The lure of hexagons.

Pretty much straight after finishing the wall-hanging of flowers, I embarked on another project using hexagons. It is such an attractive shape to work with. Think about the honeycomb or the scutes on a turtle's carapace - it seems like the perfect shape. I wasn't entirely sure what I was going to end up with when I began this work - all I knew was that I had in my stash an abundance of brown-toned florals, quite a few of them vintage, so I figured I'd utilise these and see what emerged as I worked.


The hexagons are approx. 3.5cm across. I haven't counted how many I've used but they're all basted and paper-pieced.

Even the rear of the work looks lovely to me.....

Inspiration struck when the pieces all formed a giant hexagon - why not add points and turn the work into a large six-pointed star, or Star of David, itself a very powerful symbol. So, I finally finished the shape over the weekend ( with one eye on the World Cup indoor cycling! )....all the hexxies are sewn together and now all I need to do is re-trace my steps and sew up all the gaps which didn't get done on my original rounds. The colour range is lovely. My initial thoughts now are to mount the star onto a plain background and work a simple border or double border around it using a mixture of plain and patterned hexagons.

Detail of work...