Rhonda Bracey: At Random

I took ages to get to this hexagonal quilt. First, I really didn’t have any idea how to quilt it so it sat over the back of the sofa for a few weeks. And second, I have a shoulder that’s playing up (surgery is scheduled for December), so in the meantime I have to take it easy with many of the actions involved in quilting.

I eventually decided on my easy cathedral window motif, which I adapted for hexagons — do two arcs to hop from corner to corner for two sides inside a hexagon, then arc up (or down) the vertical seam then back down the other side. Repeat until you get to the end of one row, then arc up (or down) to the other side and just do arcs hopping from one side to the next to fill in the remaining sides. Rinse, lather, repeat for all rows.

I left the blue borders unquilted, and did a smallish stipple in the white border. I finished off with a flower in the very centre.

NOTE: The batting used in this quilt was VERY fluffy, so there are bits of fluff all over it, which are very prominent in the navy sections. This quilt needs a good brush down with a lint brush.

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Threads used:

• Top: Fil-Tec Glide ‘Navy’ (40 wt, trilobal polyester, colour 32965); Fil-Tec Glide ‘White’ (40 wt, trilobal polyester, colour 10000); Floriani embroidery thread (40 wt, rayon, colour PF487 [dark grey])
• Bottom: Fil-Tec Magna Glide Classic pre-wound bobbin (white, lead grey, black)