How to sew a 60-degree triangles hexagon cushion

Read on for how to sew-up the large hexagon cushion of the trio. You can find links the other two cushions to match below. But now let’s reach for our rotary cutters and get sewing the large hexie cushion of the set. Don’t forget to check out more of Jemima’s designs over at tiedwitharibbon.com or follow her on instagram @tiedwitharibbon.

How to sew the large hexagon cushion

You will need

See our Modern Arrows patchwork cushion tutorial for the fabric requirements for the set of three cushions. If you’re just making this cushion, you’ll need roughly a third of the fabric we’ve listed but you may need to do a little quilt maths before you go fabric shopping!

Notes

• Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted.
• RST = right sides together.
• WOF = width of fabric.
• WST = wrong sides together.

Finished size

23in square approx

Cutting out

Step 1

From the white fabric cut four (4) 4½in x WOF strips. Subcut to give forty-two (42) 4^1½in 60-degree triangles.

Step 2

From each of six (6) different print fabrics cut four (4) 4½in 60-degree triangles.

Step 3

From the cushion back fabric cut two (2) 23½in x 16½in rectangles.

Step 4

From the binding fabric cut three (3) 2½in x WOF strips.

Making the large cushion

Step 1

Arrange the white and print fabric triangles into six rows of eleven triangles each, experimenting with different print placements and rotating alternate triangles by 180 degrees so that the triangles tessellate.

Step 2

Repeat steps 6–11 from our modern arrows patchwork cushion to make the cushion top, this time trimming to 23½in square.

Step 3

Layer the cushion top with the 23¹⁄₂in batting square and then repeat step 13 from our modern arrows patchwork cushion to quilt and bind the cushion.

Step 4

Repeat step 14 from our modern arrows patchwork cushion with the 23¹⁄₂in x 16¹⁄₂in cushion back rectangles.

Step 5

Repeat steps 15–17 from our modern arrows patchwork cushion to complete the large cushion.

Complete the set

Did you have fun sewing-up our hexie-triangle cushion? Why not make the rest of the Super Nova cushion set to match?

We’ll show you how to sew-up a modern arrows patchwork cushion and rectangle cushion to match.

Zoe Williams

Zoe launched Gathered.how as editor in 2019. A keen crafter, quilter and sewist, she has worked with the UK’s best-selling craft magazines – from Today’s Quilter to Love Patchwork & Quilting, Simply Sewing and The World of Cross Stitching. With over a decade of craft publishing experience under her belt, she loves crafting with her kids and curling up on the sofa with a spot of hand patchwork. Zoe has previously written for radiotimes.com, Simply Knitting and The World of Cross Stitching and was previously Deputy Editor of Papercraft inspirations magazine. She has guest-lectured at Bath Spa University. She’s a keen quilter with 5 projects in progress at any one time and another 12 or so planned. Specialist skills include hand modelling for YouTube craft tutorials and fabric foraging (she has an inbuilt radar for local haberdasheries and community craft gatherings).

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