Boy! am I going to watch this one. I'm in the middle of piecing a hexagon quilt top, a variation of Grandmother's Flower Garden, left partly done by a niece who died. I've tried piecing by machine, but I do believe hand piecing for this is better and about the same time is consumed. I do not cut my thread until it runs out. If I can't move right toward where I need to be, I leave enough to get to the place I need to be to attach the next hexagon, therefore, no cutting, no knotting until thread runs out. I find this makes quicker piecing, also. JMO. TIA. Silvia