I had never made a hexagon quilt before, but for some reason that is what I chose to make for my grandson 3 1/2 years ago. I machine stitched the center blocks to the outer hexagons, which by the request of my daughter were tractors, combines, pickup trucks, farm animals and cats and dogs and hand stitched all of the hexies together...made my stitches too close together and tighter than I should have (lesson learned should I ever make another one) and large because he could use it on a regular bed when older. It was a tough one, but overall I was happy with the results. So it was kind of a fail and a success.