hexagon party

Years ago, I inherited a partially made hexagon quilt from my mother.

She had some hexagons prepared. I added some of my fabric and finished it. It is a two-generation quilt.

One of my daughters watched me working on the quilt. She started making hexagon quilts when she went home. When my quilt was finished, I gave her the leftover hexagons and she made a three-generation quilt. The hexagon quilt is the only type of quilt that she makes.

While visiting another daughter last summer, she mentioned that her sister was going to teach her how to make a hexagon quilt. I offered to teach her and the next thing we knew, we were at Joann’s buying fabric. She has made a wall hanging for her son and is working on a bed quilt.

A week ago, both daughters came for a visit. We had a hexagon party. We chatted and sewed on our quilts. The top quilt is made from the daughter who has been quilting longer. It is finished. The bottom quilt is the first quilt of the other daughter. It will have another row.

Quilting is fun. The reason why they are laughing is because of this piece of fabric.

The background fabric is a mixture of white-on-white fabric. This white on white is dog paws. The other white on white fabrics are scattered throughout the quilt. The dog print white on white starts at one corner and meanders across the quilt, around the flowers. It’s as if a dog walked across the quilt.

more hexagons

Now that the blue quilt is finished, a new quilt has been started.

Three of my daughters and a daughter in law are quilters. It is a joy to share my passion with them.

Have a great day and happy quilting.