yellow hexies rays of sunshine!

These are two yellow hexie blocks (I got the pattern from Twiggy and Opal but changed it) Please refer back to one of my early posts about hexie stars for the pattern source.

I like the block because it's done by hand, uses little scraps (the blocks are 8" X 9") and are graphic.
I do not have fun piecing them. I mean, I enjoy hexies all day long but these tiny spindly points done with EPP are more of a challenge than fun. Still... I started them and plan to make something from them.

There are lots of components done waiting for turning into blocks

and we hope to drive to Frederick today for open houses and a walk so maybe some will be pieced.

First there is the fabric choice, then cutting a rough size, then basting  through paper (not how I do hexies thru back only) then choosing backgrounds to go with stars, basting them, then sewing the whole shebang.

I decided to use the color of the month, yellow, to do backgrounds on some stars and quite love it!

Just to amuse myself... a button flamingo looks pretty!

If I had sewing time this week, I used it to finish the top to my abstract including piecing in the flower strip with two more NYBeauties...

And sewing on a border of stars. Points there repeat points in the top. Yellow gives me breathing room and I expect to both hand and machine quilt this. I made this for a planned exhibit but might choose to keep it instead of selling it. I fell in love with it.
I had to piece two little flower strip pieces together to get the whole saying, but this whole piece came from scraps too small to keep and that's why it sings!

I already did a post on the center of the quilt last week and will do one once it's quilted.
As always, I thank Angela at soscrappy for the rainbow scrap challenge group as inspiration to work in one color for the month.

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