Time for the Single Girl Again!

I can't seem to get enough of this pattern!!

But, let's be honest...this pattern is an absolute BEAR!!  I know it's gorgeous, but what a pain to hand-cut everything out...I'm just too lazy :o)  So, off to etsy I go, this time with an idea in mind of having Jill at TabSlot make me a high-quality acrylic templates for those crazy concave/convex shapes.  I just got the templates in the mail last night and tried them out this morning...amazing.  I can't wait to start making some progress!

And, because I always seem to do everything about 2 years behind the trend, I am finally getting ready to make a queen size Single Girl...in Anna Maria Horner's line Loulouthi.  I JUST purchased the FQ set.  Now to make all my paper piecing templates and get started!

Giant Scrappy Hexagons

I have oodles of scraps...like almost everyone else who sews!  I have a love/hate relationship with them though.  I hate the thought of throwing them away but I hardly ever use them.  I almost always use new cuts of fabric for new projects.  However, I LOVE scrap quilts ~ string quilts, postage stamps, you name it.  I love them all, admire them, pin them to my Pinterest boards for future reference.

So, I think I found something I would actually like doing with my scraps!  I bought this great hexagon template from Tabslot a while back...Jill designed it just for me *smile*  I wanted a hexagon big enough that I could use it to cut layer cakes without much waste.  So this baby measures 10 inches, point to point.   It's huge...and what a great way to use up some scraps!  So I sewed some strips together and started cutting...this is what I have so far!

These puppies are entirely machine-pieced...and I was too anxious to try this method that I only made 7 hexies!  The best part of this is that this 7 piece unit measures about 24 inches across and 30 inches down the center!  Not bad for only 7 pieces.  After seeing how easy it was to do, I cut an entire layer cake that I have been dying to work with...as if I needed another WIP on the list.  I am planning to have that one sewn together tonight and will post pics tomorrow for WIP Wednesday...hopefully I can have a Finished Friday post sometime soon...sheesh!!