Patchwork - how do I do it?

[wangle99]

I want to make a patchwork quilt but all the books I look at seem to be very complex ie blocks and patterns etc. I just want to do a hexagonal one pieced together.

Help!

[bran]

Hexagonal quilts are quite difficult to make because the seams join at angles. Are you planning to do the patchwork by hand or machine?

[wangle99]

Oh no I really wanted to make one of those!! Typical

I hoped to do it by machine. I suppose it would be hard now I actually think about it.

[bran]

What sort of effect did you want to achieve? If you were just going to do random hexagons (ie no underlying pattern) then you could achieve the same look by using half square triangle. You would sew the triangles together along the long edge to make squares, then join the squares together to make rows and join the rows to make the quilt.

You can do a hexagon pattern effect by using 60 degree triangles. It's difficult to explain, but it's fairly easy to sew.