Wednesday, November 28, 2012

WIP Wednesday: Modern Hexagon Quilt

Earlier this month, the owner of Quilter's Way asked me if I would teach a modern hexagon quilt class.  She said I could do whatever I wanted in terms of technique.  I toyed with a few ideas, but decided to go with a large hexagon quilt made using Jaybird's Hex N More ruler.
This is what I came up with.  I was inspired by several quilts out there on Flickr and combined several ideas to come up with this quilt.  It measures about 40" square. 
Clearly I needed to iron this before I took these pictures, but you get the idea. I used a variety of prints from various lines including Simply Color, Cuzco, Good Fortune, Quilt Blocks and more. 

I'm trying to decide how I want to quilt this now.  Do I do concentric circles or a spiraling circle? Do I echo the hexagon pattern? Decisions, decisions, decision... My goal is to have this quilted soon. 

WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced

9 comments:

  1. It's lovely! I believe echoing the hex would be MOST effective (just sayin')! :)

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  2. Cool. I will have to remember to sign up for this.

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  3. Looks awesome Jen! Can't wait to see how you finish it.

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  4. It's beautiful. I really like how the white border makes the colours pop.

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  5. I love that you didn't iron! Shows exactly how you pulled that beast together! Love it.

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  6. Fun quilt! I like the idea of echoing the hexies or doing some all over dense quilting in the negative space and letting the hexagons pop.

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  7. It's beautiful! I like Amy's idea of dense quilting in the negative space.

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  8. Very cool!!! Can't wait to see how you decide to quilt it;-)

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  9. Great design. The white borders are really effective!

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