i have never done a hexagon quilt and always wondered about how you sew them together..so thanks for photos and links they were greatly appreciated. If anyone is interested look up Tula Pinks Hex on the Beach quilt which is a more modern take on a hexagon quilt and I am in love with it and seriously would have bought the kit but it is no longer available...

Thank you Tilladare for posting this link. I had seen it before, but for the life of me, couldn't find it again. Will be sure to bookmark it! I am near finishing up a hexagon quilt top, and think this may be a good way to go. I usually applique the top to a stright edge, because I don't want to lose the hexie shape, but this looks very interesting. thanks again!

humbird, please be sure and post a pic when you get your top finished!

I started using the whipstitch and then found the ladder stitch--what a difference. A much neater looking seam. As I'm doing 3/4" hexi's I think they may be an1/8th of an inch apart. I like badskirts method, but that takes alot of extra hexi's. I have appliqued the top to border pieces.

Very nice SavedByGrace

That's the way I do mine and my friends just gasp when they turn it over and see my stitches! Literally mine are a needle's width apart and I use an 11 Straw needle. But seriously, everyone finds their own rythm and what they can live with.

Wow, love all the hexie quilts!

I am also making a GFG quilt top. I am using 1 inch hexies and a whip stitch to put them together. I will try the ladder stitch now that I have seen it. I am putting the same fabric hexie around a different middle one and then surrounding the "flower" with white, connecting them all with green. I have some hexies that I do not like for the flowers, so am sewing them together for another top. It is addicting. I found using an applique needle and fine thread works best. Photo posted when I figure out how to do that.

It amazes me that English paper piecing is still so popular. Why whip stitch when you get better results from simply sewing a short running stitch on the seam line. I cut out a hexagon template with seams included, then poke a large needle in each seam line intersection to make a tiny holes. Then when I mark for cutting, I put the point of a mechanical pencil into each hole and make a tiny dot. These are the beginning and ending marks for sewing the seam line. Takes about 10 running stitches for one seam. There are eight of us in my quilting class making king-sized quilts in this manner. Not a whip stitch in sight! And it's fast. Much faster than folding edges over paper, basting, then whip stitching.
SandyQuilter

I love doing hexagons. Thanks for all the useful info.

I am working on 1/4" hexagons for a wall hanging and really appreciate all the ideas for stitching.