Quilter 65

[ATTACH=CONFIG]587108[/ATTACH]A challenge to myself. Do it all by hand from start to finished top. Little did I know when I started about 4 years ago, that it would take this long. I had never heard of La Pass, otherwise I would have devoted my time to that. To be fair, I didn't work on it except for evenings until the past two weeks when I saw the end in sight. It measures 96x96 on the widest part. I learned a lot about color. Didn't have a clue when I started and now I would do differently. Especially buy more ombre fabric. Didn't have a pattern just a photo on the internet, had never worked with hexis exclusively. Has anyone bound this sort of project maintaining the integrity of the hexagons? Any worthwhile tips because it took two hours just to staystitch around this critter before taking to the hand quilter. [ATTACH=CONFIG]587109[/ATTACH]