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Stitch a Hexagon Quilt Create your very own patchwork quilt with Stuart Hilliard’s simple half hexagon method
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exagon quilts are a staple of the patchwork world, and Stuart Hilliard’s bright and cheerful half hexagon method shows just how straightforward they can be. Just remember to match up pairs of half hexagons in the same fabric to create the classic honeycomb look. “My quilt is completely machine sewn and doesn’t use a single tricky Y seam – it’s easy with half hexagons!” Stuart says. Sewing machines at the ready!
Honey to the bee quilt
Kit List
Fabric, assortment of print and solid, yellow, grey, blue
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Download and print the Honey to the Bee template. Cut out your chosen number of half hexagons in pairs of the same fabrics. Lay your half hexagons out in vertical columns, making sure that as you add the next column you ‘complete’ the hexagons in the column to the left and start new ones in the column to the right. When you are happy with the layout, sew the half hexagons into long columns. Press the seams open. Join the columns together, matching the seam intersections carefully. Once you’ve quilted your top, either bind the uneven edges or trim them straight, then bind.
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Suggested Layout
Stuart’s quilt uses 144 half hexagons in nine vertical columns of 16, with alternate columns starting with a single half hexagon in a different colour. The quilt measures approximately 54” x 52” (137.2cm x 132cm). To create the illusion of full hexagons, cut your shapes in pairs of the same fabrics.
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BUY NOW Extracted from Simple Shapes Stunning Quilts by Stuart Hillard, published by Pavilion. Photographs by Rachel Whiting.
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