I’m not a lot further along than I was this time last week with my Honeycomb Quilt, straight from Malka Dubrawsky’s book Fresh Quilting. I have edited my fabrics down to more lights, solids and neutrals. I think I’ve calmed it down quite a bit. And enlarged it.
A lot.
I’m looking at queen size+ as opposed to the full/queen Malka made. Pretty sure there will be more fabric shopping in my future. I think I need more blender, midrange colors… Something that unfortunately has to be done in person. First I want to get this large chunk all sewn together making it easier to take with.
As for sewing them together, I am not doing it by hand as with a Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt and I’m not doing Y seams as in a Tumbling Blocks, but instead I sew the top and bottom seams all the way across, then attach the row next to it in a zig zag fashion, going the entire length. It is something I came up with years ago and it’s hard to describe, but gives perfect corners, without holes, like with a traditional Y seam.
Looking around the web, the closest I can see is how Kay Wood’s does it, check it out and make it work for you.
Then check out what everyone else is working on this week.
Sewfrench 
Love all those hexagons! I’m curious when you sew your top and bottom seams, do you sew all the way to the edge or leave a 1/4 open? I’ve sewn my hexagons in a similar way, but have left the 1/4″ open and am realizing it probably wasn’t necessary. Thanks for the video link and thanks for linking up to WIP Wednesday!
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I sew all the way across. I no longer end up with that little pinhole or pucker from stitching one stitch too short or one stitch too long. Plus I don’t have to mark it. I use the seam, on the adjacent block, as the corner. Hope that helps!
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It looks good so far.
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Thanks, Karyn!
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Your honeycomb quilt looks great! I’m planning on making one myself….I know who to seek out if I have questions 🙂
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Oh I’d love to follow you making one! Let me know if you do, I’ll be glad to help if I can!
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I love the hexes! It’s funny that you use that method because that’s how I did my first hexagon quilt. I had no idea there was any other way to do it until I heard people complaining about the y seams. I had no idea what they were talking about until I did some flowers later on.
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Maybe that’s why you don’t hear us complaining about Y seams ; )
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