This lovely quilt can be done as either a rectangular quilt or a circular quilt. The choice is yours. There are also many other projects that you can make from the hexagons used in this quilt. You could make place-mats, cushion covers or even a fun hexagon shaped shoulder bag.

This tutorial will show you how to make the circular quilt. The layout for the rectangular quilt is also shown and the joining method to join the pieces are the same for both quilts.

Completing the Kaleidoscope Fantasy Hexagon Quilt

Circular and Rectangular Quilt

For the Circular Quilt you will need:

7 completed Hexagon Blocks and 6 Insertion Panels

For the Rectangular Quilt you will need:

8 completed Hexagon Blocks, 4 half Hexagon Blocks, 2 completed insertion panels, 2 x Insert Panel A and 2 x Insert Panel B

*NOTE* To make up the extra Hexagon block and half hexagon blocks, stitch out any of the block designs and arrange them according to the different layouts in the instructions.

In this tutorial, the photos show for the circular quilt. However, the joining method is the same for both the rectangular and circular quilts.

Place your blocks according to the following diagrams:

Rectangular Quilt:

Circular Quilt:

Now join the next edge. To do this, pivot the fabric on the point of the previous seam.

Do this along all the edges. Once all the hexagons (and half hexagons) are joined, sew in the insertion panels and pieces in the same way.

When your quilt upper is competed, you can now back and bind your quilt. There are a couple of different ways to do this. I opted to cut backing fabric the same size as my quilt upper. I placed the pieces right sides together and sewed around the quilt, leaving an opening of about 7 inches to turn the quilt through. I then pushed out the corners and closed the opening.

If you are making the rectangular quilt, you might want to add a border and then back and bind the quilt or you might opt to use the self-binding method.