hexa-gone!

Here is a final revelation of hexagonalness followed by the last part of the quilt-a-long. 

 

May I present to you, my wholly finished, entirely machine stitched rainbow of Liberty loveliness and an extravaganza of hexagonal quiltarama.  All stitched and batted and stippled to within an inch of it's life for maximum quilt factor of the very highest standard and not a scrunch of a paper piece in sight.

If I didn't know about those centre seams I really would be clueless to it's construction.  The only worry with making one of these is that you want to make another one straight after.  There is so much potential for playing around with all your dream layouts.  Obviously it screams 'try me in grandmother's flower garden'....

 

 

I'm going to add in the final part of the quilt a long saga here.  All that really remains to be done is to square up your quilted sandwich.  Now my quilt's never ever truly square up so I just try to cut the edges as square and as perpendicular to each other as I can.  To make and attatch your binding, follow my tutorial here.  To sew the binding to the back of the quilt this time however I followed the advice of Liz who suggested several posts ago that I try blind stitching instead of whip stitching as I did in my tutorial.  Well I tried it and I have to say it gives uncomparably better results!   Many many kind thanks to you Liz!

I am so pleased with how this quilt-a-long has gone, there has been such quality and differentiation in the first batch of quilts made and many more are just beginning it's all so exciting!!  I will keep up with the flickr group progression and I hope you will too.  And to all those who have joined into this little circle of quilt-making camaraderie, I would like to say, truly, utterly THANK-YOU!!!!   These flowers are for you!!!

In advance anticipation of the next post I can fearlessly promise that there shall be no more hexagons for the foreseeable future!!!  So please prepare yourselves for the shock as necessary.  Many many many toooooo many thanks to all of you for standing by me as I went into hex-overdrive.    So what shall we do to fill up this fairly large quilting black hole left in the wake of the exiting hexagons???????  Any suggestions, tips, recipes, maps you think I should follow now??? Come on....surprise me!!!!!!!!!

Comments

[Katy]

how about a repurposed clothing quilt along? I can show you the way to the group if you need to scratch that quilting itch ;)

LOVING the hexagons - I really need to get my arse into gear and get mine done too!

[Ann Champion]

I just love your finished quilt! The quilting looks wonderful and adds such a nice texture.
Thanks so much for sharing this method and doing a quilt along. It's fun to see the fabrics and layouts that others use..and yes..you're right..as soon as you finish you'll want to make another! Can one REALLY have too many hexies? :)

[RuthDesigns]

Lovely finale to the series Aneela, well done!

Now.. is this the time to mention octogons and pentagons?

[Joan Callaway]

I hope you start another quilt-a-long. It is soooo much fun! Of course, I'm way behind you, but I'm getting it done piece by piece. Love the liberty loveliness of you quilt.

[Nina - Tabiboo]

That is beautiful!! I am (for once) lost for words.

Gorgeous!

Nina x

[Hookandscumble]

It looks great ...I've decide to wait on starting mine until the school holidays so i can teach my little arty crafty offspring too !
Thanks for taking the time to let us know how to make one too...maybe a crocheted hexagon granny blanket could be the next project !

[Wagonwife]

I love it. Stunning work as usual.Now you can relax.

[andi]

Your hex quilt is really lovely.
Well done!!!
Andi :-)

[Claudia]

I like the deeper colors intermixed with the pastels. And the lighter binding and flower print back - it's so lovely. Next project? Well, I'm working on a snowball quilt and now I'm suddenly interested in circles. Something like this: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/2947783738_a45a7335d9_b.jpg

[Kate]

Oh WOW! Well done, this looks fantastic!

[Rachel]

The finished quilt looks lovely! The stippling on the ordered hexagons goes so well... i wish i had enough guts to give stippling a go, i'm very much a stitch in the ditch girl! I for one will be sad to see the hexagons go, i've been very happy to see new hexagon photos when you've updated!

In terms of what next..i i have recenly fallen in love with zig-zags; they seem so versatile, you can do so much with them for so many different effects!

[jaybird]

looks good! i did start cutting my pieces... i just didn't get much further!

[Miri]

Your hexagon quilt turned out wonderfully! Its really lovely. I really wanted to join in but I'm swamped with making samples for this fall's classes :(

[Cathy]

Nooo you can't finish blogging about half hexies...I am so addicted! I love your liberty hexi quilt, it's so gorgeous. Thanks Aneela for hosting such a wonderful quilt along...you are fabulous! xo

[sumea]

wow I've gone all dizzy. This is Amazing stuff!!! Sadly my quilting hopes have been put on the backburner, while I struggle to stay on top of all the regular jobs. Sometimes I feel like chucking in the regular jobs and getting my machine out, but no this is not the time :o( so many things need my attention and I have so little energy at the mo, but don't worry I will catch up. I really, really, really, look forward to crafting again and I've promised myself that some sewing will be top of the list, can't wait.

[Lacy]

I might just be stupid. but I can't figure out how to "flickr mail" the lady for the half hexagon template. I have done a quilt similar to this, but used 3 different triangles to create the half hexagon. Could you email me the lady's email address so I can request her half hexagon template? Thanks!

Lacy
LacyJ14@aol.com

[deb]

Hi there, I found your quilt-a-long through Red Pepper Quilts. My sister and I want to make one of these Half Hexagon quilts. Are you going to do another quilt along or do you mind awfully if we do one too????