If you didn’t already know that I am crazy (who hand sews a complete hexagon quilt top??) this will confirm it.
After all that intense hand sewing, it all came to an abrupt end. Now what??? Well of course I need to make the backing and I can’t remember the last time it was one solid piece of fabric. At first I was thinking I’d make up some flowers out of the remaining hexies, but thought better of it, that part was done!
Then I remembered Quilts and More Fall 2014. With my library card I can download and read a number of knitting and quilting magazines. The cover of the fall issue had a scrappy quilt with large hexagons! Perfect, I’ll make a few rows and sandwich them between some larger fabrics.
After all that handwork, cutting patches with a rotary cutter and sewing them up on the machine was a breeze.
Once started, I just couldn’t stop!
So much so that the backing of this quilt is what most normal people would consider to be a lovely quilt top.
I did mention I’m crazy didn’t I? Hey, it only took me a few days, not months like the top.