Huge Hexies

A few months ago one of my students at Chertsey Museum brought in a 3m (3 yard ) flimsey that a friends mother had made from big paper pieced hexies.

What could she do with it?  Nobody wanted it as it was, it was too big, and a real miss-mash of fabrics: cotton, corduroy, lining material, even crimplene!

Finally after a few months thinking she decided we could chop it into 6 children sized flimsies and make charity quilts .

So last night I quilted the first one, just free range lines in each direction resulting in a star burst roughly in the centre of each

then I washed it just to be sure the top wouldn't fall apart, And it came out fine!

I've got three more to go, two of the students took one each too