Last week, I made hexagon diamonds for the Insanity Quilt using the .50″ hexagons from the new Inklingo collections. These two were done in Orientals.
I surrounded one of them with more hexagons in the fabric I love using as a background fabric for Oriental prints. I’m not sure, but my feeling right now is that the Oriental prints don’t quite work in these tiny tiny pieces.
So then I did two of the little hexagon diamonds in shabby chic fabrics.
The shabby chic I will surround with a variety of white on white prints for the neutral background. The box full of shabby chic charm squares I’ve been saving for the right quilt was raided and I printed hexagons on quite a few of them.
Once I get a few more done and at least one of them surrounded by the white on white hexagons, I’ll make a decision whether to go with the Oriental prints or the shabby chic. Any opinions?
Lester, looking as regal as only Lester can. He doesn’t often sit on our laps for any length of time so when he settled like this I had to get a photo right away!
Quilt Obsession 
More itty-bitty works! Wow! Good for you Cathi! Keep at it! 8-)Oh the lucky one that Lester picked!Happy stitchings!
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Ohhh, what an amazing photo of Lester!!!I am very much prefering the Shabby Chic for this. I love these little babies. I’ll tell ya, this quilt is going to be amazing!Dreamy Quilty Love, *karendianne./ Living Life at LeeHaven
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from the two you have displayed in your blog i am prefering the shabby chic look…….
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Hmmmm…. that’s a hard choice, Cathi! I am tending toward the shabby chic colorway, but I think the Oriental colorway is more striking!
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I do like the shabby chic look…my goodness they are tiny Cathi….and King Lester looks very regal today…
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I love oriental fabrics, but think they look better on a bigger scale. The blocks are so cute!
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That Lester is such a healthy happy looking cat. I’ve seen these tiny hexigons appliqued on all sorts of stuff in my japanese craft magazines. It’s darling. I really like the orient prints.
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Gosh, they all look good. I love the Oriental fabrics, but perhaps the print is a bit too big for such small hexagons. The shabby chic ones are nice too. I like the fabrics to have contrast in order to have them stand out – especially when you are using a single block, like a hexagon. Oh, and by the way, Lester is one handsome feline!
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