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I’ve wanted to make a quilt from Liberty of London fabrics for quite some time now. I’ve also wanted to make a quilt using hexagons to form star blocks. Here’s my dream come true – a perfect combination!
Since there are so many Liberty fabrics that I just adore, I decided not to try to keep to any particular colour theme. Rather, I’m simply deciding on each pair of hexagons, ie. which two fabrics do I simply love together. As I began cutting out my pieces and laying them on my table to see how pretty they looked in the hexagon pattern, I discovered an interesting thing – fabrics I could have sworn would work perfectly together, just didn’t, and I found myself reorganizing and reorganizing my combinations till I had them just perfect. My rule of thumb is, “it has to make my heart sing when I look at them”. So, once you’ve cut out your pieces, play around with them, try out different combinations of fabrics till you’re delighted with how you’ve paired them up. Later, once all 56 + 8 are done, I’ll lay them all out and work out the order, before deciding on the background fabric, ie. the triangles that will go in between the hexagons.
STRUCTURE
Make 2 blocks per week, ie. 1 pair of hexagon blocks.
Week 1 begins Monday 15 November 2010.
BASICS
Measurements:
Finished size: approx 76″ x 75″ (195cm x 193cm)
Requirements:
56 full hexagon blocks
8 half hexagon blocks
104 triangles
16 half triangles
2″ (5cm) border
Binding
Batting
Back fabric
Fabric requirements:
2 x 4″ (10cm) of Liberty of London fabric for each pair of hexagons.
1¼ yds (1 m) solid colour Liberty of London fabric for 104 large full and 16 half triangles (for between hexagon blocks)
1¼ yds (1 m) Liberty of London fabric for outer border (finished width of border is 2½”)
3 yds (2.75m) of Liberty of London fabric for backing
Batting – allow 4″ (10cm) around all four sides for machine or hand quilting
1¼ yds (1 m) Liberty of London fabric for binding
Remember to adjust these measurements if you’re fussy cutting your fabric.
Also, keep in mind that Liberty of London fabric is 53.5″ (136cm) wide, so if you’re using other materials such as Anna Maria Horner’s voile or Alexander Henry’s cotton lawn, or regular quilting cottons, please adjust requirements accordingly.
Instructions:
Triangles, Sewing the Hexagon Blocks together, & Border {later}
Back, Batting & Binding {later}
Comments:
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