Where inspiration leads me....

The title is no small title is it?

Where inspiration leads me.

It's a tale of where do I begin.

Some where along the line I have gotten a glimpse here, a tweet there about Vignette by LeAnne Beasley.

My interest was piqued.

I didn't know exactly what the magazine promised but it looked good on the front cover and many quilters were buying.

Did they know something I didn't?

I HAD to find out.

So I made a mental note that the next 'shop' I saw advertise the Vignette would be where I'd buy it.

That way I wouldn't forget to buy it or later wished I had.

Sharon of Daisy Cottage Quilting did just that.

She posted about having Issue 3 available and I was ready.

I bought Issues 1,2 and 3 **

All I can say is WOW *

This is a MUST.

 Completely beautiful photography,

inspiring recipes {chicken salad we made last week},

and stitchery and quilting patterns.

That brings me to the Vignette Hexagon Quilt.

At first I thought it was pretty...then I paged through the magazine again and thought some more.

and more and more.....

I had to make this quilt.

Well My version of this quilt.

I dug through a bag of hexagons of no particular purpose and began to plan.

I gathered orphan jelly roll strips and charms for the flowers as well.

I broke out my GO! fabric cutter and off I went. I cut hexagons for about an hour.

I have no idea how many I cut. I should count....no I'll quilt instead.

My DD that's 4...she did some of the cutting with the GO! as well.

It excites her to help me sew.

:)

Right about the time that I was cutting hexagons it dawned on me

  I need a special project bag for these hexies.

So I paged through the Fresh Fabric Treats book and found the sewing kit by Kim Walus.

Whew.

It looked simple.

Then I started to gather the ingrediants.

Vinyl?

You know, 9pm at night, stores closed and I didn't plan ahead.....

So vinyl.

Where do I get vinyl for the bag?

I didn't have vinyl but I DID have the packaging of a sheet set.

Okay...I can recycle and I have vinyl *

winner :)))

So I cut the vinyl as best as possible and the one piece actually had a pocket fused to it.

 I think it held the information card for the sheets at one time.

It's hard to get a good picture of the bag.

I used Terrain by Kate Spain, recycled vinyl and a thift store zipper PLUS I have a pocket.

I am very happy how this bag turned out.

The instructions were clear and correct. 

The only problem I had was with the vinyl shifting or slipping between my fabric sandwich.

I ended up basting the vinyl to one strip with 1/8" seam AND then sewing all 3 pieces together with a 1/4" seam. It worked out perfectly well.

You can see how I put the hexagon paper pieces in the pocket.

My game plan is to work on this while I am laid up during my next surgery.

Yes, you read that correctly....I am having surgery #2 already.

So it will be hexies and the Food Network!!