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Saturday 13 April 2013

Summer holiday hexies...

Without 10 days of guaranteed wonderful sunshine to look forward to, I think I would go barmy.  So thinking ahead, I decided to turn my hexies into a great big beach bag.

It's a whopping 21" from top to bottom, plenty of room to fit in all the towels, lotions, goggles and biscuits for a day at the beach...


It's going to make me happy to keep looking at it until we head off to sunnier climes!

I quilted the hexies onto some fusible fleece and used most of the remainder of my parent's curtains, so another bargain make, and my second FAL finish too.  I promise, as soon as I go back to work on Monday, and-slash-or, the sun ever comes out again, my output is going to plummet, significantly!

This rainy afternoon though was spent cutting tiny pieces of Liberty and the rest of the fabrics for my Marcelle Medallion; a horrible job, but no-one else was going to do it for me.  But now I am free to piece to my heart's content.  Happy days xxx

25 comments:

  1. Love love love, such a great bag! Yeah for being thrifty too!
    Happy piecing :)

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  2. Fabulous! So nice seeing these grow from their infancy into a fully bloomed item! jxo

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  3. I love your forward planning. Those hexies have turned out great and made a beautiful (nickable) bag. Do you want my address to send it to? Di x

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  4. This is just lovely! Beautiful rainbow hexie bag. Quelle accessoire!

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  5. Lovely bag, it cheers me up even without sunshine (none here to be found)!!!

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  6. Congrats! 9 weeks til I'm in the sun. Not that I'm counting. Much.

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  7. That is beautiful and a warm holiday is a great thing to be planning.

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  8. Gorgeous - I love the colour graudation. Perfect for a day on the beach....I'm sure the weather will warm up soon?!

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  9. This is so bright and cheery - perfect for a beach bag!

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  10. I love it. I especially love how the hexies at the top almost blend with the background fabric. It is a terrific finish. Now, bring on the sunshine!

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  11. You know when you use your beautiful bags, do people ever say " oh thanks nice, where did you get that?"

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  12. Fabulous bag, those hexies look amazing

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  13. You already know I love the hexies and they look great against this background. I wish you lots of perfect sunshine days to go with the bag :)

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  14. Perfect make to get us in he holiday mood. Love it. ( written whilst watching the sheeting rain pour down )

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  15. Great idea and looks wonderful!

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  16. Great beach bag. Definitely encouraging summer to come

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  17. It's a perfect beach bag well apart from the obvious fact that its' far to lovely to go to the beach!

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  18. really gorgeous bag. am jealous though. havent had a sun holiday in 3 years and wont get one this year neither. :-( nevermind. i wilt in heat anyway.... lol

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  19. Those hexies are gorgeous! Fabulous beach bag! Rx

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  20. Love these hexies, beautiful! And im no reply until after Wednesday so ignore me! ;-)

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  21. what's not to love about a hexie embellished bag? Looking great. The Marcelle medallion has stalled (mine) because i am too lazy to cut for the next round. I'll be watching what you do

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