Octagon quilt

The Snowball quilt block has been around forever and is one of our favorites. It is a super easy block that even a beginner can tackle! Finished quilt measures 49.5" x 55". Materials Needed: 10 Fat Quarters (We used 5 different fabrics, 2 fq's each) 1 yard white fabric 3/8 yard binding fabric Batting Backing Fabric From each Fat Quarter, cut 9- 6" squares, yielding a total of 90- 6" squares. From the white fabric, cut 18- 2" strips. Sub-cut the 2" strips into 2" squares, yielding 360- 2"…

Instructions for making a hexagon quilt with no hand stitching. Tallgrass Prairie Studio: Sewing Hexagons by Machine Without Marking

Free large hexagon quilt pattern & template. Make a simple hexagon quilt with no Y seams with our tutorial. Uses half hexagon quilt pieces.

Sometimes it’s all about the fabrics. Okay, MOST of the time it’s all about the fabrics. 🙂 This time in particular because I love each and every fabric I used for this yummy half hexie quilt. I just want to snuggle all day. Get you a cup of tea and get comfy. Let’s look […]

I What better way to show off Deb Strain's lovely Bee Creative line than with snowball blocks that look all hexagon & bee like. Both these little lap quilts are on their way from sunny California to jolly olde England to keep my cousins warm in the cutest outside hut ever. The whole vibe just screamed BEEES to me and the fabric choice & shape were ... meant to be! All fabric was starched, ironed and then cut with the Accuquilt snowball die. Yarn dyed Essex linen in black is the accent fabric…

How to finish the edge of a hexagon quilt? If you are not interested in keeping the edges of the hexagons intact, then the easiest and fastest way to finish the edges of hexagon quilts is to just straighten them. So you spent a lot of time finishing a top like this Grandmother's Flowers Garden I made some time ago- congratulations! Do you have an assistant like mine? Very helpful! The edges should look like this picture. You have to prepare the quilt sandwich and quilt as desired. Then trim…

Three cheers for a LONG overdue finish. This is a quilt that has been on my bucket-list for a long time. It’s based on a Sandy Klop pattern called Merry-Go-Round. It’s one I’ve wanted to make for years and was way excited when my sister-in-law choose it as the pattern she’d like for their wedding...Read More

Discover trendy and modern hexagon quilt patterns in our roundup. Elevate your quilting with timeless geometry and creative designs.

An octagon is a polygon that has eight sides. Generally, when most people think of the word "octagon", they're thinking of a regular octagon - one that has both sides and angles of the same size (like the shape of most stop signs). It's...

It’s back to quilt school time! This time of year always has us thinking of learning, so we thought it would be a great day for a quilt block tutorial. Our Diamond in Square Quilt Block Tutorial has been popular lately, and the Snowball Block is a cousin. The idea of the Snowball Block is ...