Book Review: Pieced Hexies
January 20th, 2013 by Morna
Pieced Hexies: A New Tradition in English Paper Piecing
Kansas City Star Quilts; $26.95
Everything old is new again, and that applies to quilting, too. For those of us who’ve been quilting for decades, we’ve seen the resurgence of a variety of techniques. And so it is with English Paper Piecing. Mickey Depre found hexies in late 2011 and something just clicked or totally grabbed her. Once she basted those first hexagons into a rosette, the design possibilities began swimming in her head and there was no looking back. In her book, she shares the “Original 7,” as she calls them, the first design variations that she drew. The seven eventually grew into the 63 designs in the book. Mickey gets you started with detailed basic basting and piecing instructions and then gets your juices going with all her samples. While I loved all the design variations, I would have liked to see a completed quilt from the hexies. This is the perfect “on the go” project; just don’t be surprised if you get hooked!
Look for the book at your favorite quilt or book retailer. Here’s a link to Amazon if you would like to learn more about the book.
Mickey Depre said:
Thank you for the review. Just a note there is a pictue of a completed Pieced Hexies quilt in the book on page 5. My thought as an author was to provide as many designs to the quilter as possible in the 96 pages vs a full quilt pattern. Any and all of the Pieced Hexies designs can be applied to any hexagon pattern that you have or can dream up! ENJOY!
Morna said:
Mickey, Thanks for the update. Not sure how I could have missed the photo; must have been dreaming about all the stash I could eliminate. It gives a good look at using multiple Pieced Hexies designs together. Now to find the needle and thread!