The first set of photos shows the fabric chosen and a few blocks. You need to have 6 sets of repeats in a registered pile before cutting strips, and then triangles.
This is what the quilt looks like when done, one example:
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| Cathy's excellent work |
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| My fabric, one repeat |
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| First try |
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| Umpteenth try, maybe final |
5 comments:
How does sewing together 6 sided blocks go? Looks a bit difficult. How would these type blocks look if they were made of 4 triangles instead of 6 so that all the blocks were square and easier to assemble and sew?
I really like how these quilts look, but I'm intimidated by getting all those block corners to meet up.
They look fabulous. Still working on mine! The most interesting to me was the one that was all animal prints, with antlers, etc. Love how it turned out. Never saw that coming!
Peg, it looks more difficult than it is. The triangles are only sewn for half the hexagon, top half and bottom half. They are pinned together for the arranging of the hexagons. With the seams pressed open, it is easier to line up. The half hexagons are sewn in rows just one seam at a time. Then the rows are joined together, no y seams. Tedious maybe, but not hard.
Jan, I am pushing myself to keep sewing because I don't want to loose interest. I was thinking of glue basted the side seams in the rows, so I don't have all these pins sticking me.
I finally finished all my blocks... 110! I had that wide home dec fabric. They are so pretty and NOT BORING to make. Every one is different. Now to lay them out, I think I am going to make two smaller quilts instead of one huge one.
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