Hexagons: I do it like this

Last time I was in a quilt shop in South Africa buying rose fabrics for my hexagon quilt I got chatting to the shop owner about hexagons and ended up going to the car to get 'my' hexagons to show her what I was doing...



"Oh, you do it like this" she said.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"You sew it in rows"
I imagine she was surprised because people often stitch hexagons in flower formation, but I don't, I just add each hexagon as I go along. Of course, now every time I read the children this story book I think of her words...



The Story of the Little Mole (who knew it was none of his business) by Werner Holzwarth & Wolf Erlbruch



The little mole searches to find out who has done their 'business' on his head and each animal replies:
"Me? No, how could I? I do it like this!" And promptly makes a poop to show him how they do it LOL

Well me? No, how could I? I do my hexagons like this! I do them in rows as I purposely don't want my hexagons to look like flowers...


Then the lady showed (and gave) me this...



It's very interesting. The hexagon is folded over a smaller hexagon with batting/wadding inside. So each hexagon once stitched is pretty much already quilted. I liked this idea, but it's too late for me now LOL

The first photo above shows, the current state of this project. The second photo above shows what I have presently in the car for those few stolen moments when I get a chance to sew. (This is usually Thursdays while the children swim with their Dad and I get to watch and do the changeover of kids into costumes and kids into dry clothes...)

In another bag, I have the pieces of fabric wonderful people send me and the papers...



For example, this week has been a great rose week as yesterday Jane sent me some roses and an empty box of chocolate. OK, it wasn't empty, but it is now (and it WAS Dee-vine!!!) LOL. Jane's roses are the second pile from the left. Kathie, a blogger I had not 'met' before last week, kindly sent me some roses this week too (Kathie's roses are 2ND from the right).

On the far right are the roses from Siobahn which I had previously neglected to photograph. Siobahn sent me a huge piece of the blue rose fabric and it's so lovely that it will definitely go towards a bag as well. On the far left are the bee-oot-iful roses from Jodie! I am planning to piece a back from the rose fabrics too and then perhaps return the favour and offer any leftover hexagons to anyone who would like to give them a go. But that will come later. In the meantime a big THANK YOU to all my friends who have sent me fabric. It does get used and stroked and one day when I'm old and grey I will look fondly on this quilt and remember the friendship and generosity of others and be grateful of it. In the meantime, however I will just do my quilt like this!