You are all so talented! I just loved reading the posts and looking at your pics! I can't wait to start a OBW!

LOL You are not alone Deb, there are lots of us clutching our fabric and fearing to take those first steps!!

it won't happen by 'CLUTCHING' .. you have to trust and lay it flat and rub it smooth and then CUT!!!!
come on ladies.. jump in and get those machines humming !

That will work great! Nice big print, limited colour palette to be 'spilt out' and lots of swirls and curves in the petals and leaves - perfect! :-D

And Deb, I agree with Katrine - get the book, read it through once first then get the fabric, book open at the side of you, follow the instructions step by step - easy as pie! And post your progress and we'll all interfere - I mean, HELP! :mrgreen: :lol:

Post by "feffertim" >actually you can put a triangle on all four corners and make a square. Thats what I did, and I really like the look <.

Yours are Octagons, if I'm not mistaken, hence why you CAN put triangles on all 4 corners. The hex with 6 sections doesn't have 4 corners the same way. Hope this helps someone.
Best wishes.

How do you quilt a OBW?
I am not good at FMQ but am considering an all over wavy pattern of quilting. Maybe SID around each hexagon but that is a lot of stitching.... What do you do? I have seen a lot of OBW pictures but cannot tell just how they are quilted.

Beautiful !! ;-)

You guys are off to a great start!! I'm going to bookmark this thread so I can watch your progress. I love the fabric.

Relax and you will have a blast, each one is a masterpiece I tryed for months just looking at everyones quilts, messed up and when I got the book it was easy. There is a tutorial you tube about how to connect the blocks that was very helpfull, but you do need the book. It is so fun, so just enjoy, it is a very forgiving pattern, there is so much motion you don't notice the small stuff. No need to clutch just sew. Please post pics!

I wouldn't SITD the hexes personally - the beauty of these is the all over design NOT the individual blocks so you don't want to emphasise them. I generally do an all over FMQ design, just a meander is fine, or swirls, or something on the theme of the fabric. (For eg on my Turning Over A New Leaf one, I did FMQ leaves.) Then I SITD round the centre part and quilt the border with feathers, leaves, vines, etc etc again trying to enhance the theme of the quilt. :D :-D