{"id":21611,"date":"2014-01-13T06:32:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T13:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=21611"},"modified":"2016-08-23T18:36:14","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T01:36:14","slug":"top-complete-hexies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/top-complete-hexies\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Complete: Attack of the Hexies"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21632\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/PICT4470sm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21632\" alt=\"Attack of the Hexies Finished Top\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/PICT4470sm-1-300x291.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/PICT4470sm-1-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/PICT4470sm-1.jpg 928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attack of the Hexies Finished Top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yes, yesterday I finished the last details I needed to do to prepare the top for quilting. The tasks required were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Finish back<\/li>\n<li>Make binding<\/li>\n<li>Trim top<\/li>\n<li>Stay stitch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday was a busy day, because I attended the CQFA meeting. I stayed after the meeting to sew with Sonja, Angela and Rhonda. It is good for me to hang with others and talk sewing. I am tending to work alone lately and am trying to get out of that rut.<\/p>\n<p>During the sewing time, I worked on finishing some buttonhole stitching on one of the stockings and making progress on applying the sleeve to the Original Bullseye top. When I returned my mind was buzzing with an idea using the technique that Caroline taught based on Susan Carlson&#8217;s book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1571208305\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1571208305&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=artquiltmaker-20\" target=\"_blank\">Serendipity Quilts<\/a>. I worked on getting the design to the size that I wanted. That was about all I had energy for before I needed to go to bed. In the process, I ruined the cropping tool on Photoshop Elements. I know there is something I clicked, but I don&#8217;t know what it was and will have to take some time to find it and undo it. Ergh! All this is to say: 1) I didn&#8217;t work on the Attack of the Hexies on Saturday and 2) I have an idea for a new, small art piece, so stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday morning, I had big plans to get up early, go to the gym, take a shower and get going on Attack of the Hexies by 10am. Famous last words! I didn&#8217;t get up until nearly 9 and I felt creaky. I have been dealing with a cold. While I am on the downslope of it, I am stilling fighting it off. I didn&#8217;t sleep well a few nights in a row and am trying to make up for that lack of sleep. I cut myself some slack.<\/p>\n<p>After writing in my journal for awhile, I went upstairs and started sewing. I had to add a bit of fabric to one half of the back before I could sew the whole piece together. I did that and had to trim the whole back so that the piece was essentially square.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21633\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21633\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/PICT4472sm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21633\" alt=\"Attack of the Hexies Back\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/PICT4472sm-1-300x271.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/PICT4472sm-1-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/PICT4472sm-1.jpg 926w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attack of the Hexies Back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The line of bricks on the horizontal in the center of the back used to be hexagons, but I cut the leftover hexies up into rectangles and used them to add a little interest. The rest of the back is leftover yardage from the Flower Sugar line of fabric. I still have at least 5 yards of yardage left from that line. Not sure what I will do with it, but it will go into the stash and will show up again. There are two pieces that I really like.<\/p>\n<p>Next, I made the binding. I used one of the pinky-reds from the line to provide a frame for the entire piece. I also made it a straight of grain binding. A lot of the border is on the bias because of the way I placed the hexagons as I added them to the piece. Basically, I didn&#8217;t pay attention to the grain line. I should have, but didn&#8217;t. I don&#8217;t do straight of grain bindings very often, because they tend to get kinks and near-folds in them as I hand stitch them on to the quilt. I like the &#8216;give&#8217; that bias bindings have. It makes them very easy to apply by hand.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, I want the edge to be stable. I don&#8217;t want it to get out of whack when it is quilted, thus, a straight of grain binding. We&#8217;ll see how it goes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21631\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21631\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/PICT4469sm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21631\" alt=\"Trimming Border\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/PICT4469sm-1-300x244.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/PICT4469sm-1-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/PICT4469sm-1.jpg 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trimming Border<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Finally, and I don&#8217;t know why I did this last, I trimmed the border. It wasn&#8217;t straightforward, but I had to trim half of each hexagon one by one. I used the lines on the Clearview Ruler I discussed in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/hexagons-follow-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hexagons Follow-up post<\/a> to keep the who piece as straight as possible.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t straightforward, because of the bias, so I just did it slowly and as carefully as I could. The piece will not be as straight as the Quilt Police would want, but they never made this quilt and I am happy with it. As you can see from the photo above, the border looks a little odd, but I like how it looks different.<\/p>\n<p>The piece is now ready for quilting. I&#8217;ll take it to Colleen for quilting as soon as I can. I look forward to getting this completely done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hexagon Related Posts<\/strong>:<br \/>\nLittle Bluebell\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlebluebell.com\/2011\/02\/on-design-wall-hexagon-crush.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cutting Instructions<\/a><br \/>\nMay 21, 2011 \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/hooked-on-hexagons\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hooked on Hexagons<\/a><br \/>\nJune 1, 2011 \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/hexagons-follow-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hexagons Follow-up<\/a><br \/>\nJune 7, 2011 \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/attack-of-the-hexies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Attack of the Hexies<\/a><br \/>\nJune 9, 2011 \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/hexagons-tutorial-preparing-to-sew\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hexagons tutorial<\/a><br \/>\nOctober 20, 2011- <a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/hexagon-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hexagons Return<\/a><br \/>\nNovember 13, 2012- <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fromthebluechair.com\/2012\/11\/how-to-piece-hexagons-part-1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Chair Blog Hexagon Sewing tutorial<\/a><br \/>\nJune 28, 2013- <a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/hexagon-clarification\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hexagon Clarification<\/a><br \/>\nSeptember 5, 2013 \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/hexies-return\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hexies Return<\/a><br \/>\nJanuary 5, 2014 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/attack-of-the-hexies-returns\/\" target=\"_blank\">Attack of Hexies Returns<\/a><br \/>\nJanuary 8, 2014 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/attack-of-the-hexies-border\/\" target=\"_blank\">Attack of the Hexies Border<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, yesterday I finished the last details I needed to do to prepare the top for quilting. The tasks required were: Finish back Make binding Trim top Stay stitch Saturday was a busy day, because I attended the CQFA meeting. I stayed after the meeting to sew with Sonja, Angela and Rhonda. It is good &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/top-complete-hexies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Top Complete: Attack of the Hexies&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[381],"tags":[205,72,139,331,353,362],"class_list":["post-21611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-381","tag-attack-of-the-hexies","tag-group-project","tag-hexagons","tag-piecing","tag-process","tag-works-in-progress"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}