Back to Hexies

 A while ago I made the mistake of figuring out how many hexies I would have to prepare to make a quilt roughly 60 inches square. Happily, I have forgotten the actual number, but realize that this will be with me for a long time.  I'm content with getting a few done every evening. Also, I continue to find novelty animal prints that don't have the hexie extraction, so I continue to cut more.

I'm also cutting the "random" fabrics for the giveaway.  I pick two fabrics from each drawer, cut them, and stack two piles. And this time I am putting the fabrics away right after I cut them. 

During one of the random pulls, I grabbed this print and decided it was too sad to be a selection. Then as I was putting it away I saw it was a fabric from the 80s and realized that this was one of two fabrics from a Burgoyne Surrounded. I was helping a friend from work make a quilt and she had very conservative tastes. The quilt was this fabric and a dark burgundy. In Catch 22 there is a character who thinks you live longer if time feels like its passing very slowly. He would have loved to make that quilt. So this is actually a funny fabric because it slows down time, but too sad for a giveaway.