Quilt As You Go Hexagon Quilt
I have been crazy for hexagons lately. I have seen so many hexagon quilts that I wanted to make. I also am intrigued with the Quilt As You Go process. Where I live it has gotten pricey to have a quilt quilted by someone with a long arm quilter. I like the idea also of completely making the quilt myself. Recently I have been traveling and these wonderful little hexies were so much fun to sew on the go.
Step One:The templates
I went old school on this quilt in a couple of ways. I did not buy a plastic template for this quilt. I downloaded a hexagon template here and cut it out of heavy paper. I then cut a pattern for the back of the hexagon. I did this the old school way also. I cut it one inch larger on all sides.
Step Two: Cutting the fabric and batting
I cut all of the fronts as I organized my fabric one day. I cut the fronts out of my scraps from other quilts and projects. The back I wanted uniform. I cut the batting mostly from scraps of batting left over from other projects.
Step Three: Making the hexagons
I used clips to get my hexagons ready to sew. I used this project as a quilt to make when I was on the go. I hand sewed the hexagons. Using all black and white dots made hiding my stitching really easy.
Step Four: Sewing the hexagons together
The beauty of making the backing of the hexagons uniform is that when they are sewn together the stitching is almost invisible. I used a zig zag stitch to sew the hexagons together.
Optional
The hexagons are a perfect place to show off decorative stitches. This quilt was made by my sister-in-law and she also added details to the back of the hexies.
This quilt was made for a wedding present. The names of the bride and groom were stitched into the back of the quilt along with the date of the wedding.

Hi! This looks great! Your hexies are beautiful and the quilt as you go looks exciting! Have find out more about this. x Teje
Thanks so much! My SIL made the blue and white one and I made the black and white.
Rhonda Kueck recently posted…Craft Frenzy Friday #107
What a clever way to do hexagons! Love the idea of the quilt as you go method. Will have to try this one day!
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Thanks for dropping by. I love quilt as you go!
Rhonda Kueck recently posted…Craft Frenzy Friday #107
What a great idea! Beautiful hexies.
Kate recently posted…WIPs – Midnight Twinkle Stars
Thanks!They were so much fun to make.
Rhonda Kueck recently posted…Craft Frenzy Friday #107
How cool! I’m becoming a bit hexie-crazy as well! It’s so easy when they can make such beautiful quilts!
Thanks!
Rhonda Kueck recently posted…Craft Frenzy Friday #107
Very unique set! I really like it.
Donna recently posted…A Small Finish
Thanks, it is a very portable project that uses a lot of beautiful scraps all quilters save.
Rhonda Kueck recently posted…Craft Frenzy Friday #107
Just had to come over when I saw the hexies. I’ve done a lot of QAYG quilts but not this one. Will have to give it a try. Thanks for the tut – great!
Angie in SoCal recently posted…WIPs Be Gone Week 37
Thanks so much! I checked you WIPs Be Gone-clever idea.
Rhonda Kueck recently posted…Craft Frenzy Friday #107
tHIS IS GREAT STARTED A HEXAGON QUILT ITS QUILTING BY HAND SO NOT FINISHED CAN I USE THIS METHOD WITH THE ONES I HAVE ALREADY DONE THEN DO YOUR WAY MAYBE I WILL GET IT FINISHED.
love this method
Hi,
How did your SIL line up the embroidered circles on the back so the machine stitching was so accurate around them? What was her process for those?
Thank you in advance!
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Wow! very nice craft. I’ll try this at home. Thanks
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Cut 106 half hexagons from your prints in groups of 2. Which works out to be 53 sets.