Appliquéing Hexagons to the Atlantic Beach Patch Panel

I am appliquéing the hexagons to the center panel for the Atlantic Beach Path quilt. It's going well, but I can tell you that it's a whole lot trickier to appliqué on a large quilt than it is to appliqué on a lone quilt block! I'm glad for my rubber-dotted quilting gloves, to help me guide the fabric through the machine's harp and under the needle.

Hexagons Pinned to Center Panel, Atlantic Beach Path

I have all the rows of hexagons sewn together, and now the edges are pressed under, glued, and then pinned to the center panel of the Atlantic Beach Path.  Next, I will appliqué it on with a very narrow blanket stitch.

Bottom Middle Section, Atlantic Beach Path Quilt

The rows of hexagons for the right side of the Atlantic Beach Path quilt are all put together, and this, the bottom middle section, is done, too.  That leaves the rows for the top middle section and the left side to put together, meaning I'm exactly half done sewing the rows together.  Next, the borders.  

Sewing Strips for the Atlantic Beach Path Quilt

Five strips together, 33 more to go.

Stack of strips

One More Row...

The kaleidoscopes for the Atlantic Beach Path are all arranged (and rearranged) and ready to be sewn together, one vertical row after another.  I have one more row to add at the top; but there's no more space at the top of the design wall, fabric hexagons don't still to walls.  😏

Kaleidoscopes on Design Wall

Tonight I put all the hexagon kaleidoscopes I have made so far onto the design wall.  Tomorrow I need to remove a row from each side, add them to the top and bottom (with a bit of rearranging), and cut and sew another 50 or so hexagons.  Then I can start sewing it all together.  I have about 435 hexies done.

Here's the design wall and a couple of the fabrics I've cut for the kaleidoscopes.  I also cut six Atlantic Beach Path panels.  The last picture is a long-handled grabber that Larry got for me at Menards.  I use it to place (or retrieve) hexagons on the design wall where I would not otherwise be able to reach.  The design wall is 8 feet high, and it tilts back, the better to keep all the pieces on the flannel.  But because it tilts, a chair or step stool isn't much good.  The grabber solved the problem.

Hexagon Kaleidoscopes from Floral Fabric

These kaleidoscopes were cut from all-over floral fabric (as opposed to the border stripe of the previous kaleidoscopes) in the Countryside Floral line by Maywood Studio. Final photo shows original fabric. They are for the Atlantic Beach Path quilt.