Help sewing while traveling
 

I’m going on a 4 month cruise (yes I have someone to carry my bags but thanks for asking), my partner won’t let me take my machine so I’ve decided to paper piece 1 1/4 inch hex is to make a
king size quilt. I took every batik I have and cut it up on squares so lots of colors. My question is, design wise how do I sew them together. I am open to any and all suggestions.

Thanks, sylvia

I'm doing a hexi quilt but I didn't have any special pattern. Just sewed them randomly. Now, though, I wish I hadn't. Maybe something like Grandmother's flower garden or something like that?
Mine will be random and it looks good but it's very scrappy and no pattern. I would do the next one differently.

Why can't you bring your machine? That's a long time!

Pintrest is your friend. Just do a search and I can guarantee you will have trouble settling on just one pattern.

I usually bring a hand work project with me when I travel. I do all the preparation before I go. Have your fabrics ready to use. Yes, have your definite pattern. I'm not a fan of the English paper piecing where they sew the outside together. I would rather just sew along the seams, basic hand piecing. Your speed will pick up as you work on it. Set yourself up with a little kit with threads, scissors and fabrics.

You can print out hexagon paper

https://www.incompetech.com/graphpaper/hexagonal/

and do some coloring/designing of layouts before you start sewing them together.

I love that incompetech site and have it bookmarked.

Recently I shared it with a few people. Just last week one of the ladies in my Tuesday group wanted a hex and so we printed out the size she wanted.

We also found in helping our friend that Electric Quilt has hexes. I've never played with that part of the program so can't really help but it's an option for design.

One can do a lot more with them than make Grandmother's Flower Garden layouts.

"I'm not a fan of the English paper piecing where they sew the outside together. "
I don't understand what this means. Would you please elaborate? Tx

Maybe the way the pieces are sewn together in this ?

https://www.leilagardunia.com/blog/2...on-flower.html

I've just begun a paper piecing project, nothing planned really, just 6 pointed stars with scraps, and have tried different techniques for sewing together. The method I've settled on is this. Watch it to the end and she explains why the stitches are invisible.

Using milliners 11 needles with Bottom Line thread (not sure if this was recommended in this tute or another) I now have 'perfect' piecing. So good in fact that I have gone back and unpicked all that I did with other methods.