Hexie Down Under Round 3

Welcome to Hexie Down Under round 3!

#HexieDownUnder3

Are you a hexie fan? Would you like to create your own hexie masterpiece but are limited by what's in your fabric stash?  Swapping with other hexie fans is a great way to mix up the fabrics in your hexie collection, so Isabella Golightly and I have decided to set up an affordable swap just within Australia.  One that is EASY to do and INEXPENSIVE to be a part of.

• Can you accurately thread or glue baste a 1" hexie?  
• Can you neatly stitch these hexies into a hexie flower?  
• Do you live in Australia?  

If you answered yes to each of these questions then you are eligible to join #HexieDownUnder3  This swap will be for both thread basters and glue basters.  You can specify your preference and depending upon numbers we will attempt to keep these two methods in separate groups.   

We have had a number of people ask us if we could include an option to request LOOSE HEXIES as either they already had sufficient hexie flowers for their chosen layouts and/or their health conditions restricted the number of flowers that they could stitch. Therefore we have decided to introduce a "LOOSEY GOOSEY" group. This group will be required to send a total of 13 basted hexies to each of their group members.  You will be able to choose one of two options:

• 12 hexies in the same fabric plus 1 signature hexie, or
• 12 mixed hexies plus 1 signature hexie

There is a separate sign up link for this group (further down). You may choose to sign up for the "LOOSEY GOOSEY" group or for one of the regular hexie flower groups or sign up for both options.  Postage for the "LOOSEY GOOSEY" option should only be $1.00 per envelope as they should be able to fit in a regular sized envelope.  Please leave hexie papers IN the hexies.

REQUIREMENTS:

• This swap is open to Australians with an Australian postal address only. Sorry, no international members.
• You MUST have a public Instagram account (no exceptions this time).
• Members of Hexie Down Under (regular groups) are required to create and mail at least two (2) hexie flowers to each person on their list before 31 March 2016; 
• Loosey Goosey members are required to send 13 hexies to each member on their list before 31 March 2016.
• All members should be able to accurately thread or glue baste 1" hexies and if in one of the regular groups they are required to sew them neatly together into a hexie flower.  Please ensure that your stitches are tight enough that the petals will not fall apart.
• Members are to use a good quality quilting cotton. Please do not use any other type/s of fabrics 
• All signature/centre hexies should be white (unless requested otherwise) and you are required to write your name, your Instagram account name, and where you are from on the signature/centre hexie with a permanent fabric marker.  
• Please leave the papers/cardboard in so that the recipient can join them together easily. 
• Post a photograph of your finished hexies on Instagram tagging the recipient together with the hashtag #HexieDownUnder3 or #HexieDownUnder3LooseyGoosey prior to mailing them off.

YOU ARE ***NOT*** REQUIRED TO SEND ANY OTHER EXTRAS!!! 

Yes you read that correctly, you are not required to send anything other than the hexies to the members on your list.  Please note that Australia Post has increased the price of postage stamps from 4 January 2016.   If you use a C5 sized envelope (162 x 229 mm) it will now cost $2 to post within Australia at the Regular rate.  Please refer directly to Australia Post for their new pricing structure. Loosey Goosey members should be able to fit their loose hexies in a normal sized envelope which will cost $1 to post within Australia.  Please note that Aged & Disabled Pensioners are eligible for concession stamps.  Please contact Australia Post direct for further information.

Maximum estimated participation costs: $2 @ 20 group members = $40 postage costs over 3-months (less for eligible pensioners) PLUS the cost of your hexie papers - you will need at least 280 papers.  A packet of 100 papers costs on average $5 - $7 depending on the retailer.  You are welcome to make your own papers.  We encourage you to use the fabric & threads that you already have in your stash. If you do not have a certain colour/print, please ask your group leader, they will be able to assist you and/or arrange to trade fabric with another group member.  

Once the sign up data has been collated, you will be emailed a spreadsheet containing the details of the people in your group.  You can work through this list at your own pace and mail them off as you go, however, we do request that you complete your list before 31 March 2016 - that gives you approximately 3-months to complete your list. There will be a mandatory check in each month and again towards the end of the swap where you will be asked for a status update of your work and a list of who you are yet to receive from.  If at any stage throughout the swap you need assistance to complete your hexies PLEASE ASK!  We understand that life happens and Hexie Angels are there to assist if required.  All members will be checked against the Swapper's Black List and any known "flakers" will not be accepted.  If you deliberately flake on us you WILL be added to the Swapper's Black List!

This round we plan to provide a few articles to assist with organizing yourself and the best methods of stitching your hexies.

We will be capping the groups to a maximum of 20 members per group to keep numbers manageable so the MAXIMUM number of hexie flowers that you will be making will be 40 (2 per person if we have 20 members per group - in round 1 we had 18 members per group / in round 2 we had 15 members per group).   Sign ups will remain open for one week or until we have reached 60 members (whichever comes first), so be quick, latecomers will not be accepted once group lists have been compiled!  Existing members are welcome to re register (anyone who mailed their hexies late in round 1 or 2 will have their application assessed on a case by case basis by Isabella & I and will be accepted at our discretion). New members are welcome so please tell your friends. 

Please click on one of the registration logos below to access the sign up forms:

 

If you are interested in being a Group Leader, please contact me direct to discuss.

Depending upon popularity, we aim to have #HexieDownUnder4 commence in April for a June 2016 finish.

Hexie Down Under Round 2

Wow, how popular was round 1!  We closed off round 1 of Hexie Down Under with 60 members. It was so much fun to see all of the hexies posted to Instagram under the hashtag #hexiedownunder and even more fun as the postie delivered hexie flowers to the letterbox.

Here is a photo of the ones that I have personally received so far.  I'm looking forward to turning these into a quilt:

My "Orange Grove" of hexie flowers.

Many of you have been eagerly waiting for us to open up registrations for round 2 so here it is.  

Welcome to Hexie Down Under round 2!

#HexieDownUnder2

Are you a hexie fan? Would you like to create your own hexie masterpiece but are limited by what's in your fabric stash?  Swapping with other hexie fans is a great way to mix up the fabrics in your hexie collection, so Isabella Golightly and I have decided to set up an affordable swap just within Australia.  One that is EASY to do and INEXPENSIVE to be a part of.

• Can you accurately thread or glue baste a 1" hexie?  
• Can you neatly stitch these hexies into a hexie flower?  
• Do you live in Australia?  

If you answered yes to each of these questions then you are eligible to join #HexieDownUnder2  This swap will be for both thread basters and glue basters.  You can specify your preference and depending upon numbers we will attempt to keep these two methods in separate groups.   

REQUIREMENTS:

• This swap is open to Australians with an Australian postal address only. Sorry, no international members.
• You MUST have a public Instagram account (no exceptions this time).
• Members are required to create and mail at least two (2) hexie flowers to each person on their list before 31 December 2015.  
• All members should be able to accurately thread or glue baste 1" hexies and to sew them neatly together into a hexie flower.
• Members are to use a good quality quilting cotton. Please do not use any other type/s of fabrics 
• All centres should be white (unless requested otherwise) and you are required to write your name, your Instagram account name, and where you are from on the centre hexie with a permanent fabric marker.  
• Please leave the papers/cardboard in so that the recipient can join them together easily. 
• Post a photograph of your finished hexie flowers on Instagram tagging the recipient together with the hashtag #HexieDownUnder2 prior to mailing them off.

YOU ARE ***NOT*** REQUIRED TO SEND ANY OTHER EXTRAS!!! 

Yes you read that correctly, you are not required to send anything other than the two (2) hexie flowers per person to the members on your list.  If you use a C5 sized envelope (162 x 229 mm) it will only cost $1.40 to post within Australia. 

Maximum estimated costs: $1.40 @ 20 group members = $28 postage costs over 3-months (less for eligible pensioners) PLUS the cost of your hexie papers - you will need at least 280 papers.  A packet of 100 papers costs on average $5 - $7 depending on the retailer.  You are welcome to make your own papers.  We encourage you to use the fabric & threads that you already have in your stash. If you do not have a certain colour/print, please ask your group leader, they will be able to assist you and/or arrange to trade fabric with another group member.  

Once the sign up data has been collated, you will be emailed a spreadsheet containing the details of the people in your group.  You can work through this list at your own pace and mail them off as you go, however, we do request that you complete your list before 31 December 2015 - that gives you approximately 3-months to complete your list. There will be a mandatory check in each month and again towards the end of the swap where you will be asked for a status update of your work and a list of who you are yet to receive from.  If at any stage throughout the swap you need assistance to complete your hexies PLEASE ASK!  We understand that life happens and Hexie Angels are there to assist if required.

This round we plan to provide a few articles to assist with organizing yourself and the best methods of stitching your hexies.

We will be capping the groups to a maximum of 20 members per group to keep numbers manageable so the MAXIMUM number of hexie flowers that you will be making will be 40 (2 per person if we have 20 members per group - in round 1 we had 18 members in 3-groups & 6 members in the toe-dippers group).   Sign ups will remain open for one week or until we have reached 60 members (whichever comes first), so be quick, latecomers will not be accepted once group lists have been compiled!  Existing members are welcome to re register (anyone who mailed their hexies late in round 1 will have their application assessed on a case by case basis by Isabella & I and will be accepted at our discretion). New members are welcome so please tell your friends. All members will be checked against the Swappers Black List and any known "flakers" will not be accepted.

Depending upon popularity, we aim to have #HexieDownUnder3 commence in January for a March 2016 finish.

Please click on the registration logo below  to access the sign up form:

If you have any further inquiries, please email me at bendigolioness2@gmail.com

Junior Hexies Down Under

Are you under 15 and have been watching the letterbox just waiting for some mail but it is always hexagons!!! Ever think, I could do that if only mum or dad would give me a tiny bit of help??  Well here is your chance, #hexiedownunder introduces #juniorhexiesdownunder, the swap just for under 15s. 

 

This is a simple swap and all children will be sewing three hexagons together in a triangle formation.  Parents can help to baste the hexies and to support their child to sew the hexies together but the children need to do most of the work, this is to encourage the child to sew and take ownership of their swap items. There is no need for a centre but one of the hexagons will need to have space for the name of the child who has sewn it.  

Hexies can be glue or thread basted depending on child and parent preference.  

Children will be sorted into groups according to age and will have 5 children in their group including themselves.  This means that they will make 12 hexagons made into 4 triangles, and they will also make one for themselves (meaning that in the end they end up with 15 hexies, sewn into five triangles).  All children must include a postcard of the town they are from and a quick message – written by them or their parent (let’s make this fun for children and bring back the joy of snail mail and pen pals!!)

This is an example of a hexie triangle

REQUIREMENTS:

• This swap is open to Australian children under the age of 15 with an Australian postal address only. Sorry, no international members.
• Mum or Dad MUST have a public Instagram account.
• Members are required to create and mail one hexie triangle to each child on their list. 
• Children can be helped to baste their hexies but they should sew the hexies together on their own for the most part – this is to encourage children to sew and take ownership of their swap items. 
• Members are to use a good quality quilting cotton. Please do not use any other type/s of fabrics 
• You are required to write the child's name and where they are from on one of the hexies with a permanent fabric marker.  
• Please leave the papers/cardboard in so that the recipient can join them together easily. 
• Post a photograph of your finished hexie triangles on Instagram tagging the recipient's parent together with the hashtag #JuniorHexiesDownUnder prior to mailing them off.
• All children MUST include a postcard of the town they are from and a quick message - written by them or their parent.
• YOU ARE ***NOT*** REQUIRED TO SEND ANY OTHER EXTRAS!!! Yes you read that correctly, you are not required to send anything other than the hexie triangle & a postcard per person to the members on your list.  If you use a C5 sized envelope (162 x 229 mm) it will only cost $1.40 to post within Australia.

Once the sign up data has been collated, you will be emailed a spreadsheet containing the details of the other children in your child's group.  You can work through this list at your own pace and mail them off as you go, however, we do request that you complete your list before 31 December 2015.   

Click here access the registration form

 

Please direct any enquiries to:

•  mhairia77@yahoo.com.au 
•  +Ruth Rowe 
•  @RuthRowe (Instagram)

Disclaimer: 

Junior Hexies Down Under is completely the brain child of Mhairi Alcorn.  

Please direct all enquiries to Mhairi, as I am just her I.T. Department ;0)

Hexie Down Under

You may remember back in June that Isabella and I started up Hexie Down Under - an Australian based swap for hexie lovers.

Members were divided into manageable groups and were to make 2 hexie flowers per member of their allocated group in that person's requested colour scheme.  They have until 30 September to complete all the ones on their assigned list.

Thankfully I had mine all cut out and ready to make because the week that Gemma died I was not able to cope doing anything other than sew hexies together.

These are the ones that I made for my group - the Thread Baster's Group:

All cut out and hexies made - ready to be sewn together

My hexie making assembly line

Erin's hexies

Margaret's hexies

Michelle's hexies

Rebecca's hexies

Nadine's hexies

Jane's hexies

Tracey's hexies

Julie's hexies

Jenn's hexies

Ann's hexies

Stephanie's hexies

Helen's hexies

Rosemary's hexies

Selina's hexies

Lisa's hexies

Michele's hexies

It was so easy that even Snowy & Mr Greeny wanted to get involved!

For my own hexies I have requested orange.  As soon as I have received all of them I will post photos.

This swap has been so popular that Isabella and I have decided that we will host another round as soon as this round has been finalised.  I will notify all existing Hexie Down Under members when sign ups for round two are due to open & I will advertise it on Instagram.  New members will be welcome to join.

Get Ready To Get Your Hexie On!

Applications for #HexieDownUnder have now closed. Group lists will be going out within the next 24-hours.

Get ready to Get your Hexie On!

Hexie Down Under

Hexies hexies everywhere.  English Paper Piecing (EPP) is very popular at the moment and almost everyone appears to be doing it.  Are you a hexie fan? Would you like to create your own hexie masterpiece but are limited by what's in your fabric stash?  Swapping with other hexie fans is a great way to mix up the fabrics in your hexie collection, so Isabella Golightly and I have decided to set up an affordable swap just within Australia.  One that is EASY to do and INEXPENSIVE to be a part of.

• Can you accurately thread or glue baste a 1" hexie?  
• Can you neatly stitch these hexies into a hexie flower?  
• Do you live in Australia?  

If you answered yes to each of these questions then you are eligible to join #HexieDownUnder  This swap will be for both thread basters and glue basters.  You can specify your preference and depending upon numbers we will attempt to keep these two methods in separate groups.  If you can do & don't mind either method that is even better. 

REQUIREMENTS:

• This swap is open to Australians with an Australian postal address only. Sorry, no international members.
• You MUST have a public Instagram account.
• Members are required to create and mail at least two (2) hexie flowers to each person on their list before 30 September 2015.  
• All members should be able to accurately thread or glue baste 1" hexies and to sew them neatly together into a hexie flower.
• Members are to use a good quality quilting cotton. Please do not use any other type/s of fabrics 
• All centres should be white (unless requested otherwise) and you are required to write your name, your Instagram account name, and where you are from on the centre hexie with a permanent fabric marker.  
• Please leave the papers/cardboard in so that the recipient can join them together easily. 
• Post a photograph of your finished hexie flowers on Instagram tagging the recipient together with the hashtag #HexieDownUnder prior to mailing them off.

YOU ARE ***NOT*** REQUIRED TO SEND ANY OTHER EXTRAS!!! 

Yes you read that correctly, you are not required to send anything other than the two (2) hexie flowers per person to the members on your list.  If you use a C5 sized envelope (162 x 229 mm) it will only cost $1.40 to post within Australia.

Once the sign up data has been collated, you will be emailed a spreadsheet containing the details of the people in your group.  You can work through this list at your own pace and mail them off as you go, however, we do request that you complete your list before 30 September 2015 - that gives you approximately 3-months to complete your list. 

We are aiming for up to 25 members per list to keep the number per group manageable.   If you complete your list early you can request to be added to another group.  Sign ups will remain open until we have reached 100 members. Depending upon popularity, we aim to have round two of #HexieDownUnder commence in October for a December finish.

Please click on the hexie-flower to access the sign up form:

Click here

Please direct any inquiries to Isabella at isabellagolightly@gmail.com