Blueberries, blue hexies and bookmarks!

We had some fun with the hexagon blueberry block we made for the Tri-County Farm To Market Quilt Tour last month.  In addition to featuring our block on a couple of tote bags, we also incorporated it onto a tea towel - the new hucksack toweling we have in stock was a perfect opportunity to mix some applique and stitching.

Then we got carried away with some little bitty hexagons - I'll do the full disclosure and admit that I never would have created this if I had not inherited this stack of prepared blue 1/2 inch hexagons!  But this was the reason I'd been storing them for the last decade...and I used every one of them in this project, and know that Octavia would be pleased with the way her basket (her plan for them) morphed into this waterfall.

Blue Waterfall

And then I played with some larger hexagons (1 inch) in a combination of blue solids and put this grouping of berries together for a fun wall hanging, incorporating some machine stitched leaves on an osnaburg background.  I think this method of using hexagons Modern Hexies Tutorial has alot of potential for all kinds of fun.  

And here is a little picture of the bookmarks we made using some of the charms various shops were offering during the Tri-county Tour.  We have lots of fun ribbons, and a few sewing themed charms.  You can use old buttons and beads or jewelry to create some fun embellished bookmarks (you know for the old-fashioned books with paper pages...)!

Happy Stitching!