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for julia bravo.
It was a challenge (for me) to make this from a photo and tiny crochet diagram (scanned from a japanese craft book). I guess any granny square would have worked, but I was hell bent on making the one in the book.

The container seemed too floppy on its own, so I tried blocking it around a plexiglass cube. Not sure if that's better or worse. I think it might need a smaller cube and better blocking from a better blocker-person...

That wonky edge can be fixed with reblocking - I thought the bumps were kind of cute, but now they just look messy. Hmmm. Maybe this guy could have used a round of single crochet across the top edge. Just thought of that now. D'oh!
Sorry, JB :(

100% wool, size H hook.

My sister's cat is a messy eater. I have an old hexagon mini quilt that needs a home...
I think Zaza has a new placemat!

Last year (2 years ago?), I did a pretty lame job of finishing this - I just appliqued the hexagon top to some kona cotton and cut away the excess from the back. Did a pillowcase finish with a grey/pale green batik backing and cotton batting.
Hand sewn, hand quilted.

Lots of favorite fabrics in here: "enjoy club," chick dot, flea market fancy, amy butler charm, kaffe...

Just playing around with small fabric tiles (got the tile idea from Colourwash Quilts by Deirdre Amsden, but I sew them together rather than using the tiles for applique).
More fiddly-type hand sewing.
5/8" squares
This reminds me of a gum wrapper chain (remember those? I'm so old...).

fabrics:
denyse schmidt flea market fancy
vintage sheet
heather bailey freshcut

I love that tiny bird and couldn't bear to cut into it...

After seeing amy's teeny hexes (go look, they're adorable!
www.flickr.com/photos/amygunson/4672654995/ )
I dug out my experiment with mini hexes.
These are about 11mm on each side (the whole flower is about 2 inches across).

I don't know much about the fabrics. Little Red was in a Superbuzzy fairy tale charm pack and the floral was from a 30s repro scrap bag.
Ugh, this photo. I need to make a new lightbox...