Mod Hexagon Quilt

This quilt has been a while in the making.  I originally saw the pattern for it in the Winter 2015 issue of modern patchwork and started cutting last spring. The amazing designer is Rashida Coleman-Hale.  The quilt is made up of hexagons, which are constructed using two rectangles, one of a color fabric and one of the background fabric. After constructing the rectangles it uses a hexagon template to make each unit. Next the units are sewn together into columns and then joined, all machine pieced. Once it is sewn together all the hexagons disappear and make the triangles appear.  Such a clever design!

I pieced the backing using extra strips from the front along with a great cotton + steel print by Sarah Watts, Tokyo Train Ride.  Originally I was going to quilt along the hexagon seams, but I didn't want to lose the way the hexagons disappear, so I used a very large stipple all over the quilt.  The binding matches the background so that it doesn't distract from the triangles.

This was the first time I used a template and it was challenging to cut all of the hexagons, but in the end it was worth it!Linking up with  My Quilt Infatuation and crazymomquilts.