I had a large piece of the fabric I cut up for this but only stacked half of it as I wasn't sure how it would work up as there was a lot of very large shapes and a relatively small hexagon (4 1/4 inches). Some blocks ended up pretty green and some had no green at all. After they were all sewn together (but not before), I decided they were okay!
There were 48 blocks made from half the fabric. I decided to use a set that used 24 blocks. Because of the wide variation in the blocks, I divided them into those that were light on the outside and those that were dark on the outside figuring I would do a configuration that involved more than one background!
I loved this fabric. The repeat was 24 1/2 inches.
Wanted to see how it looked. I really liked it! I really thought when I had the hexagons cut that this wasn't going to work.
I decided on dark green for the lighter ones and yellow for the darker ones. At first I thought green on the inside and yellow on the outside.
This is the alternate configuration with yellow in the middle. I am going to add 4 inch strips to the bottom and top of each strip. I haven't yet decided on the width of the strips between the blocks or whether I will add some more strips. I want it to end up between 40 and 45 inches wide.I have enough for a second top and of course I will do different colors in the background. I get bored too easily to make two tops alike! The challenge is to find new settings that will use up all the blocks and end up with quilts of a reasonable size.
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