It seems that once a project reaches a certain size
and needs borders or just general finishing
it just slides into the UFO pile...
Then sometimes a comment from someone
asking if I had indeed finished a particular project
is just what I need to get going on it again...
Well I would really like to finish my hexagons
and have it on our bed, but it was just getting so bulky
and I was stumped with how to 'finish' it.
Then I had a brainwave LOL.
I thought if I want to get it longarmed by Chris
I need to put some borders on or square it up...
I love cream on cream fabrics
and so I just started putting some cream scraps
over irregular sized papers.
The papers are 3" in width, but vary in length...
I sewed a few cream pieces together
and then attached them to the hexagons
which I squared off just by folding them over...
As I was photographing the borders,
I noticed this 'rogue' fabric.
I thought it was sufficiently neutral,
but alas it sticks out to me....
Although I have almost finished one and a half sides,
I have only used it twice so far
so I think I am going to unpick it
and replace it with one of the other neutral ones...
I am planning on piecing the backing from left over rose fabrics.
I have already started cutting them, but not machine piecing yet.
I also am planning (once it's quilted)
to bind it in some red spotty fabric or something of that ilk...
I love sewing hexagons together by hand
so I imagine I'll either be doing another one
or something else with papers
(or I may even finish my Carolina Lily
- now wouldn't that be something LOL!)
