{"id":59760,"date":"2023-07-17T07:16:19","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T14:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=59760"},"modified":"2023-07-16T13:26:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T20:26:23","slug":"half-hexie-magnums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/half-hexie-magnums\/","title":{"rendered":"Half Hexie + Magnums"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_59762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59762\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Magnums-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59762\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Magnums-sm-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"Sew Tite Magnums\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Magnums-sm-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Magnums-sm.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sew Tite Magnums<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/various-sundry-2023-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">few weeks ago I talked about<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3NguWJW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sew Tite Magnums<\/a>**. I finally broke down and bought some. I thought my opportunity to use them had past because I had sewn the two halves of the La Passacaglia together.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59756\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59756\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230715_231356_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59756\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230715_231356_wm-sm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Half Hexie with Sew Tite Magnums\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230715_231356_wm-sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230715_231356_wm-sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230715_231356_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Half Hexie with Sew Tite Magnums<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lately, as mentioned, I have been working on the Half Hexie Star quilt. I have large section to add in and started on it on Saturday night. As I struggled to keep the four stars in place so I could anchor then sew them, I remembered the Sew Tite Magnums. I tried them out and they work really well!<\/p>\n<p>I think the length really helps to keep the layers of paper and fabric in place. It was much easier to anchor the four half hexie stars on which I was working into place using the Sew Tite Magnums.<\/p>\n<p>Lindsay warned me that they are hard to peel apart. She was not wrong! Still they worth the trouble and the cost. They are not cheap, which is why I don&#8217;t have dozens of them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>**Obviously, you should shop at local quilt shops and small businesses. However, if you are too busy or can\u2019t find what you need there, I use Amazon affiliate links and may be paid for your purchase of an item when you click on an item\u2019s link in my post. There is <em>no additional<\/em> cost to you for clicking or purchasing items I recommend. I appreciate your clicks and purchases as it helps support this blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago I talked about the Sew Tite Magnums**. I finally broke down and bought some. I thought my opportunity to use them had past because I had sewn the two halves of the La Passacaglia together. Lately, as mentioned, I have been working on the Half Hexie Star quilt. I have large &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/half-hexie-magnums\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Half Hexie + Magnums&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[345],"class_list":["post-59760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-519","tag-tools"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59760","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59760"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59765,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59760\/revisions\/59765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}