Remember that batch of half hexagons from last month? These were cut about 12 years ago and have been waiting for a special quilt! I made the Half-Hexagon Braid quilt, and had so many more left over that I made a second one. Half Hexagons waiting for another quilt Bubbles and Hexagons is a pattern I first made and had published in Quilt Magazine in 1997. You can see what I mean by the hexagons part (two half-hexagons make on hexagon, right?): Here is the one I made as my workshop sample for 2018. It's hard to tell that those whole hexagons are really composed of two half-hexagons, but they are! This is a perfect project for those 2-1/2" Jelly Roll strips! Check out my easy pattern on Etsy. Bubbles and Hexagons : 41" x 51"  I used a stack of these half-hexagons in the browns and made this 42" x 49" quilt. I floated the hexagons with the white print so none were chopped in half. I had to get creative with the borders because I didn't have enough length of...

I want to show you one more quilt that I made with a Layer Cake. And this one is REALLY yummy because it's made of chocolate and cherries. This is the Oh, Fudge! Collection by Benartex. I've shared it here before. First, the stack. Oh, Fudge stack of 10-1/2" squares I used them to make TWO quilts. First, my favorite Valentine quilt - I Love You. The inner border, cream block backgrounds and the binding are not from the Layer Cake, but everything else is! I Love You from the Oh, Fudge Collection Then I cut up the rest to make one more Bubbles and Hexagons quilt. I donated this to my quilting group for a local children's charity. Can you believe all those chocolates and cherries and fudge pieces? Bubbles and Hexagons using the Oh, Fudge Collection Now, let me show you some quilts I've made with stacks of 10-1/2" squares. Why that size? Because it's a number that is easily divisible by 3 and you can actually get four 10-1/2" squares from every length of...