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Esqmommy, for each quilt the strips are all the same size. That is just strip sizes I would stay away from. If you strips are falling really close to the same spot in the print I would cut a small strip off to move it a bit.

Borders always make a quilt grow fast. And they can be effective in framing your work.

I love the ones where some of the hexagons go into the border.

Those are cool. I have not tried that as of het. Maybe one day.

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Those are cool. I have not tried that as of het. Maybe one day.

Me neither but I plan too. They're pretty straightforward - you just cut your border pieces at 60° to match the edge of the hex. :-D

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Cutebuns - thanks for doing this for everyone! You are probably sick of people asking you this but is my fabric suitable for the BOM? I have looked and looked and finally found this fabric. If it is not suitable I would rather you say so and I will use it for something else. Fabric is expensive over here and for my first OBW I was a bit scared to spend $20 metre on fabric I really liked just incase I make a huge mistake!

I love the fabric but I hesitate to put the thumbs up for this one. There is a lot of background that is probably going to look the same when it is put together. The print is to small for what I personally would want to cut for that one. It would cover most of the flowers in one. And so there won't be much of a variation. With the differnt colors in this you would want to be able to seperate them a bit. And if you do you will get a couple of background pieces per. As well as having to cut pretty small.

Thanks for your honest reply as I was thinking the same thing. Will just have to go out and look some more.

Yea when I was fabric shopping yesterday I would take the fabric to the measuring table and look to see the repeats. Didn't have a 60 ruler so I will have to order one online.

Bailey I was wondering what the name of the fabric you are using is... I know I saw that fabric before and I would like to use the same fabric... What is the repeat???
Thanks

Picked up a 60 degree ruler today and discovered that not all 60 degree rulers are the same. - some of the angles differed by up to 1/8 inch if you lay one on top of the other. Go figure. Does this matter? I figured it wouldn't matter as I'll use the same ruler for all the cuts. But I thought it was strange. Anyone else see this? There were 3 different rulers by three different manufacturers. I got the Fons and Porter one. Thought it would be the safest to use for size accuracy.

if you have a protractor I would check it with that, (found in math sets, the dollar store carries them) if you don't have one, maybe cut 6 triangles out of paper and if together they make a full circle with no gaps you are good to go, if it is off, the bigger the block the more it will be out,