Originally Posted by
SusanSusan33
SBGirl/ Bonnie- Thank you so much, or should I say you're welcome.
I was looking at your Etsy- lovely items you've got there. I love the Kaleidoscope quilt that you made! I have a Craftsy class in my wishlist for that technique. And it's not like I haven't purchased oodles of classes before... Was it hard to do? Did you teach yourself?
It's not hard at all... the only tricky part is getting your layers lined up before you cut, but once you do that one time, it's a breeze. I've done both the square 4-patch quilts and also the 6-patch hexagonal ones. They can be addictive!
I learned how to layer and make the cuts from a Bethany Reynolds video online, and the rest is just kind of intuitive. You use 4 layers if you are making the square 4-patches. For the hexagons, you layer 6 layers and cut equilateral 60 degree triangles with a 60 degree ruler. Then you get to play with which corner to put towards the center. The same corner in all 4 or 6 pieces needs to point to the center. That's really all there is to it!
Here is Bethany's layering video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vusz5Rx5tkQ
She is teaching it as a guest on Kaye Wood's TV show.