adventure update.....

since the beginning of this year i have been patching hexagons together like a mad lady - take a look at how big the iqa quilt is now (please forgive the rubbish photos btw, but i was balancing on a twisty chair in full view of my slightly bemused neighbour and his dog, so i was more about speed, than ooh-that-looks-good!)....

it has taken me quite a while* to get from here to here mind..... i got a bit prissy about the perfect layout of the 'sprinkles', as i like to call them.  i spent an age endlessly faffing around colouring in and tippexing out, and then a good few months just ignoring the problem, but in a new year rush of enthusiasm i got me a fresh sheet of hexagon graph paper, a sharp and spiffy miffy pencil and just went for it..... i scribbled circles over my little plan, penned in the nearest hexagon, and got stitching - no tippex in sight!

i think it's turned out well, i'm quite sold on this spontaneity lark!

so, on to the next problem.... what do i do about the edge of the quilt?  i originally thought i'd have some sort of wide border, maybe with more patchwork, but lately i've been thinking.... wouldn't a simple binding be better? you know, detract from the hexagons less? or would it just look unfinished? it's one for me to ponder....but i'd be grateful for any opinions!

whimsycate, x x x