Welcome to our 5th Jemima’s Creative Quilting Mystery Hexagon Quilt Sew Along!
I am changing it up again this year with a monochromatic quilt in shades of blue! I love a blue quilt but have yet to make one with hexagons.
Liberty of London produces beautiful Lasenby Cotton fabric, created especially for quilting, so I will be using blues from various collections.
This 2025 Hexagon Quilt Sew Along, will be presented every 3 weeks to enable you to complete each part.
Part 1 will be available on Monday 3rd of March 2025 and a new part will be posted on the blog on a Monday every 3 weeks. There will be 12 Parts in total plus borders. These posts are available for you to view for free.
Due to the amount of time it takes to create all the Mystery Quilt content and patterns, this year the free post will only contain the required Hexagon quantities per fabric plus a picture of the finished part.
There will not be a breakdown of how the pieces are made and put together.
The breakdown of how the pieces are made and put together in detail will only be available in the PDF pattern available for purchased of each part.
Downloadable PDF
Once again I will have available a printable PDF full detailed version of each part that you can purchase and download immediately on the website for $2.50 per pattern. There will be a link at the end of each post.
Direct Email Service
We are not offering a direct to your email service of each pattern this year as we now have PayPal on our website for those of you who prefer to purchase this way or are not in Australia.
Quilt Size
You can make this quilt in any size hexagon as long as you use the same size hexagon throughout the entire quilt. We all have a favourite size we like to use and often already have lots of pre-cut papers.
The size of the quilt depends on the size of the Hexagon used.
The approximate finished size of the quilt without borders is listed for each hexagon size.
¾ inch Hexagons 51 x 59 inches
1 inch Hexagons 68 x 74.5 inches
1 ¼ inch Hexagons 85 x 93 inches
1 ½ inch Hexagons 102 x 112 inches
Hexagons
You will need approximately 2045 hexagons in total for the entire quilt, however you will be able to reuse the hexagons so you will only need enough to be on the outside edges. I like to have about 500 on hand so I can be selective on where I will pull out my papers to re-use.
Fabric Requirements and Fabric Choices
These are the fabrics and colours I am using
Use your favourite fabric colours and create your own legend to replace my colours with your own.
I have created a guide for the Fabric Quantities for different size hexagons
The cutting guide is based on squares cut per 42 inch strip. The squares per strip can be used as a guide only. If you cut less Hexagons per strip you will need more fabric. If you cut larger squares than those in the chart you will also need more fabric.
The fabric quantities represent the total fabric required for each colour, for example you will need 90cm of Navy Blue fabric for ¾ inch Hexagons, the total which can be made up of scraps, fat 1/4's, 8 Fat 1/8's or meterage/yardage.
Conversion from cm to yards
90cm is approximately 1 yard
180cm is approximately 2 yards
240cm is approximately 2 3/4 yards
315cm is approximately 3 1/2 yards
Liberty Fabric Packs
We have a limited amount of Blue Liberty fabric Packs available if you want to recreate our quilt.
Select the fabric pack that suits you. Click here for packs
Desire a pack in a different colourway, contact us and we can put one together for you!
Helpful Requirements
Sewline Fabric Glue Pen with Refills if you prefer to glue baste your hexagons.
Sewing Needles - There are various needles and thread available for English Paper Piecing.
I prefer to use a Clover Black Gold No.9 needle - applique/sharps needle.
Thread - My favourite thread is the 60wt Bottomline Thread in a neutral colour. Wonderfil also have an 80wt thread which is now being used by EPP enthusiasts
Australian made Appleyard Cottage Finger Savers- leather dots that stick to your finger and act like a thimble to protect your fingers
Quilting clips or Magnetic Fabric Grips
Clover Dome Threader - A safe way to store pre-threaded needles, have a needle ready to go at all times
Clover Desk Needle Threader
Scissors- We love the Karen Kay Buckley scissors
Rotary Cutter- 28mm or 18mm Rotary cutter if using a Perspex Template to cut Fabric
Precut Hexagon Papers
Need any of these supplies? Click on the images!
We are always happy to help with supplies so please feel free to give us a call or send us an email if you can't find what you are looking for.
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Social Media
Don't forget to tag us #2025jcqmysteryqal on Instagram
This year we have a new Facebook Group
2025 Mystery Hexagon Quilt Sew Along
We would love for you to join the group and share your progress!
Join here
I hope you join us and sew along!
Cheers Veronica
Hi I have nearly finished 2024 and made it scrappy from my stash. Do you think this year's quilt will lend itself to scraps? I can either use just one colour but many fabrics or rainbow it by sections. Any thoughts?
thank you for all the work you put into these mystery quilts.