Glorious Hexies, The Perfect Traveling Companion

After a summer of working from my home office, this Fall has been travel, travel, travel.  What's a girl to do?

 

About three years ago my quilting friend, Charlotte-the-Tall, and I embarked on a project that we thought would be oh so fun!  And, honestly, it is fun.  But, it is not a FAST project.  We got off to a good start:  July 18, 2016.
After that, it has been spotty at best: May 20, 2017.

When I'm traveling for work I've been known to drag along Miss Ellie (my 1951 Singer Featherweight) or my Ukulele to give me something to do in the evenings in the hotel and keep me out of trouble.  But for the past few months I've been focusing on Hexies.  They are the perfect traveling companion.  They take up very little room, I don't have to feed them and they don't talk back.

At 30,000 feet

All laid out on the tray, including some
Snappy Tom sans alcohol.

Carter Conlon on the iPad
(he's a preacher at Times Square Church)

Done

Working on Hexies is a good conversation starter, also.  "What are you making...?"
Who knows, perhaps I've help bring another quilter into the fold.

Packing my bags:

I could carry this on, but I generally put it in checked baggage.
The rotary cutter needs to be in checked baggage either way.
Cheap packing cube from the Dollar Store

Cutting and Hexie preparation

What I carry on
Bag by RuMe

Everything I need fits perfectly.

Making Progress

I am currently in Edmonton, Alberta and working on Hexies in the Hotel in the evenings (it is 9 degrees farenheit outside.)  I'm preparing to return home today but have a quick, 3-day turnaround back to Canada.



I'm ready to fly away again.



Making your own:

Visit Paperpieces.com.  Paper Pieces Search New Hexagon.  You can purchase everything you need in one neat package.  AND, it's on sale.