What was I thinking??? I need help now

Rather than "fix" them, how about using them as applique pieces for a small quilt or pillow tops?

The setting triangle to make a hexagon a rectangle is a 60°, 90° and 30° triangle. There are two pairs of half rectangles - they need to be cut on opposite diagonals so that they are mirror images of one another. That is if, as I presume, you have made a hexagon. If the 6 half diamonds meet and 'fill' the centre, then they have to be 60°, which will make the whole figure a hexagon. Get back to me if this is not right for you. You sew those setting triangles to alternate sides of the hexagon - you'll see. Cut them large and trim them down, if you don't want to try calculating the exact size - it's not hard but you don't have to worry as long as those angles are exact. . In message , Carissa writes

Well, I am lost so you arent alone lol. I can try and post a pic later. It is a 6 sided shape. And Mary I am afraid the only thing I am worse at than math is applique lol. Though with my nice new machine I just might give it another try when I am done term papers. A funny story is the very first thing I tried to quilt was an applique pillow... I hung it on my wall, where it still hangs to this day, as a reminder to myself to never ever attempt to applique again, especially by hand lol

Carissa

6 sides are a hexagon...i'm assuming all the sides are the same tho. i guess if its got six sides it is still a hexagon even if they arent all the same. i'll wait for the pix. i'm sure there is a solution online somewhere or someone here will have the solution for you.

So you have hexagons, and you don't want to do applique. What you need to do is cut some more 60 degree triangles of the same size in a contrasting fabric for a background. Sew one to one side of each hexagon, and sew another to the opposite sides of the hexes. Now you have diamond shapes, and you sew them together in rows. The rows will have straight sides, and you sew the rows together, offsetting them so the finished top has irregular ends with hexagonal shapes. You can fill the ends with more of the contrast fabric or leave them, but binding the quilt will be a challenge. See what I mean at HGTV.com:

Maria in NE PA

Thank you so much :):) That is exactly what I needed. I really need to get over probelm of not being able to envision how anything aside from squares go together lol. My undying gratitude is yours :)

Carissa

Applique the pieced part onto a background. Debra in VA See my quilts at

you don't even need to turn hexagons into diamonds, as long as they are regular, think grandmother's flower garden, it very much depends what effect you are trying to achieve. You don't want to lose the visual affect of the kalidescope after putting all that work into it.

Cheers Anne

make a crazy quilt? Sort of arrange the blocks on a floor so that they "look right" then make fill-in pieces.

The "I Spy" quilts are made with the background triangles. The "One Block Wonders" are made without the background triangles, setting them together like in a Grandmother's Flower Garden. I have made an "I Spy" and am working on the other now.

Well, I added triangles and though I am not sure if I was supposed to end up with new triangles but I did... and now I have a new plan... so thank you to all, and I am going out to get some coordinating fabric for the in-between places, and then I will take a picture so you guys can actually see what I was talking about. Alas however I must wait until December to actually work on this because I have too many term papers and three swap blocks I am supposed to be making instead. So You will get a pic of 1 triangle lol

Thank you again for all the help and suggestions

Carissa

Machine applique is easy as eatin' pie.

Hand applique takes a little practice. Just like hand quilting. Debra in VA See my quilts at

The easiest thing would be to cut the hex into the shape you want. I'd cut a circle, turn the edges under using a running stitch and a circle template, and then machine applique it to a background using any fancy looking stitch. Quick and painless. No math involved. Debra in VA See my quilts at