tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post3079404217151434194..comments2024-03-29T03:14:18.794+10:00Comments on Jenny of ELEFANTZ: Hexies, a trip and a free pattern...Jenny of Elefantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02775654415138120426noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-48472049136981782712018-04-14T09:26:50.469+10:002018-04-14T09:26:50.469+10:00How lucky you are to be able to still visit Charte...How lucky you are to be able to still visit Charters Towers. It really is a lovely place. Enjoy playing with your hexies. The colours play so well together.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02288331185772160975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-20729714652300569642018-04-14T02:17:49.619+10:002018-04-14T02:17:49.619+10:00Your time in Charter Towers sounds like a lovely l...Your time in Charter Towers sounds like a lovely little getaway. When I baste hexies I do it on the wrong side, with no stitches going through the paper and I never pull my basting stitches out. Each corner gets a little stitch. Looking forward to seeing what you'll do with your hexies. Mine is an ongoing forever project, I think. Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-2695934536909781102018-04-14T01:43:19.994+10:002018-04-14T01:43:19.994+10:00There's a very small beach town up north where...There's a very small beach town up north where I lost my heart as a child - I'd love to live there, but they get longer winters that we get down here, so a summer cottage would be lovely, lol. Pretty hexies!!!!!Allie-oops Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356598486121651755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-71494464223716998962018-04-13T00:04:33.267+10:002018-04-13T00:04:33.267+10:00Thank you for sharing your journey with us, and th...Thank you for sharing your journey with us, and thank you for your lovely pattern.Sharon Aurorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15803413876007729833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-8010603106964592282018-04-12T23:06:27.516+10:002018-04-12T23:06:27.516+10:00Jenny I do believe Charters Towers has stolen your...Jenny I do believe Charters Towers has stolen your heart forever my dear. I so wish you could find your husband a position there so you could move back...Love, love, love the cottage.....I yearn for a simpler life have for years....It sounds like a absolutely wonderful location to live....I will pray that your dreams come true for you and Mr. E very soon.Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10572900779018937820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-69889034888950789772018-04-12T08:08:17.159+10:002018-04-12T08:08:17.159+10:00Oh Yes...a special home in a very special town...I...Oh Yes...a special home in a very special town...I do hope you and Mr. E find yourselves living happily ever after one of these days just where you want to be. Thank you sweet Jenny for your tutorial on sewing hexies...which I am still resisting due to my life in limbo. And thank you for your sweet little needle and pins design. Awesome April Dear...<3 Createologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141896048450385243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-10097236822755327902018-04-11T10:16:35.844+10:002018-04-11T10:16:35.844+10:00Jenny I cut out some EPP shapes yesterday and stit...Jenny I cut out some EPP shapes yesterday and stitched them (no glue) and I agree it is very relaxing. One day soon I will stitch them together. They are not hexies but a bow tie BOM I saw on internet and trying out. It is relaxing and easier to sew then embroidery when you need to concentrate on the TV or other and as you said a great project for car travel as so mobile. Unfortunately my husband and I haven't done a road trip in Australia for so long now but I love it when I used to find craft magazines for sale for a couple of dollars as you say. Hmmm perhaps it is time to take a trip to a small town to find some booty. Love hearing about your road trips Jenny. They sound so nice. Enjoy next weekend and travel safely. Thanks for another lovely blog. I don't know what I would do without reading your blogs and sewing your designs. Thank you for giving so much of yourself to us readers. Hope your dreams are fulfilled soon.Glenisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-61721844683826334472018-04-11T06:33:12.170+10:002018-04-11T06:33:12.170+10:00Thank you for showing how to make hexies. I've...Thank you for showing how to make hexies. I've been admiring the English Paper Piecing that Melissa over a tiny happy has been doing, using scraps and offcuts and fabric from her husband's shirts, but I wasn't clear how you actually make these. Now I am! Meg:)Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573371198907761962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-35819506229832013182018-04-11T03:51:49.867+10:002018-04-11T03:51:49.867+10:00I'm SO glad you had a wonderful getaway day. ...I'm SO glad you had a wonderful getaway day. Yes, I have a place where I would definitely be living if I could. =) I hope at just the right time that house you like will be for sale, a job will turn up, and your special hopes will be fulfilled. We can withstand much more when we are in a place that comforts our hearts.<br /><br />You do the basting exactly the way I've done it for years and years. I have experimented with glue-basting, and there's only one glue pen I will use, normally on the larger hexagons, because the small ones are so easy and quick with needle and thread. Thanks for the wonderful hexagon practice piece. That would have so many possible uses.<br /><br />Enjoy your upcoming longer trip.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-23501137250696479892018-04-11T01:56:56.590+10:002018-04-11T01:56:56.590+10:00Dear Jenny, Jim talks of going back to the town he...Dear Jenny, Jim talks of going back to the town he met me in some. It is my home town. In the 38 years we have been away from it it has changed and I think I see the changes more than he does when we go back to visit family. It has grown so much I don't think it would be the same as he remembers but he wants smaller than Dallas/Ft. Worth. When push came to shove though I don't think he would ever move since this is where the grandchildren are. <br />I haven't done hexies but they have been on my bucket list. I even went so far as BUYING some pre-cut papers. I have plenty of patterns to make my own in any size I could want but I actually bought some pre-made ones, what was I thinking???!!! You have inspired me. <br />Right now Jim is on a business trip that is more a vacation. Each time he has called to check in he has caught me doing a household chore. I am blessed beyond measure to be able to have the life I do. The only break in routine I have had since our trip to New England several years ago has been my two back surgeries. They were not exactly vacations. This hit Jim when he called Sunday night after being out for the evening on the ocean on a "pirate" ship. I have now been promised a real vacation next winter and something small soon. I think I am going to start experimenting with hexies so I will have something to do when we go. Thank you so much sweet one, this was a timely post. I have to have something going on with my hands when I am sitting. Have a wonderful day. TerriSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00161769399124744018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-2739196327722462982018-04-11T01:16:17.896+10:002018-04-11T01:16:17.896+10:00Hi Jenny. I too baste my hexies without going thro...Hi Jenny. I too baste my hexies without going through the paper like Lace Faerie. It is certainly much quicker when it come to remove the papers and the papers last longer. I am very wary of glue basting. I am currently sewing together swap hexie flowers some of which are glued and have been in my collection for 2 or 3 years. In some cases the papers are very difficult to remove and the seam allowance ends up very frayed. Your hexies are gorgeous - beautiful fabrics. I am looking forward to seeing what you make. xxLinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406333686298786963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-77416691024751318572018-04-10T20:17:06.014+10:002018-04-10T20:17:06.014+10:00Hope Hannah sees this post. She has a long term q...Hope Hannah sees this post. She has a long term quilt project for hexi's but I don't think she has done any for a while. The little town sounds wonderful. The cottage looks lovely too. Your hexi flowers look wonderful.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03521219590544595483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-68045789766892880832018-04-10T19:19:08.231+10:002018-04-10T19:19:08.231+10:00I have been doing hexies for years, so relaxing. I...I have been doing hexies for years, so relaxing. I thought I was a pro until I saw your tip about cutting your fabric hexies in multiple piles like that, I have always done one at a time and it takes forever. Thank you so much for this little trick. Lucky you getting the magazines so cheaply, what a fabulous money saving idea. I can't imagine that anyone in Australia would ever pay full price for magazines! xKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373043952789494619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-24760242284489320582018-04-10T17:04:09.084+10:002018-04-10T17:04:09.084+10:00Yes Jenny my home town where I was born still pull...Yes Jenny my home town where I was born still pulls at my heart, I tell myself I would live there again, but really I live where my heart is happy and that is where my husband is. There is some something so relaxing about English paper piecing.Leeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616599642690765779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738183327129723042.post-81568424752638529502018-04-10T16:44:03.301+10:002018-04-10T16:44:03.301+10:00I agree with you, I enjoy passing traveling hours ...I agree with you, I enjoy passing traveling hours making up hexies. My current hexie project is using 3/4” hexies. I cut 2” squares and use a tiny binder clip or a Wonder clip to hold the first edge on the paper. I do not sew thru the paper, but sew two half-hitch knots at each corner as I work my way around all the sides. But first, I use a hole punch to cut a small circle from the center of each paper. That makes popping the paper out with the tip of my snips quite easy. I leave my basting stitches in place. I find two quick stitches on each corner goes quite a bit faster than stitching thru the papers. Not pulling basting threads is a time saver, too. I love all the sweet fabrics you use!Lace Faeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425691659167577032noreply@blogger.com