Packing My Old Kit Bag...

In about ten days, we'll be welcoming our house sitter, patting Kessie on the head and heading to Williamsburg for a week of wonderful music, new and old friends. Because I'm not the musician in the family, I pack a special bag with the projects I'm going to tackle while we're away.

I'll spend part of Handsome's rehearsal days sitting at one of the large side tables. I'll spread out my supplies and stitch away while he plays wonderful music. Really, the whole experience is so joyful, I wish I could have all of you there with me so you'd know what I mean.

Yesterday, I prepared one of my projects for the "old kit bag". (I promise I'll show it to you soon. It's an old train case.) I printed out a master copy of 1 1/4" hexagons that I then took to my trusty copier and printed out on card stock. Hundreds of them. Here is where you can print out the master for your own hexagons. All you have to do is choose the measurement you want for each side of the hexagon (1/2" is the smallest) and it will automatically create the template.

My 1 1/4" hexes require fabric pieces that measures approximately 3 1/2" square. I'll need to cut off the corners before I baste my fabric to them. So, I chose a few different, but coordinating fabrics and cut them into 3 1/2" strips. I'll cut them into squares before we leave, but I really liked them rolled up like little appetizers in my creamware dish.

I have no idea what I'll do with the finished hexes yet. Bright, youthful fabrics that might make a nice gift for one of my nieces. I'm looking forward to using them to create something "quilty" and bright when we return home.