Hand Piecing a Silk Hexagon Moon

Yep, you heard me right...hand piecing.  My High Priestess has a hand pieced silk hexagon moon.  While time consuming, I found it sort of relaxing. I could see how it could become addictive!  But don't worry, it's not likely that you will see entire  hand pieced quilts from me...just bits and pieces from time to time.

Rather than wait for an order of paper hexie templates, I made my own from card stock.  Not something I would recommend...they are quite inexpensive to purchase and a big time saver.  However, wanting to get it done, I made mine.  First I made a plastic template



I used a thick piece of craft acrylic (the kind used for book binding) as it is much sturdier than template plastic and doesn't flex much ...  Accuracy is important!

I fused a lightweight interfacing to my silk and cut it into squares.  Then I traced and cut out all the card stock hexies and pinned the silk to them.



Then the basting began.  Easy and something to do while watching TV. Before long they were all done.



 

I checked them against my drawn pattern for accuracy...you can see where my assistant Bouree was chewing on my paper pattern...



Then I stitched the basted hexies into rows...another good activity while watching TV





All  rows done!



Next job was to sew the rows together...that took a little longer but I love the result.  Next time I'll show you what the finished moon looks like.