Every year I take something away with me to sew. I nearly always carry those projects home untouched. This year however, was different; I made myself start stitching a box of hexies whilst we were sitting in some welcome St Lucia sunshine. And yes, I've discovered EPP at last.
My motivation was a cute quilt designed by Rachel Hauser offered as a Stitch-Along project, dare I say it, 5 years ago! The quilt, called Kingfisher, is simple - even cutting the diamonds and the instructions are clear and precise.
Whilst at home, I'd prepped up by cutting shapes from scrap box leftovers, gluing (Sue Daley's glue pen) them on whilst watching the telly at night. This was no precise, fussy-cut project. I was looking for a riot of colours and indeed, a "happy quilt" outcome. I've now got a box of more than 100 hexie flowers (the boys called them "snowflakes"), just waiting to be stitched onto my diamonds.
