Little Hexagon Fun

I have been having a blast with little hexagons lately. They are so fun! I made my grandmother, Peggy, a zipper bag as part of her Christmas present (the rest I will show you later). She loves 30's reproduction fabrics, so I pulled out my scraps and this is what I came up with. This bag is 10" by 10" and the hexagons are 1" in diameter. This is a good size to use as a small project bag or to store sewing notions.

I also decided to embroider her name on it as well. This was the first time I have embroidered a name. I have worked with cross stitching before, but not embroidering. I couldn't share this with you before because she regularly reads my blog and it would have ruined the surprise. She loved it!
Here is a picture from my Instagram account... http://instagram.com/saltwaterquilts... from when I was making all the little hexagons. They are so cute and my kiddos love to sort and stack them.

I finished off her bag with a little ribbon and a small charm. I am crazy about these little charms. You can find them on Etsy.

Here is another little bag that I made for the Sew Mama Sew giveaway. I love making these little bags and plan on making more to put in my Etsy shop.

I put together a project bag (this one is from formandfabric.com) filled with fabric scraps, scissors, thread, needles, and hexagons printed on card stock. I keep the cut and sewn hexies in a little ziplock bag. I take this bag with me on the go so I can work on them whenever I get some down time.

For some hexagon inspiration, I put together a collage of hexagons that I found on flickr. Bask in the glow of the hexagon eye candy...

1. Hexagon, 2. Hexagons, 3. Hexagon hearts close-up, 4. Hexagon pillow, 5. Hexagon Mini Quilt, 6. Hexagon Bag, 7. hexagon pillow 2, 8. Happy pincushions, 9. PSL Hexagon Pin, 10. Hexagons, 11. mini hexagons, 12. Hexagon Pouch, 13. hand stitching and vintage lace, 14. Rainbow Hexagon Pillow, 15. Hexed In, 16. Kissen Hexagon / Pillow/ Patchwork, 17. Mini {sexy} hexies, 18. hexie pillow, 19. Hanging hexi mini patch works, 20. Hexagon Mini Quilt

Hopefully I have spread the hexagon love and inspired you to give it a try for the first time or get them out again.

Happy Hexagons!!
Candace