Hexified Panel Quilt Excitement!

It's been an exciting ride as the Hexified Panel Quilts, my twist on the original One Block Wonder (OBW) technique, has taken off over the last couple of years. It all started in early 2015 with Wanderlust: Paris in Spring, my first experiment in working with panels in a OBW. After making numerous quilts with this technique and sharing them on the Facebook One Block Wonder Forum group, many people are now using 6 fabric panels to make their hexies and framing a 7th uncut panel. Last year, I was invited to send two of my hexified panel quilts, Wanderlust: Paris in Spring and Poppy Explosion, to C&T Publishing to be photographed and published in One Block Wonders of the World, the newest One Block Wonder book by Maxine Rosenthal and Linda A. Bardes (2017, C&T Publishing).

The marketing coordinator at Timeless Treasures Fabrics saw my Poppy Explosion in the book, made with their Pandora line designed by Chong-a Hwang, after the book's release in October 2017. Joy emailed me and asked if I would be interested in making two hexified panel quilts for them as samples to be used on their blog and in social media to promote their fabrics. I immediately said YES! They sent links to several lines with panels for me to pick from and I chose two lines also designed by Chong-a Hwang. Her designs are so rich and beautiful, I couldn't resist! It was like an early Christmas present getting that box of fabric in the mail!

The first quilt, made with the Reverie line, was due to be finished and photographed by December 17, just before Christmas. To say it was a crazy-busy month is an understatement with the holidays, plus creating, piecing, quilting, binding, and photographing a quilt in just under a month's time! The final outdoor photos weren't taken until just after New Year's on a bright sunny day in freezing temperatures on the Baker University campus in Baldwin City, Kansas, but in plenty of time to be used in their promotions. We made it (special thanks to my sweet husband for all of his help!) and the blog post showcasing In The Garden went live on January 8, 2018. Be sure to check out their blog post to get the whole story of the making of this beautiful quilt!

Also be sure to check back next month as quilt #2 is already in the works to be released online in early February 2018!

More snippets from the sewing room soon...
Liz