Hexagon Happenings

Description

By Carolyn Foster

Complete step-by-step photo guide to hexagon techniques with 15 quilts and projects.

Carolyn takes you through the steps to finish large hexagon quilts quickly and easily using large shapes. 15 projects include quilts, table mat, table runner, pincushions, and coasters.

Complete technique instructions include cutting half-hexagons, partial hexagons, diamonds, half-diamonds, triangles, and kites using the hexagon template; combining hexagons with other shapes, sewing hexagons by machine and by hand; and sewing hexagon rows. Over 200 photos, diagrams, and illustrations.

Instructions are provided for calculating and constructing paper templates to create any quilt block size. Carolyn also includes a variety of binding techniques for hexagon quilts, as well as quilting suggestions.

Carolyn started quilting as a girl, and it has since then become an integral part of her life. She has been a teacher for over 15 years and her quilt projects have been published in a number of books and magazines. Her books, Quilting-on-the-Go, Utility Quilting, and Quilting-on-the-Go Taking It Further, help make patchwork and quilting easy and accessible to quilters of all skill levels. Carolyn and her family live in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK