Wednesday 22 January 2014

Heartfire ...

... is now a finished flimsy.

I decided to just go with one border, in the red tone on tone, as you can see, but I was worried that the red might be a bit overpowering, so I thought it'd be a good idea to put another, smaller hexagon block in each corner.  

When I had that bright idea, I didn't think it through very well.  How do you turn a 5" hexagon into a 6" square?  (The answer is :with difficulty and quite a bit of waste of fabric by the way.)  After several false attempts, I did it by adding oversized 60 degree triangles to four sides, then cutting them down to a 6" width and adding strips to the other two sides.  It may have taken me a whole day, and a lot of fabric to do it, but I think it was well worth it.  

Now all I have to do is decide how to quilt it.  Any suggestions anyone?

27 comments:

  1. Love this quilt! It's very striking and unique. The colors and movement are just wonderful.

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  2. This is lovely. It was well worth taking it apart and putting it back together and all the trouble you had with the corners too. It looks fabulous. I would be tempted just to do an all over design so you don't take away from the hexagons themselves.

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  3. This is sooo pretty!! And funny thing is I am just getting started with a hexagon quilt-a baby size one. Are you thinking you want an overall design or custom for the quilting? Check out Pintrest for ideas, LOL

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  4. Sue, your quilt is gorgeous!

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  5. Looks gorgeous! Love the red border and the hexies in the corner, that really sets it off. Hmmm quilting patterns? Perhaps swirls? Sorry not really my area of expertise!

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  6. Love it! And the corners are inspirational. Jx

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  7. It's a beauty, Sue, regardless of the headaches! Oh, and a belated happy birthday to you! Mine was the 15th. I forgot that yours and mine are close. Glad the celebrating was fun!

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  8. Looks great. The border looks just right.

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  9. Very pretty quilt, looks like you did a lot of work.

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  10. I think you should quilt it using your longarm machine. Yeah????? ;-)

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  11. I think it turned out lovely. I hate it when I feel like I waste fabric.

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  12. I love it Sue! I especially love the blocks in the corners and the solid red border. Great job!

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  13. Love this Sue! The color, the block pattern, the single border - it works really well!

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  14. it was totally worth it! What a wonderful quilt!

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  15. Oh this is so lovely. I read about how you took it all apart. Well worth the effort. I love the red border and the blocks in the corner. That's very clever.

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  16. Stunning quilt!! Love the way it turned out! It was worth all the effort to get the corners right. Well done, great work! Thank you for sharing.

    Have a super great sewing and stitching day!

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  17. Wow! I love it! I hope I get to see it in the flesh soon. Not sure how I would quilt it but could you try a swirl over each hexagon?

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  18. Beautiful quilt! I would echo the flowers in the hexagons that have them, feather circles in the other hexagons and whirlpool triangles in the white triangles. Feather the border and do the feather circles in the corner blocks of the border! Have fun with it!!!

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  19. I love the colors in this quilt and the design so good. Unique cornerstones on the border. I would have to play a lot to get the blocks square.

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  20. Clever girl :} The red border is perfect - frames the blocks and controls the interior.

    Have you seen a panto called 'Cloud Nine" by Patricia Ritter? I haven't used it (yet) but I've seen photos online and it looks great. Search this blog, you'll find it:
    http://mapleleafquilters.wordpress.com

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  21. I have loved watching this grow. What a beautiful quilt, well done.

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  22. Absolutely stunning! Love it! Elaine from CA

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  23. Really gorgeous!! I would stitch in the ditch on the hexagon lines - although this would be quite a bit of work - and feathers in your lovely big border.

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  24. Really gorgeous!! I would stitch in the ditch on the hexagon lines - although this would be quite a bit of work - and feathers in your lovely big border.

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  25. Very nice you done a beautiful job
    Hugs Janice

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