I have no desire to do a hexagon quilt, but I applaud all of you that are:thumbup:

Yesterday at a quilt show I adopted someones stash of hexies. Sorry to find out they are not very well sewn so I don't know if I need to restart or just put them away for someone else to deal with. Ugh!

Do you have a friend or a shop that will cut them using one of the many cutting machines on the market. Big shot,aqueduct, go baby. They can also cut more than one at a time.

I have 2 hexie projects going, one is a GR garden with 1 1/2" hexies. That one I will work on probably in my grave, I take a little box of them with me when I travel and knock off a few flowers. The other is a pattern called rose star, the center hexie I am using is about 3 1/2" and then you cut the hexies up to finish the star. I have about 5 completed so they go much faster then the small flowers. Plus I am using a moda glue stick to make the pieces before I hand sew. I saw that idea in Paducah. I decided to continue hand basting my fabric to my small hexies so before I croak I will have at least one totally hand quilted quilt!

There is a faster and easier way to make hexagons, there is a new book out called: Quick & Easy Hexie Quilts by Dr. Peggy G. Rhodes and Julia C Wood. AQS Publishing . This method starts with CIRCLES ! ! ! You might want to Google it and check it out. You might be surprized. You can also combine their method with your paper pieced one and make them work together.

I am doing a GFG quilt with 1" hexies. I reuse the paper inserts when they are surrounded by new hexies. I have 65 "flowers" done, all different, and am in the process of putting white around each one (that is 12 hexies times 65). I will put them together with green pathway. I will wait until all of them are done, then lay them out for the pattern. Not sure how big this one will be, may have to make more. I like the project because it is portable, because it is hand sewn. Machine sewn hexies would not be portable, so I make use of the time my DGD is in swim class, etc. By the way, I started this one in March, when I first learned how to do it. And I hated hand sewing!!!!

I love this method!! After reading the book, I quickly adopted this method and I am really pleased with how it is going!! So easy! Particularly using my accuquilt 3 in circle die to gut out circles!!

I have seen the tute for the Rose Star quilt block, Your quilt will be beautiful! Sure does look complicated!

I have plastic templates and a stick to pop them out of the hexi when it is ironed before sewing to the others. Got them at a quilt shop years ago. Shop is closed now, bummer, because it was one of my favorites. They always had a very large selection of florals. I have bought half-yards of repro 20's and 30's fabrics to make the small hexis. I think the size I bought is 2 inches or maybe 1.5 inches I can't remember. Haven't started it yet though.

I have a scrappy hexagon quilt almost finished and now I notice the smell of cat urine on it. Anyway I can save this quilt?