What I needed was a recipe, a Recipe for Friendship, something to make from my one and only jelly roll by Mary Engelbreit. A few ideas came to mind, but what I kept seeing was hexagons, not a flower garden, just lots of colourful hexagons mixed together. A trip to the market provided the extra ingredients needed for the border, red and yellow polka-dots!
So, over the summer, a little at a time, I mixed up some delicious batches of hexagons and now I have 560 baked and ready to go. With 37 different fabrics, this should make a fun mix for the center of my quilt.
I still need to prepare hexagons for the border, but in the meantime, I think it would be okay to start stitching together a Recipe for Friendship.
A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.
~Douglas Pagels
Until next time.....happy quilting!
Karen
38 comments:
Karen---I love your recipe!
Love your collection of hexagons they will make a lovely flower or two!! :) Carolyn
Your hexagon's are adorable. Love them!!!
great idea for your Jelly Roll! That ME fabric is adorable :^)
Very yummy fabric and great saying!
How sweet. Baked and ready to go!
That looks really yummy ! Hurry up and show us the result :-))
Hope to see the endresulat of that: they look great. And you said it right about being or having a friend!
What a lovely post this is.
Lovely hexagonnes i very sweet fabrics.
How sweet! What a great creative post!
It's going to be beautiful! Love how you photographed all the "ingredients"! :0)
Such nice colours. It is good to have friends.
Wow they are wonderful Karen!! I REALLY love how you presented your batch of hexagons, really cute!!
Crispy
Lovely hexagons, Karen and a nice saying!
Greetings, Cisca
My mouth is watering...can't wait til their done!
Wow! What a charming, delightful, loving post!!! They're beautiful you know. Just beautiful. You sure made me smile.
Beautiful post and you hexies are gorgeous.
Doesn't ME fabric just make you smile? Love it! How are you going to put your hexies together?
What a super, duper quilt that will make, Karen. ME's designs are just wonderful!
Love the hexies! Looking forward to see your creation when it is complete!!
These hexies make me happy... wonderful choice!
Prachtig!!!!!!!!!! gr yvonne
Love them. Have a nice day.
How cute - looking forward to seeing the finished quilt :o) Mary Engelbreit is one of my favorites!
Judie
what a nice recipe...i think this will be great!!!
have a nice day..;0)
Oh my! How sweet! I'm looking forward to seeing these adorable ME fabrics together in a quilt.
Lovely post.
What a lovely idea, e recipe for Friendship, very nice colours for the hexagons.
What a lovely bright colors Karen!!..i make hexies from any scraps i have and just pick them randomly and sew them together...that turned out to be my most beautiful quilts....i made them a long time ago and i did not had a digitalcamera then so i have no photo`s of them and don`t have the quilts anymore...but i can see your quilt is going to be a beauty as you lay the hexies out and maybe sew them together that way...good luck with it all..and thank you for the lovely comment on my blog..
greetings Francien.
The fabrics you chose are beatiful! What a colorful variety. Can't wait to see how you will put it together and I love how you photographed the ingredients:)
I love the bright colours of your "friendship"quilt. Hexagons are never boring.
I also love the frase about friendship.
Warm greetings,
What a great way to show off your hexies. The baking idea is so cute. Have fun sewing them.
Can't wait to see your Hexagon-Mix-Quilt. What a nice idea!
Your posts are the best. You are so inventive I always love to visit.
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Loved your post and the name of your quilt with the hexagons. Your clamshells are looking very neat too. :)
Such a creative post, love your recipe & the colours of all those sweet hexies!
This was such a clever post! I enjoyed it so much!
what a great recipe!! Can't wait to see this come together! Thanks for visiting my blog & commenting!!!!!!
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