![]() Lots of variations are possible with Hexagons: even working with different geometric shapes to form a larger Hexagon, as shown with the picture above. A huge job to cut it all by hand, and again – no certainty all sides are the same. The origin for making this type of quilt lies back a hundred years: combining colors, turning them into ‘flowers’, and using light/contrasting fabrics to form a path to complete a garden. When cutting by hand, not all sizes are equal, which is necessary to make a quilt, for example a ‘Grandmother’s Flower Garden’ quilt. This six-sided shape is much easier to cut by machine, to be sure the exact measurements are retained. It is important to calculate the placement of the cut outs, to get as much out of the fabric as possible.Ī very popular shape is the Hexagon: there were a lot of requests to show how to design them via V8 and use the CutWorks tool to cut them. Lets see how easy it is to cut out geometric figures.Ĭreating a patchwork quilt with just one basic shape, CutWork can be used. ![]() I do own the separate software, and will post about it at a later date. Of course you can purchase the extensive BERNINA DesignWorks CutWork software but using this short version is already available. Have you been working with CutWork since my last posts? There are more options to use it, preparing to cut fabrics, felt or different materials. ![]()
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