Originally Posted by
Sewnoma
A question for those of you who have actually FINISHED a hexie quilt...after quilting and washing, do some of the original stitches sort of sink in and hide themselves? I'm really hoping the answer is "yes", lol. I'm slowly improving but some of my first hexie flowers show pretty much every stitch.
I think the stitches do sort of sink into the fabric after washed. I've completed and washed 2 GFG, and some stitches may show a bit, but who looks for them? I surly don't! Matching colors of thread does work sometimes, but if you are stitching a dark or med. dark hexie to a lighter, it's pretty much impossible to match to both. I've looked "close up" at many EPP quilts on line, and most have a few stitches showing. I think it's something we just have to live with! Some folks use the ladder stitch, and I can see where the stitches won't show so much. You may want to try that.