I wasn't crazy about this fabric but it resulted in decent hexagons. There were only 36 as I cut them very large (5 inch triangles), so I decided to make 3 relatively small quilts of 12 blocks each. I would try different settings. This is the total of the blocks crowded on my design wall.
This was the first setting which used my college colors but which I wasn't crazy about in the end. The yellow is super bright as is the blue. I think using a dark binding will pull it together though.
This was the second attempt where I concentrated the yellow on the sides. I will have to do a lot of quilting in that big white area. This one was improvement I thought.
.And I thought this one was just right. The yellow was broken up and surrounds the outside. Each of these quilts is about 43 x 45 which is a decent size.
These are the hexagons I am working on now. Picture isn't too good as it was from my phone. These will result in two moderate size quilts. I am using the back of the bright yellow fabric above in these as it is a nice toned down version!! I have been using the backs of fabrics quite a bit in this collection of quilts I have made this summer. I looked at my Pinterest page of my quilts and counted 40 tops! All but about 5 were done in the last couple of months! Now to get down to basting....quilting.
I will be heading down to my basement stash to find some of the wider fabrics I bought years ago (58 inch wide cottons) which are perfect for backs for a lot of these quilts.
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