I love the internet.

I got a package in the mail on Monday - a brown paper package, actually.  It was from my internet-friend, and one of my hexagon quilt inspirations, Stephanie.

fabulous box

It looked like this.  This box is, in and of itself, quite fabulous.  I love a good container. So as soon as I got the brown paper off of it, I was already excited. Actually, as soon as I saw it was from Steph I was excited, because I knew the contents would be new! and different! and exciting! fabrics! Steph and I did a fabric-swap. And I love new fabric!

But then...Then I opened the fabulous box, and the contents blew me away!  Not only were there more than 40 new fabrics for me to hexagon (yes, I just used hexagon as a verb. deal with it.), there was a lovely postcard with a doodle on it and a HANDMADE PINCUSHION! See?!

It's great, right?

I can hardly believe that I just sent a stack of fabrics in a manila envelope!

Thank you, Steph! You're the best!

Step 1: Research

The first hexagon quilt I saw wasn't even finished yet and I still thought it looked really cute.  It was made by Stephanie @ sweetchrysanthemum.com.  I used to spend a good bit of time every day on the Pieces of Flair app on Facebook. I LOVED looking at all the designs people would make for their buttons and findin new ones. I would spend time every week or so rearranging my board and making new patterns, just enjoying the combination of colors and patterns.  The hexagon charm quilts reminded me of those.

Then one day I was bored at work. Right now I have two part-time jobs. One of them involves sitting at a computer for at least 20 hours a week. And there isn't always work to do for the entirety of those 20 hours. So I spend a lot of time on etsy and whatnot. And then I started researching hexagon quilts.
I googled.
I read. I looked at all the beautiful fabrics out there.

I. got. hooked.

I started visiting Joanne fabric and the multitude of quilt shops around the Seacoast NH. I couldn't find the paper hexagons anywhere, but one nice lady offered to order me some. They still haven't come in yet, but in the mean time, I found a template maker that can produce any size hexagon you need in a handy .pdf!

So. Here I am. Starting a new blog to document my new obsession.