About this item
In Hexagon Happenings, Carolyn Forster teaches you the skills you need to use large shapes to finish big quilts quickly and easily!More than 200 photos, diagrams, and illustrationsLearn how to use 4 basic shapes to make dozens of designsStep-by-step instructions and techniques, including cutting, combining, sewing, and binding15 projects include 11 quilts, a table mat, table runner, bag, and pincushionCarolyn takes you through the steps to finish large quilts quickly and easily using large shapes. The basic shapes used in the quilt projects include hexagons, diamonds, triangles and kites. These shapes are successfully created using a basic quilting ruler and the hexagon template provided in the book. Carolyn even provides instructions for calculating and constructing hexagon paper templates, allowing you to achieve any desired quilt block size.Complete instructions include how to cut half-hexagons, partial hexagons, diamonds, half-diamonds, triangles and kites using the hexagon template. Techniques include combining hexagons with other shapes, sewing hexagons by machine and by hand, sewing hexagons and other shapes together in rows, and then sewing the rows of hexagons together.Offering a variety of binding techniques, Carolyn takes you through the various steps of binding hexagon quilts. Helpful tips throughout the book help improve accuracy and gain confidence. Projects include 11 quilts, table mat, table runner, pincushions, and coasters.
About the Author
Carolyn Forster started making quilts when she was a teenager and went on to study Textiles at the University of Bath. Since graduating, she has taught patchwork and quilting both in the UK and the USA and has had her quilts featured in a number of books and magazines, including Fabrications, Popular Patchwork and Patchwork and Quilting. Carolyn lives in Tunbridge Wells, UK with her husband and son.
