Scrappy hexagons from Grandma's Closet
07-21-2014, 03:54 AM
#16
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Rock Island, IL
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I do 1 1/2" hexies and use starch on my fabric before cutting. I make it really stiff and then when I go to fold it around the forms, I stays where I want it and gives me nice crisp seams and corners. After I finish the quilt I will just rinse it all out. I love the idea of random placement and plan to do that next. Happy Stitching
07-21-2014, 04:00 AM
#17
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Southern California
Posts: 19,131
My first GFG was done with the traditional flower pattern which you start with a center and add 6, then 12 then 18 then attach them together with a background path. I am also working on a table runner from Lynnie's quilt pattern and find that I am sewing by the row. What ever is the easiest way for you to do, that is what I would go with.
07-21-2014, 04:16 AM
#18
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: SW Missouri
Posts: 270
I love hexies. Beautiful job. So bright and cheerful and doesn't seem like you can put them together wrong... Oops! When I did mine I didn't know anything except cut them out and sew them together...Too late to second guess now..
07-21-2014, 04:55 AM
#20
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Florida
Posts: 5,901
Love your mixed up hexies! Even though they aren't in the typical flower arrangement, I would connect them in squares or larger hexie units. I am working on a hexie quilt also and sit in front of the tv to join the units. There is some satisfying in fitting them together. By joining a smaller unit onto a large unit, it seems to make it easier with most of the quilt in front of me. I would think a long row would get difficult to handle. But either way, it turns out great.
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