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HOW SILLY. I'm messing around with hexes I had made and decided to put them together. That done now how to put the backing on it? Do you birth it? I can't find anything that tells me what to do now. Help please. I'm starting a Grandmother Garden to have something to do while watching TV. Sure don't want to birth that.
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Depending on the size you have now, I think I might try taking a co-ordinating fabric, cutting nice sized width by the length you need, and then applique the hexies onto the border piece. Then you can finish it with a binding if you want.
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You have to device if you want a straight edge or zig zag. The zig zag needs bias binding, facing or birthing. The straight edge you make extra edge hexagons and cut them in half for a straight edge.
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Thank you all for helping me understand this. I just couldn't get it straight in my mind. I like making hexes while watching baseball. I am a big Tiger fan. I just sewed some hexes together to experiment with what to do with the sides. Now I can try several different methods. In about two years I may be able to post some pictures but until then I will keep on sewing.
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I applique my sixty degree stars onto a border strip and then treat as any other quilt, by adding an outer border and quilting as usual. Quilting on the Go by Jessica Alexandrakis has some great suggestions for finishing your hand pieced quilts. I've noticed they now have her book at JAF.
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