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Old 06-19-2014, 09:54 PM
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Peckish
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Originally Posted by Prism99 View Post
There are so many different ways of hand sewing hexie quilts, I would suggest deciding on your method first. When I tried it, I discovered that I am really bad at whip stitching and do not enjoy it. After looking at other methods, I found that I greatly prefer simply piecing hexies together like any other hand quilting -- with a running stitch.
I agree with Prism - I don't like how the stitches show when I whip stitch. However, my preference for hand sewing is the ladder stitch.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9JJbEZqeAm...R-STITCH-1.jpg

Everything else Prism said is spot on. Good luck!
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