Below you can see the back of the quilt before it was layered. Using the Go cutter and glue made the process of making hexagons pretty painless.
Here is the topper all sew together (each section was zigzagged over twice) and layered with scrumptious Hobbs Wool/Cotton batting. It's nice and flat like cotton, but it gets a little loft like wool. I really like it and it's easy to work with.
Since the hexagons were sewn together with black thread I decided it made sense to do the quilting in black thread too so I wouldn't have to change color all the time. I decided to simply do a wandering feather all over the quilt. Some of the feathers are regular, some are hooked on feathers and some are curl feathers. I just went for it and didn't worry about making a pattern of any sort. I like the overall effect. I used a black Fufu embroidery thread, which I don't think I'll use again for machine quilting. The bobbin didn't like it much and I had quite a few knots on the back. No big deal for a simple table topper, but I wouldn't use it on my show quilts for sure.
I went with a black binding and I think it makes a nice frame. The black is from Island Batik's Fire Island line of fabrics. You can see how the Cotton/Wool quilted up. It's pretty flat, but still gives my feathers a little puff. Perfect for a table topper!
I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy
