Monday, December 10, 2018

Another Hexie Coaster

It's Day 10 of the 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge.  I am surprised and so happy that I've made it this far.  And it hasn't been hard like I thought it would be.

You may have seen the first hexie coaster I made yesterday.  Here's the tutorial if you want to give it a try.  Here's the second one.


I decided to time myself making the second one to see if it does live up to its name of 5-minute hexie coaster.  It took me:

  • 5 minutes, 30 seconds to cut the hexies
  • 1 minute to iron the hexies in half
  • 1 minute, 30 seconds to lay out the hexies
  • 1 minute to sew around the hexies
  • 1 minute, 30 minutes to flip inside out and iron flat

Since the tutorial uses pre-cut hexies, this is definitely a 5-minute project.  I see a new addiction brewing.

Here are the two of them together.


Now to find some coordinating fabric and make a few sets of four or six to use as gifts.



5 comments:

  1. Selecting and cutting the fabric takes the most time to make these, by far. I'm glad you are enjoying making them, too!

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  2. I made square ones last year. Gave one to each member of my sewing group along with a Xmas card.
    I so like the hexagon ones you’ve made. Maybe next year.

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  3. Oh these are so cute! I am so glad you DID time it; once I'm home I see a few of these in my future too. They remind me of a great Kleenex holder (for in your purse) on Connecting Threads blog a couple of years ago. I made a couple of them, super-quick. Love your fabric choices!

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  4. Aren’t these darling! A coordinated set, or two, will make perfect gifts.

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  5. I've admired these many times, but I hadn't seen the tutorial and didn't know just how quick and easy they are. I'll add them to my "make" list. Thanks for sharing!

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