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Quilting Inspiration: Machine-Stitched Hexagons

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Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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June 18th, 2014

From the color choices to the nearly 3D texture provided by the smart, simple applique technique, there’s nothing about this gorgeous machine-stitched hexagons mini quilt from Nicole at Modern Handcraft that I don’t absolutely love.

Feeling inspired? (Yeah, me too!) You can see more photos of the quilt pictured above here, then you can check out Nicole’s hexagon mini quilt tutorial to learn the technique.

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