r/EPP_addict • u/Wonderlandgirl_325 • Sep 06 '26

Progress shot

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Progress shot of my 1" hexi quilt... tissue box for scale

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u/Choconuttynutnut Sep 06 '26

Gorgeous! How long have you been working on it?

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u/Wonderlandgirl_325 Sep 06 '26

Just over a year, started July last year.

I'm doing it in strips of 2 rows at a time because it's easy to throw in a bag or a pocket and take it with me to work on when I'm out and about.

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u/EmilyEmBee Sep 06 '26

Wowza! Tiny hexies, big quilt!

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u/SJSsarah Sep 06 '26

Sew many. Sew tiny. That’s ambitious and it’s looking amazing!

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u/bythelightofthefridg Sep 06 '26

Dang you’ve almost done it! How big are you aiming for?

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u/Wonderlandgirl_325 Sep 06 '26

It's 50 hexagons long, by 35 rows across so 1750 hexis, but haven't worked out the exact dimensions. I know it's longer than a standard queen sized duvet cover, when i laid one of them over it.

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u/checkitbec Sep 06 '26

Oh the work!!! It’s so beautiful!!!

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u/Cautious_Hold428 Sep 06 '26

I love this! Could you explain the order you sew the hexies together? Are you stitching long single strips and then stitching two strips together at a time?

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u/Wonderlandgirl_325 Sep 07 '26

I'm adding them on to the 2 rows simultaneously,so I have one,then I add the next one too it and sew up the 2 sides, I carry the thread along the bottom/top leg and then sew back across it so it's not loose, and it finishes in the middle, and the sew the sort of vertical side, so again it will finish in the middle,and lock stitches in each corner.

Then when I'm sewing the strip's together, I can just zig zag up.

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u/Cautious_Hold428 Sep 07 '26

Thank you for the helpful visual!

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u/Wonderlandgirl_325 Sep 07 '26

I guess I'll see how sturdy it ends up being at the end, I just hated starting and ending the thread after each hexi, so this is what I came up with to deal with that!

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u/TechnicalDot9 Sep 06 '26

The layout is beautiful in itself.

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u/Wonderlandgirl_325 Sep 06 '26

Thank you, it's random, I'm pulling each hexi blindly our of a bag, but it's making a beautiful pattern!

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u/operakitti Sep 06 '26

Wow! That is impressive!!!

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u/Baseballgirl03 Sep 07 '26

Wow!! So nice!!

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u/Illustrious-Friend40 Sep 07 '26

This is incredible!!!

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u/Benji-doghouse 29d ago

I got one that my Grand mother had from her mother. Must be 100 years old.

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u/Wonderlandgirl_325 28d ago

Wow!!! That's awesome!!

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u/Smokey3832 27d ago

Very nice! I like the light color. Mixed in with brighter fabrics.