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Sewing hexagons?
I am lusting after this quilt right now. I've been seeing it around the blog-o-sphere lately, though I have zero intention to hand-sew a quilt for our bed.
Anyone ever sew with hexagons? I've never sewn a top with anything but straight lines and right angles. I'm admittedly intimidated by the hexagons. Any advice? I plan to spend some time on YouTube this afternoon searching for video tutorials.
Of course, this is just added into my list of things to do. I have two car mats and a quick baby quilt top to finish before I can start this one. It'll be a nice scrap/stash buster.
Re: Sewing hexagons?
http://www.thimbleblossoms.com/Thimble_Blossoms/Hexagon_Quilt_Tutorial.html
I like this tutorial, I have a doll blanket top that I have been working on for a while. I cut my fabric in squares rather than the hex shape, I think I read it on the instructions that came with the paper. I liked it because I can sit on my couch and do it rather than up to my sewing machine. It is much easier than it looks. Good luck.
Why do you stitch the fabric to the paper? Is it to give it stability as you hand-stitch it? How do you reuse the paper if you have to rip out out from the stitches?
So much to figure out before I can try and tackle this quilt..
You have to stitch it to the paper so it will hold the straight line, it would be hard holding two pieces of fabric and paper in your hand without it shifting some. I did very large stitches to hold it, like one on each side, not as many as she did and it worked fine.
When I sewed the two together I would try and just catch the fabric and not the paper. Once you have all the sides of one sewn, you can remove the basting stitch and take out the paper and reuse it. Let me know if you have any more questions.
I'm working on this right now:
It will be a pillow for my reading chair in my classroom. I learned how to do the paper piecing from this tutorial:
http://alamodefabric.blogspot.com/2011/03/grandmothers-flower-garden-tutorial.html
Like PP said, it's really nice to have some hand-sewing to do while sitting on the couch watching tv with DH. Good luck!