TUTORIAL FOR PUFFY HEXAGONAL QUILT

Many thanks to Sue Dewsbury for creating the split hexagonal design for you all to use. I am hopeing that Sue will put a link up to her split hexagonal for you
So sorry about the long delay but home problems stopped all play.
here is the tutorial for that puffy quilt that has no hand sewing, along with the photos for you to follow.
Down load the hexagonal design and you will notice that on the second stitch out that there are a few stitches missing. THIS IS NOT A MISTAKE
Hoop up with IETHER stitch and tear or with the base fabric. This should be placed face up on the hoop.
do the first sew out as this is the placement line
Next step is to place a piece of fabric face down over the top of a placement line and sew it out
SEE PUFFY 2
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Make sure that no fabric from a sewn down hexagonal overlaps onto a placment line for another hexagonal trim of excesse fabric before sewing out the neighbouring piece
Puffy three
Once the hexagonals have been sew out it is time to trim around them.
Trim around the edges of the stitch line leaving about 1/4 inch allowance. WHERE THE OPENING IS LEAVE A JUST A LITTLE MORE FABRIC FOR TURNING

PUFFY FOUR
Once all the hexagons have been sewn out remove them from the hoop and cut out each hexagonal from the backing fabric to make a small hexagonal pillow that is inside out.take care not to snip any sewing lines.
Trim the points so that there is little bulk when its turned inside out
press the shapes and then turn inside out. make sure those points are nice and sharp.
I like to use a lead pencil that has been sharpened but the lead broken off as i can get right into the corners with this.
turn in the open edge and press down.
PUFFY FIVE
Take a SMALL amount of hollow fibre and push it into the hexagonal pocket,
Do not over fill as this is meant to be puffy and not a hard brick. think baby soft.
PUFFY SIX
shows the pillows all ready to be joined together
select a zig zag or other joining stitch and begin to join the hexagonals together, try not to put two open sections next to each other. continue in this manner untill the quilt it the size you wish it to be. I found that makeing several small blocks and then joining them to create one big one was easier.
if you use stitch and tear as the stabalizer in the hoop then you can use two different bits of scap fabric to make the hexagon and this way use up those bits you thought too small for anything.
Think baby cot or pram quilt or a nice bright warm but light lap quilt. this is a fast project to do as all the fabric can be sewn out during the daytime and then you turn and fill while watching telly on the evening. children will love to do that job.
I hope you enjoy this idea and if you can get larger sized split hexagonal shapes then they would look so neat as a body warmer or a bed throw