This one was made with some gorgeous vintage fabrics given to me as a Christmas present. Hexagons are time-consuming, but I think the hours spent on this cushion were worth it.
I have to admit I did cut corners in the process. You are supposed to cut out paper hexagons (I cut mine from old newspaper, but you can buy paper hexagons to save time if you want) and then tack the fabric patches around these paper templates so that each fabric patch holds its hexagon shape while you sew them together. However, I found that ironing the fabric patches around the paper templates was sufficient to get them to hold their shape while I then sewed the edges together. I took a fairly haphazard approach to this cushion, rather than
organizing the hexagons in any pattern, which I think this was the right
approach for this cushion.
This was also the first time I have put a zip into a cushion cover. I did feel rather ambitious when it came to reaching for the zipper foot on my sewing machine, but it actually went ok. The fabric is slightly warped in places along the edge of the zip, but the zip does zip up, so I'm happy!
Life is too short sometimes, and yes, I did take a shortcut; I didn't do everything you are supposed to do when working hexagon patchwork, but I don't think the final result has suffered for it. So not perfect perhaps, but good enough!
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