I Have a New Love

Call me crazy, but I have a new love in my life. Actually, I have two. Jane introduced me to Pinterest a little while ago and it has opened up a whole new, addictive world for me - you could spend all day pinning wonderful images & inspiration so I have tried to limit myself to a few boards, otherwise I would get nothing else done. My second love was found on Pinterest - this spectacular antique hexagon quilt. Apparently it was made in Wales and was on exhibit in 2009. I am speechless.

A quick count gave me at least13,000 hexagons - it's approximately 130 hexies high and 100 wide. That means that the finished size of each hexie is likely 3/4" - 1"!!! I can't imagine how long that would take me, but I'm darn tempted to try and find out.

There are about 320 +/- of the smallest diamond units so if you look at it that way it's not so bad. Maybe it's time to quit my day job. Maybe if I had only one meal a day and chained myself to a chair.






When I first started blogging I posted about this beautiful Martha Washington's Flower Garden quilt made in the early 1800s, but I think that this new one might just have moved up to the front of the line - I don't even know the name of it.












But there's also this incredible hexie masterpiece from Brigitte Giblin that I found on Lisa's Precious Time blog, along with a few others. The scale is considerably different but it is equally stunning and I have a pile of large florals that would work perfectly in those centre panels. I just love the little white diamonds that run throughout. Thanks so much Lisa for letting me use your photo so that I can share the love....M