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Katrine 01-30-2011 02:18 PM

Thanks Rhonda - but it's only practice, and I like to do it without marking, so I spend lots of time with pencil/paper too!

sewingladydi 01-30-2011 05:37 PM

Really pretty-I love hexagon anything lately so this is really appealing to me.

grammyto2 01-30-2011 05:44 PM

great quilt and fabulous quilting

Jan T 01-30-2011 07:42 PM

That is free motion quilting? You are very good at it. Did you mark you top a lot? Your stitches are so even and your spacing is excellent. Great job.

Katrine 01-30-2011 11:27 PM


Originally Posted by Jan T
That is free motion quilting? You are very good at it. Did you mark you top a lot? Your stitches are so even and your spacing is excellent. Great job.

No marking at all Jan - just use points/seams as a guide to eyeball it. The feathers in the inside border for instance I just adjust the width or length of each set when I get near to the end of each border to make it fit!
I have the speed button about half speed, and find I can control the stitch length better like that - if I have it on faster I cant keep them so regular!

k3n 01-31-2011 01:32 AM

Beautiful work! Love those twirls. :-D

Babs194068 01-31-2011 04:54 AM

Awesome job.

sandpat 01-31-2011 06:34 AM

WOW!! This one is really wonderful and your quilting is fantastic! Great job on this one...now..are you done with the next one yet????

Katrine 01-31-2011 06:41 AM


Originally Posted by sandpat
WOW!! This one is really wonderful and your quilting is fantastic! Great job on this one...now..are you done with the next one yet????



:lol: The other Clermont being fmq'd at the moment (Spiral Strips pattern). Or if you mean just the "next" quilt - another awaiting basting, one still on the wall, two cut, plus all the fabrics already bought with a definite plan for them :mrgreen: This retirement is hard work!

nickylsf 01-31-2011 06:49 AM


Originally Posted by Katrine
Thank you everyone!

Mamaw, and Dashton4
No, pattern is very easy, and best thing is no waste, because the offcuts from the hexagons are used in the borders. The half hexagons are joined in horizontal strips, then the rows sewn together.

My only problem was deciding what, or how to, quilt in the hexagons because as you can see they are irregular in shape and several things I tried just didnt work. But the "twirlys" work quite well I think.

Thanks for explaining. I was about to ask how you sew the hexagons together. Your quilt is gorgeous. Isn't FMQ a blast? I am learning how on my new Janome horizon. Thanks for sharing.


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