A very Hexie Halloween

The weather has cooled down and the humidity has died down and I decided it was time to take on a smaller personal project with a subject I have been watching on Instagram for a few months now - HEXIES!  I've never done any kind of hand stitched projects of this kind - but the simplicity and ease that a few regulars assure me of and I decided it would be a great way to create something for Halloween (my most favorite holiday ever), and learn a new skill.

I broke out a few "how-to" type blog posts (thread basted vs. glue)
and found some printable templates (because I'm too impatient to order any) and because several hexie makers I follow assured me paper is fine.

and then I had to decide what size... and since most of my scraps I've saved from the multi-fandom and harry potter project of doom quilts are smaller, I opted for 1.5 inch hexies and I sat and cut, and cut and cut...  And then I broke out the fabric scraps and selected the colors I wanted (gray, black, orange, green, purple) and at first I was fussy and used a 2 inch template to cut out fabric, and then realized I could just use square pieces and it was a little easier.

And VERY quickly I amassed a small pile

 My kids liked playing with putting them in different combinations...

By Sunday we had a couple hundred and the girls had moved them from the floor to the table...

 and now we're playing with runner layouts....

I still have to assemble them.  My plan going forward is to assemble them in hexi flower shapes that I can then put together as a whole like these examples from My Poppet Makes and Missouri Star Quilt Company

So Much Fun!