grammypatty7

You're very welcome Evelyn.

grammypatty7

I just used a whip stitch and yes there is a right and wrong side but it really doesn't seem to matter which side is up as it's beautiful both ways. My stitches were very tiny and very close together. It was the best way I could figure out to do them as I'm not fond of spending hours on the sewing machine quilting. I can sew for hours and piece for hours without issue. I suspect it's the weight of working with a quilt that gets to me. Really wears me out as the piece gets larger plus I truly do enjoy hand work so I can be in the same room with hubby in the evenings. I do sew the individual shapes on the sewing machine though and then connect by hand.

If you're into fancy stitching by hand, you probably could use a fancy type embroidery stitch to connect the hexagons so that it would be beautiful on both sides but that would involve more time than I'd personally care to put into it although if one is skilled at such stitching, it probably would work out about the same time wise. Enjoy however you approach it.

grammypatty7

That's really interesting. I'd never read or heard of stuffing them like this but I do know that true traditional quilter will never let anything go to waste and will fine a way to incorporate it into their quilts. With the cost of quilting supplies today, I can see where many may just start doing some of these things because it's getting quite expensive to buy new to quilt. I'm partial to patchwork anyway so using scraps and old clothing would suit me just fine or finding clothing at rummage, garage sales or thrift shops. Thank you for sharing this with us.

grammypatty7

Thank you.

grammypatty7

Thank you.

sewdarnbusy

thanks for the instructions...

grammypatty7

You're very welcome. I'm getting ready to start another one of these quilts as it's my 18 year old granddaughter's favorite grammy quilt. Whenever she visits us in FL she asks to use that quilt so will make her one of her very own. Just finished up a twin quilt for her youngest brother and then will take the fabrics used for it and cut enouth to make one of these pillows. As a scrap quilter must keep enough scraps to make other quilts too. It will take me a year or so to complete a throw for her because as a hand quilter, I'm slow but as I work plan to make these biscuits and put into a collapsable laundry basket and when there are enough will sew them together and give to her. They are fun and relaxing to make. I do whip the biscuits together by hand but think one could do them on the sewing maching if desired. The biscuits are machine stitched and the last side is hand stitched but it could also be done on the machine if desired.

Enjoy.
Hugs
Patty

Julo

"Life" got in the way and I completely forgot about this topic! Now I'm all enthused again and decided to get started. So I re-read the thread. Did I miss how you assembled the biscuits once you had them made? Did you sew them together in rows? Or is it easier to divide the quilt top into "blocks" (so to speak) and then sew the blocks together?

This is such a good take-along project and not too hot to work on in the summer!

Vivian Ketron

Really pretty.

AngieS

Those are pretty!