Ok, so, this yellow blanket quilt for my sister's 1st born. I had originally planned on having about 60-65 11 inch hexagons made from 6, 5.5 inch equilateral triangles.
Issue 1 - I'm not patient enough to cut each triangle individually. So, using my June Taylor Shape Cut, I diced up about 4-6 layers of fabric at a time. Not Precision.
Issue 2 - I didn't count on issue 1 causing me to trim each diamond
Issue 3 - I didn't really plan on how to put everything together. I thought, originally, that I would do rows of triangles, but I was worried that my corners wouldn't match up (per experience from snake quilt), so I took two diamonds and put them together in a "V" and then attempted to add the 3rd diamond to form a hexagon. I'm sure that years from now I'll wonder what all the fuss was, but figuring out how to do that, keep it flat, and lined up without too many wrinkles! Sheesh! What a learning curve in pinning and twisting, and seem ripping.
Issue 4 - Issue 3 caused the need to trim the end hexagons by more than anticipated! to 9inch hexagons. On the first 3 hexagons, I had to go all the way to 9in. By the 5th or 6th, I probably could have done 9.5 or 10.
Issue 5 - Trimming has left me with fewer hexagons than needed to fill the quilt top as desired.
End quilt should fit on the 108 x 72 in backing, I plan on leaving the hexagon edges instead of finishing square. So Tomorrow I'll go find a fabric to border each hexagon, which might help hide the issues with some points not quite lining up..
Tutorial I found helpful....tallgrass prairie studio: sewing hexagons by machine
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