Originally Posted by Belita

Your post inspired me to join the board.

My GFG quilt is my greatest accomplishment. It has well over 1000 hexagons. I started it in 2001 & finished it in 2010. All hand pieced & hand quilted on an old fashioned wooden frame, I used the plastic templates (Quilt Pati's) invented by Pati Shambaugh, which she had demonstrated on Alex Anderson's Simple Quilts tv show on HGTV several years ago. The border on my GFG is my own creation. I didn't want to have to bind or otherwise finish off all those edges. It was my first scalloped edge border/binding.

After quite a bit of time cutting out the hex-shaped fabrics, I decided that I would cut out 2.5 inch squares & baste them to the templates. Once they were basted, then I trimmed them out to 1/4 inch seam allowance. This saved a lot of time and was much easier to do the basting.