seams.

I removed the basting and ironed out all the hexie seam allowances before trimming the panel

I then used my tissue template to trim the hexie panel, adding a 1/2" seam allowance.

Yikes - maybe too many pins!

After ironing the seam allowance to the back, I pinned the panel in place with lots of pins and used my Bernina #38 piping foot to topstich the panel in place because one side of the foot is shorter than the other and rode nicely on the thick jean seams.

Sometimes I needed to use these plastic thingers that came with my machine to evenly ride over a seam intersection but when it was all done, my QCO was happy to check my work!

What do you think Squeaky?

If you decide to hexify a jacket I would love to see it!

Thank y'all sew much to Mdm Samm and Debby for sponsoring this Hop and a special thanks to Pat at Life in the Scrapatch for all her hop tips! Don't forget to visit the other hexie-ologists on today's list!

Sew Peace to Peace

Quilt Crossing 

Jane’s Quilting 

Life in the Scrapatch
Lixie Makes It 

Creative Notions 

Modern Handcraft 

Feathered Nest Studio 

Moneik Quilts