The knitting goes on, never fear. But I’ve lately had the urge to start sewing again. Over the summer (I think), I got the idea to do a honeycomb quilt. And after looking at honeycomb quilts, variations thereof and, most importantly, discovering how much effort goes into constructing a honeycomb quilt top, I’ve scaled back my goal from a full sized quilt to a pillow cover. A 12×12 square I might actually finish in my life time (huzzah!). So I spent last Friday afternoon tracing and cutting out dozens of tiny hexagons for paper piecing and maybe this afternoon I’ll start cutting some fabric. I do have to study for an enormous test, and go grocery shopping, and I’d like to play some banjo, but I digress!
If anyone’s interested, I used this template (PDF alert) from this site for the hexagon, and explored this site for some history and ideas for my design, and will be using this method for construction. I’m going all scrap quilty with this one, and don’t have a plan for a design. Just grab what comes out of the basket and stitch it together.
Hmm, looking at my photo, I might have to swing by the quilt shop before I start and get a few more fat quarters for variety. It’ll be the scrapiest!

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