Saving the Best Till Last

How good is this? One completed Hexy Flower Quilt top.  I’m so pleased to have it all done.

My wish was to have all the blocks appliquéd in January, and then once that was achieved, it was amended to have all the blocks joined together. I had that done the day after I laid them all out on the design curtain.  Next, I wanted to add a narrow border, just to keep all those seam ends secure.  That happened late this afternoon.  Nothing like leaving things to the last minute, but I really wanted to have the top completed this month.  I have even prepped the binding, ready for whenever I am up to that stage.

While stitching away on my blocks, I was considering how to lay them out. I looked at various similar appliqué hexy quilts on Pinterest and some had all the blocks with the lump of the hexy flower at the top, some had the vee at the top and some were totally random.  Totally random isn’t me.  I also had to take into consideration that several of my background fabrics are directional and I hadn’t taken that into consideration at all when basting the hexy flowers to their blocks.  In the end I decided to alternate each block.  That worked for the backgrounds and also give the quilt a bit of movement, or so I think.  Anyway, I’m happy with what I chose to do.

The next decision is what backing to use.  Everything is from stash up to now, so I have to see what I can find that will be suitable. 

Then to decide how to quilt it.  An all over pantograph is just not going to cut it, considering all the hand work that I have done on it.  I could custom quilt it, but I don’t have the skills yet.  Then, I thought I could hand quilt it, but it is big and hard enough to lug around as a flimsy, let alone as a basted quilt.  Oh, and this would be my first hand quilted quilt.  Mick reckons to do straight lines to outline the blocks.  I may follow Mick’s suggestion and then do big stitch hand quilting around the hexies.  I’m not going to rush into anything at this stage.  It will come to me when it is ready.

Anyway, I am absolutely delighted to have it as a flimsy, as a quilt like this is something that I never thought I would make.