Hi Nativetexan, I had 'gone off' hex quilts but your floral one looks so beuatiful It set me off again. I'm not sure what you mean by framed hexs, it looks as if some of them have a narrow border around them?

they are done individually. sometimes called framed. look for a tute here on hickory nuts I think they called them. anyway, I cut my hex's and batting the same size (if you want batting). then cut the backing at least one inch larger. laid the batting right side up, placed batting and hex fabric on top. then folded one "straight edge" backing over 1/4 inch to touch the hex raw edge, then fold over 1/4 again. this last fold will come over the hex fabric. pin, go to next edge and fold and fold, pin. then keep going. then either hand stitch that backing down or machine stitch. also can stitch inside the main hex fabric with a design. it's sort of quilt as you go. Enjoy. http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...ks-t27345.html

I'm making a GMG with 30's reproduction fabrics. All flowers will have a yellow center, a solid in the first round to coordinate with the print in the second round, then a third round of white. I'm using the English paper piecing method. I am piecing all flowers first and will put them together with either a green path of hexies or a green path of diamonds. I haven't decided on that as yet. I'm leaning toward diamonds, but I'm using 1 inch hexies and that means a very small diamond. I have 27 of the 67 flowers needed. I only work on this when I'm traveling or have long waits in doctors, etc. offices. We're on road trips the next two weekends so I'll get an opportunity to work on it again.

I'm working on my second GFG. I have a box I carry around for working on the individual flowers and the border for that flower, then I put them together at home while watching TV. Both of mine have been scrappy and I haven't obsessed too much about where each flower will go, however I did start out by planning which fabric combinations would go together into each flower, then cut all my hexes with my Go! cutter and clipped them together with binding clips. This way I just grab a bundle of hexes and matching thread to throw in my box and I'm ready to go.

I am doing a scrappy GFG quilt. I am alternating scrappy colored flowers with cream colored flowers with scrappy centers. I waited until I had about 45 colored flowers and about 20 cream colored flowers and then I had to start sewing them together to see what it would look like. I am trying to coordinate the colors as I go ,but I also think let the scraps fall where they may and it will all work out.

My DH received a partially done GFG from his grandmother years ago and I am finally getting it put together. I am making lots of black hexes, I use card stock to sew the fabric to and then whip stitch them together. Yes be careful of placements, I had a hard time undoing a seam when I sewed too many in a row. Since I am laying them on top of what was built I remove the papers and baste around the inside and outside of the circle, starch them well. Then I use the school glue and iron the ring over the flower to lock everything in place and stitch them down. I am using green diamonds to join everything. With what we were given it should be large enough for our bed. My DH remember the fabric in the flowers so it is a memory quilt which is why I have the black fabric with little white flowers surrounding the flowers.

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Which ever way you choose to do your flowers, enjoy the hand work. I find it very relaxing and am surprised how quickly it goes.

I'm making flowers using the 1.25" templates. I plan on putting a green path around each flower, then sewing it together in sections. They sure are addictive!

I would love to see a picture of yours! I am thinking of doing one that way. My other thought was to use fusible/iron then sew.

Check out the book by Dr Peggy G Rhodes and Julia c woods!! "Quick and Easy Hexie quilts". It s great book and and has a great technique for making hexies quickly and easily!! I love it. I will never again make hexies the old way! I highly recommend it!

http://www.amazon.com/Quick-Easy-Hex.../dp/1604600551