mades

Square mitered corners are easy for me now but any other angle is troublesome! Would a bias strip be better than a
straight of the grain strip?

Aubrey'sQuiltingCreations

I like to use bias strip for some of those different angles and dont have much problem at all. For me its all about finding my grove when doing corners. If not do you have a few extra you could try out different techniques first??

Riversong

see if this works not sure how to post a pic in a message

And here is a tute I fogot I had

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vci9-li3aYU

Carol J.

My first thought would be to use a contrasting solid fabric for a backing and applique the hexagon edge onto it. To get the full benefit of the right side of the fabric, one would have to make the backing large enough to fold so the right side shows and will be under the hexagons.
I was asked to finish off a hexagon quilt top this way years ago, at that time, I used a strip of fabric and then sewed the top and backing, right sides together and turned the quilt right side out. I sewed around the outside to secure the backing and top together.

Carol J.

kathy6696

This is pretty much how I do mine. River song, just wondering, when you get to the end before you turn, it looks like you sew off to the corner, is that what you do? If so why?

Riversong

Im not sure what you mean...if I am binding I finish like regular binding on a quilt

sewwhat85

are you talking about borders or binding they are different things

agoldencomet

Adding a border to a hexagon quilt is not difficult. First add the border to three alternate sides (that is, skipping every other one). Then do the remaining three sides. This "second step border" will extend across a border, the quilt, and another border. The first three borders will be the length of one side of the hexagon, while the second set of three borders will need to be longer (depending on the width of your border). In a way this is similar to doing log cabin. You can also do a mitered border which is a little more tricky.

GagaSmith

Great information here. Thanks Riversong.

willferg

This is exactly what I've been trying to figure out with my hexagon -- thanks!