Tuesday, November 15, 2011

hexagon calculator

Since I've been getting a lot of hexie flowers sewn together, I have been wondering when I'm going to get close to enough for a full size quilt.  Today, I finally found something SUPER helpful for a hexagon quilt!  Check out CD Designs - they have a hexagon quilt calculator!  I punched in for a 70x70 quilt with 1'' hexagons - and got that I'll need 1877 hexagons.  I divided that by 7 (number of hexies in a flower) and so that means I'll need 268 hexie flowers (give or take a few) to make a decent sized quilt.  I think that's totally do-able, so I'm going to stick with the idea of no background/path on these flowers :)  I have an idea for another EPP project (after I finish this one, will be able to use some leftovers) that I will use a background on, so I want this one to be different. (Plus, I have a GFG hand-pieced vintage quilt top off to be quilted that has a 'path', so want it to be different from that one too.)
I didn't take a new pic, here's previous pics of some of my hexies :)








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4 comments:

  1. MaryBethNovember 15, 2011 at 11:01 AM

    Thanks for the link. this is really great! Love your Ghastlie flower!!

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  2. Paula TheQuilterNovember 15, 2011 at 1:03 PM

    Thanks for the link to a very useful tool.

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  3. randi--i have to sayNovember 17, 2011 at 6:28 AM

    1877? oh my goodness! you go, girl! i am sure the quilt will be amazing when it's done!

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  4. Marci GirlNovember 17, 2011 at 5:49 PM

    I recently made 5 "7 petal" flowers and now I have such an appreciation for all these that you have been making! Oh my goodness so much work, but it will be so worth it in the end!

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