This quilt is a commission that I am working on for a friend. I will update this post as I craft this quilt.
These are the fabrics I will use as the base for this quilt. The green flannel on the left will be the backing, and the others will form the top. Initially, I am considering crafting another hexagon quilt. I think these fabrics would mesh well for this, but I will need to get a few more colours for the hexagons, as well as a fabric for the binding. I think I will use either orange or blue for the binding.
Time to start ironing and cutting my fabrics into strips! I started with 5" wide strips and realized that wouldn't work with the 30 degree angle I was hoping to use. After reading a couple of other blogs and tutorials, I decided to decrease the width of the strips to 4.5"
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| Strips awaiting cutting! |
After 40 minutes of fighting with my strips, rotary cutting mat and ruler, I finally remembered how to properly cut the angles! I laid out each strip in the guides on the board, cutting to 10" length.
Voila! A 5" by 10" rectangle, sitting perfectly in the guidelines of my rotary cutting mat.
The next step was to deconstruct the rectangle into a half hexagon and two triangles, as well as to trim the top of 0.5". I used a 30 degree angle for these half-hexagons.
My piles. Triangles at the top, half-hexagons at the bottom. Were I following the pattern I did for the Hexagon Quilt, I would use the triangles in the border for this quilt. However, I decided not to follow the pattern so my idea for a border is yet to come!
Currently, I'm impressed with how fast this quilt is working up. Even with the 40 minutes it took me to figure out the angles, it's taken me about 2 hours total to iron, strip and cut the fabrics that I am using. I'm so excited to see how it turns out! Stay tuned for more updates.
After a few minutes of fussing around with as random as possible placement of pieces, I have a rough outline of the quilt! I'm going to try something I've never done before and leave the edges scalloped, I think. It should be interesting come binding time.
