hexies for Laura

I had one more bag-as-money-holder graduation gift 

that needed to be made.

Seeing that graduations are in April / May,

and it was the tail end of July

before I got around to it,

and the gal it was for

 is just as sweet as can be,

I figured the bag needed to be

extra special.

I didn't want Laura thinking my tardiness

was 

in any way

a reflection of how we felt about her,

and what better way to prove that

than a bag that takes ridiculously long to make?

I guess the bag itself

didn't take a long time,

just the making of the front fabric...

I'd seen the modern hexagon quilts,

and thought that might be a fun one to do.

Let's just say if I were ever to make an actual 

modern hexie quilt,

I'd be using hexagons

waaaay bigger than an not quite an inch!

As much as I wanted it to,

the aqua with gold Xs just wasn't working for me

as the background fabric,

but I really wanted to use the C&S fabric.

(I thought it was just perfect for Laura!)

I wanted to use it so badly 

that I almost decided not to use my hexies,

even though I'd just spent an hour digging through scraps 

to find just the right ones

and another 3 hours making them...

I walked away from it for a little while,

and when I came back,

I decided I'd use the hexies

and

the Cotton & Steel,

I just wouldn't use them together together.

Satisfied with my new plan,

I cut a piece of sparkly fabric

(leftover from the church)

then pulled out the Elmer's 

and started glue basting hexies

once I was satisfied with my arrangement.

Then I marked quilting lines with my hera marker

and stitched across all the hexies.

For the back,

I just stitched every vertical row of gold Xs

with metallic thread.

After that, it was just the simple matter

of cutting a lining,

adding a zipper,

and sewing it all together.

Laura - we love you!

You are a most excellent young lady

and I am so glad I've had the privilege

of watching you grow up.