Originally Posted by
cowpie2
I'm leaning towards machine quilting the background and then hand quilting inside the Hexi's. I like the idea of Quilt as you Go. Might work for this one. It sure would make the machine quilting easier and if I do the 30x30 which will be 3 blocks by 3 blocks with a top and bottom border, the size would be nice for the quilting part and there wouldn't be a lot of joining.
I was thinking more about this, this aftn, and yes, 3 across, would give you 90 and then a reasonable border. Check out "Muv" and take a look at her Diamond Jubilee quilt .... totally her design, all machine quilted, QAYG ..... and totally done on a treadle. An amazing piece of work!!! It might give you some ideas for the assembly.