Congratulations to Emily Breclaw on her new book, Adventures in Hexagons!
I was excited to be invited to participate in her blog tour introducing her designs. (This blog tour has been completed.)
PLEASE NOTE Inklingo is mentioned on the cover (Thank you!) and Emily’s book is full of designs that could be made with Inklingo. However, there are no instructions for printing, sewing, or pressing with Inklingo or with freezer paper templates. The good news is that Inklingo provides all that.
VIDEO
If you are new to Inklingo, please watch the video and visit the Welcome to Inklingo page on the website. It will help you get started printing on fabric.
Printing the shapes on fabric (or freezer paper) with Inklingo makes it easy to make all of Emily’s star-inspired designs! (It is the same for hexagons, kites, diamonds, triangles, and ANY OTHER SHAPES—in any book.)
Inklingo shapes are named with the finished size to make it easy. You can look them up in the Inklingo Index of Shapes under the Support & Goodies tab on the website.
For example, some of Emily’s designs use 3 inch hexagons and related shapes and they are all provided in one “shape collection” with all of the info you need for determining yardage requirements, sewing, and pressing.
Some of Emily’s designs use kites and diamonds, which are available on the Main 60 Shape Page in the Shop.
VIDEO – HEXAGONS BY MACHINE
More good news! Emily’s beautiful designs use shapes that are large enough to sew comfortably by machine. That makes the quilts appealing to quilters who don’t do hand piecing too.
With the lines printed on the fabric, it is easy to sew from crosshair to crosshair by machine or by hand. Your choice.
As usual, you can use Inklingo for English Paper Piecing, if that is the method you prefer.
There are more videos on the website, including the Main Hexagon Page.
When you have the shapes printed on fabric, you don’t need templates!
There are a few shapes in a couple of the quilts that are not Inklingo-able. We always prefer to print the shapes on fabric, of course, but when you can’t, I think you will love using Inklingo to print freezer paper templates without seam allowances.
Freezer paper templates are perfect for fussy cutting too.
Emily also invited another Inklingo quilter, Cathi at Quilt Obsession, to the blog tour.
Please subscribe to get an email (top of the right sidebar), to see what we’re working on now.
If you don’t win, you can buy the book from Emily! It is also available on Amazon but it is especially nice to support a first-time author, don’t you think?
Thank you for visiting. Good luck in the draw!
Linda & Monkey
Hexagons are fun!
This book and Inklingo…what a great combination!
So glad I found this website. I am now hooked. Holiday project now prepped. Nothing like this here in the U.K. Thank you!
Good luck to everyone.
This book has different, interesting designs. I would love to win a cpy!
I’ve not sewed anything with hexagons. I can’t wait to try.
A quilt using hexagons is on my bucket list. This book might give me the courage to get at it.
thanks for the giveaway!!! hexis + Inkilingo to much!!!
I just love hexes, would be wonderful to win this book or an inklingo certificate. Thanks for the chance to win.
;)Carol
I would love a chance to win this book on hexies. Please put me in the draw.
I would love a book about hexagon quilting. Hexagon make such a beautiful quilt.
Love hexies. Joined Inklingo last year. Haven’t taken the step to try printing on fabric yet! Don’t know what I am afraid of!!!
I enjoy working on my inklingo projects in the evening. I purchased a padded lap desk that slides open to hold my work and supplies. Thank you for a chance to win Emily’s new book!
Would love another book on Hexies – especially if they are Inklingo-able! I need some encouragement to finish “Not Quite Insane” – just part of one border to go.
Love working with hexagons and Inklingo makes it easy!
I’ve been a fan of hexagon shapes for many years. Would love to win this new book!
Hi, How exciting, a book on Hexagons! I’m looking forward to it!
Even more adventures with Hexigons and Inklingo, how exciting .
Can’t get enough!
I am interested in sewing hexagons, but am hesitant start….just keep looking and thinking I can do this.
Adventures in Hexagons looks great! Thank you for the chance to win!
I love Hexies! I have more things lined up to do than I have days to live! But there is always room for more hexies.
Fantastic! Perfect combination with Inklingo. Thrilled!
I would love to win!
I am in love with Inklingo and now hexagons too? Too much 🙂
Hexagons were the first thing I ever quilted by hand. I fell in love with them. I guess I’ll have to wait until the 7th to see if I need to buy the book or not! I’m saving this email; it has so much info in it! Thanks for helping us do the best we can.
So much fun with Hexies! Looks like a great book. I can’t wait to get a copy!
Love, love, love stitching shapes using Inklingo!
I love all the interesting designs you can make with hexies!
I would love more inspiration for hexagons and using Inkingo!
This looks like a wonderful book! Congratulations on publishing your new book Emily, hope it is a wonderful success.
The words on the cover say it all – Unlimited Possibilities! The designs shown are very inspiring and make me want to start straight away!
I find all the designs one can make with hexies fascinating. Would love to win either the book or the gift certificate.
I like doing the hexagons. New ideas are always welcome.
I made 1 hexagon quilt using EPP. Well I only got 1/4 of the blocks done and decided it needed to be a wall quilt. I would love to make another, but the only way for me is Inklingo.
Looks like a wonderful book! Hexies here I come!
Both book and Inklingo would be great for stash busting.
Great looking book! Working on a new Hunter’s Star. Seems to be my favorite.
WOW!!!! Would love to win…would be so much fun!!!
Love, Love hexies. Always looking for new ideas.
Judy Baleke
I’m a sucker for hexagons! Looks like Emily has some lovely designs!
Currently in progress is a Halloween colors hexi project.
Would love to see the ideas that Emily has for more.
Thanks.
Very interested in book, have recently become addicted to Hexies….need a faster way to accomplish designs.
Would love to jump into sewing hexagons with Inklingo.
So looking forward to exploring this great resource in my retirement!!
Cool, more hexie ideas keep them coming
Thanx
I’ve always wanted to try hexigons. This book looks like it’s full of fantastic designs.
Hexagons + Inklingo = Perfection!
Just beginning to get into hexagons. This book looks great and I would definitely use Inklingo.
Some many options with Inklingo, I am still all over the map with my sample pieces but enjoying it immensely.
How exciting. I’d love to win Emily’s new book. Hexagons can be so fun!