Miniature Lucy Boston

Shirley has been making these tiny wonders ! Using (to some extent) the Lucy Boston Patchwork of the Crosses collection (and book).
Here's what she writes :

I have always adored miniatures !  They just fascinate me.  Well.... at long last...... I DID figure out a way to make my POTC Name Tag  block.  I started with the line drawing on p.29, Lucy Boston, Patchwork of the Crosses. 

 The hardest part was dealing with fraying of the "1/4" connectors while sewing the y-seams but not so much so that I would give up....   To simplify, I just did a fold over binding from back to front and SID around all the hexagons. 

 INKLINGO ROCK

This mini is made from the same fabrics I made her Big Sister in (April 2011 entry in the Inklingo Projects Blog)    I learned from this 'Big Sis'  how to fussy cut better and .  The 12-piece crosses presented a problem with bulkier seams than I liked so I cut it in one piece; the same difficulty with the edge shapes as well - so I hand stitched a facing, scalloped the border and embellished with Inklingo Circles in the open spaces.  Size is 14" x 18" and 754 pcs.  if I counted right !  If Linda ever comes out with a smaller version of the POTC block pieces with those wonderful accurate crosshair markings, I will be VERY tempted to be one of "those" that make a 'big' miniature quilt.  Marking around templates that small by hand is just not as accurate as I like in comparison to printing in Inklingo fashion.  

Well, I loved your Big POTC-quilt, but this small one has me scraping my jaw from the floor. Just awesome, Shirley !!!

Hexagon Bag / Tote

Jeannette from Down Under has made this gorgeous bag.
She writes :
I used 1" hexes and half hexes from collection 1 (editor's note : The same shapes are in the downloadable 1" Hexagon collection). The outside of the bag is hand pieced and the lining and pocket is machined. I hand quilted around the centre hexes and I used no 5 Perle black cotton at all intersections of the half hexes to put a large stitch along each seam with a black bead in the centre.
I hand stitched the handles on.
The bag measures 10 x 12"

And it is looking great, Jeannette

Addy's Quilt - more Insanity

Lorraine in MI is working on an Insanity version with her sister-in-law. They are using the 0.75" hexagons (rather than the 0.50" ones the original pattern calls for). She writes :

We have more borders to add, but had to share our progress. This is for my SiLaw's granddaughter who loves red, stars and hearts.

There are not words to describe what a pleasure this project has been! Inklingo has made it a breeze to print and send and share in the stitching!

There are 3 more children needing heirloom quilts and we already have plans for those...all using Inklingo!

Hexagon Baby-quilt

Emily has made this wonderful baby-quilt, using the xxx size shapes from Inklingo Collection # 3

She has used some of the Hexagon block patterns found on the Inklingo Sampler blog and made this little beauty with inspiration from the Candied Hexagon-quilt which several Inklingoists are doing

Size of project is approximately 36" square

THE Hexagon Quilt - Insanity FINISHED !!!

YEA. Linda D. has FINISHED her Insanity quilt.
She writes :
"My "Insanity" quilt is finished. I added two extra rows to the top and bottom and another row to each side so now there are 11,127 hexagons. My quilt is called "THE Hexagon Quilt". It was of course hand pieced and hand quilted. This quilt has been a real labor of love and got me through a very difficult period in my life. Thank goodness for Inklingo."

... and just in case you have forgotten. This is made with hexagons that are 0.5" to the side. That's right. At their widest, from point to point, these hexagons are just 1", and the side of each hexagon is 0.5".

Awesome, Linda. Just awesome.

Tea Roses

Tilde has finished a hexagon top, using the 0.75" shapes from Collection 3.
Size of top : 48 x 66"

It was a fun quilt to make, and making hexagon flowers as rectangular blocks made the joining of them very easy.

Batik Hexagons

Carol in Panama made this DDG batik quilt.
You can read all about it on her own blog (follow the link that is embedded in her name) and see close-ups of the quilting, and of the design-choices she has made.

Carol writes :
I began this project because I wanted a small portable block that I could stitch by hand on airplanes, in waiting rooms and while watching TV. After laboriously stitching forty two English Paper Pieced hexagons I finally admitted to myself that I hated EPP. Then I discovered Inklingo. No paper templates, no basting, a running stitch instead of a whip stitch, far more accurate than EPP and the stitches never show on the front. The pressing is a dream and the quilt lies perfectly flat.

I couldn't use Linda's English Paper Piecing Rescue instructions because I used a glue stick instead of basting the papers onto the fabric. I put the forty two EPP hexagons away and started over with Inklingo. I has been quite a journey, but I am glad I didn't give up!

Candied Hexagons

Annie is making Candied Hexagons, a patter based on the (Australian) Frederica Josephson Quilt. She is - in part - using the hexagon-designs found on the Inklingo Sampler blog.

Looking real good, Annie!

Snack Quilt

Ruby in Nova Scotia made this wonderful quilt last spring.
She writes :
I made this Grandmother's Flower Garden last spring for my mother's 91st birthday. It is hand pieced and machine quilted. Here it is hanging at our local guild's quilt show.

I used the Snack Quilt pattern and 1.5 inch hexagons from the Inklingo CD #3 collection.Ruby in Nova Scotia

Size of finished quilt : 48 x 68"

Insanity

The Insanity fever is not abating. Rather, the tops begin to finish up.
Carole is making one too !
Remember, when you see these, that they are made using hexagons that are 0.5" to the side, that's right, half-an-inch to the side.

Looking good, Carole !

Insanity Quilt Top

Deanna has finished (!) her spectacular 'Insanity' quilt-top.
It is made with 0.5" hexagons (there are more than 10,000 of them in there), and is 79 x 86" (2oo x 218 cm).
Just ... lean back and enjoy this gorgeous quilt.

Hexagon Sampler

Linda D. has been busy making lots of tops for demonstrating Inklingo at a quilt-show.

This is her hexagon sampler, where she has used the hexagon bonus-blocks from the Inklingo Sampler-blog, and Inklingo KISS 101 for the setting.



Size of project 45.5" square.

Candied Hexagons

Tammi has started her dream-project. It's an elderly pattern from a now sold-out magazine, and it's called "Candied Hexagons".

She is using Collection # 3 to make the individual hexagons, and each hexagon finish at 3"


... oh, and you can find patterns for the two types of stars found here, on the Inklingo Sampler blog.

Insanity !

Rae Ann has finished the centre of her Insanity quilt.
This project uses the 0.5" hexagons ! so in spite of how formidable it looks, it isn't all that big :-)
She writes :

So this is my Insanity Quilt. I stitch when times allows me. I'm making my quilt with the 1/2" hexagons from Linda's Inklingo. All 158 of my diamonds is make using a differnt 30's reporduction fabric (as are my flowers which are not yet sewn on thus far). I don't know what else to say.


... well ... I don't think you need to say much more, Rae Ann. It looks great :-)

GFG-block

And a third project from Missy's hand.
She writes :

The Grandmother's Flower Garden Block was made with the .5" Hexagon collection and measures 8 inches with the narrow strips of about 1/4 inch.

I made this as part of a group quilt for a friend with cancer. I finished it about a week ago.

Hexagon Placemat

Another beauty, made from the pattern that comes with the 0.5" hexagon collection.

Missy writes :

The place mat was made with the .5" Hexagon collection, instructions are in the collection. It was my first Inklingo project and got me thoroughly hooked! I can't remember for sure when I made it ... probably 2007.

Finished size : 13.5 x 18.5"

Dakota Delights

Jillian is making this wall-hanging from her own pattern.

She writes :

This is made with 1" hexagons. Unfinished size is 18 x 19". I'm planning on embroidering on the butterfly antennae and perhaps do some bead / crystal embellishments.

This may look familiar to some of you as I did it as a kit for the Great Inklingo Give-Away. When I printed the hexes for the kit, I did a set for myself too. I'm thinking I'm going to try this with the 0.5" hexagon collection next.

Hexagon Placemat

Joan has been busy with hexagons too, making this pretty placemat for a freind.
The pattern is in the 0.50" Hexagon collection.

Size : 13.5 x 18.5"

Another Tiny Tote

Another Tiny Tote from the exchange over at the Yahoo group. This one is from Penny to Rae Ann

Beautiful, if you ask me, and the cutest dragon-fly button (smaller picture on the right.)

Remember, the pattern for this one is a free download at the Inklingo-page, and you can make it, using the free Inklingo collection.

Not with these stars, however, to make those, you need to purchase Collection 3

Flowerbasket table-runner

And Jeanette has been busy, and have also finished a table-runner made from the pattern that Tilde has made available for free on the Inklingo Yahoo group.

She writes :

I used Tilde's basket block to make a table runner using 0.75 hexes from Collection 3. It measures approximately 32"x16" at the widest point.It is hand pieced and hand quilted.