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Hexagon Quilt Patterns – Fun and Easy Quilt Designs to Try

Hexagon quilt patterns are like magic for any quilter. They are fun, unique, and can transform simple fabric scraps into stunning quilts. Imagine crafting a cozy, colorful quilt that’s not just rectangular but made of charming hexagons!

These patterns add a fresh twist to classic quilts, making your creations stand out. No need to stick to squares and rectangles when hexagons bring so much more character to your sewing projects.

Dive into the world of hexagon quilts and find free hexy patterns perfect for beginners and seasoned quilters alike. With each stitch, you’ll be creating something truly special and unique.

Large Hexagon Quilt Pattern

Large Hexagon Quilt Pattern

Projects on quilts with squares or rectangles can become boring after a while but this hexagon quilt is fun to make from start to end, with its five columns of hexagons in many colors, and two outermost columns that are sliced in about half vertically, surrounded by a thin contrasting border around the quilt edges.

by Polkadotchair

Quilt as you go hexagon quilt pattern for beginners

Although it takes considerably more time, you can make wonderful quilts by hand too, and here’s a useful hexy pattern that shows you how to do that using the Quilt-As-You-Go technique to sew a quilt that has many hexagon blocks that have pastel borders and touch the neighboring blocks on all sex of their edges.

MONSTERZ-SIZED HEXAGON QUILT TUTORIAL

MONSTERZ-SIZED HEXAGON QUILT TUTORIAL

Here’s a hexagon quilt that doesn’t just look good but is also slightly less time-consuming because it has large hexagon blocks spread out into six columns of four blocks, with the first and last column sliced in half vertically, as well as the top and bottom blocks in even columns sliced in half horizontally.

by Cloud9fabrics

Fancy hexagon quilt pattern

Fancy hexagon quilt pattern

This pattern will show you how to make hexagons with contrasting wide frames or differently colored triangles inside them, then put them together in two different layouts to get a quilt with five columns of hexagons, or a quilt with a large colored hexagon on a white background and many smaller hexagons inside it.

by Jaybirdquilts

Snowflake hexagon quilt

Snowflake hexagon quilt

Enjoy the magic of winter all year round with a quilt that has the most popular motif of that season, a snowflake in two variations, one with a large hexagon in the middle and small hexagons on the outer side of the corners, and one with a hollow center and six tips, placed on a bordered quilt with a basic 3 x 3 grid of squares.

by Patchworkposse

Hexagon mini quilt pattern

Hexagon mini quilt pattern

Rainbow colors bring positive vibes wherever you see them, and so does this quilt, with a pure white background and a plethora of hexagon shapes arranged in pairs of two in the shape of a hexagon that has a hole in its middle and goes through the rainbow spectrum in a clockwise direction.

by Canoeridgecreations

Bon-bon EPP hexagon quilt

Bon-bon EPP hexagon quilt

Don’t be intimidated by the look of this quilt, it’s much simpler than it seems because it’s just seven rows of five blocks that all have a white hexagon in the middle and six trapezoid shapes in various colors that rest on the outer edges of the hexagon, sliced in half on the beginning and end in alternating rows.

by Talesofcloth

Honeycomb hexagon quilt

Honeycomb hexagon quilt

The beauty of this quilt is in the combination of bright and dark pastel colors that appear on the large 10 x 14 grid of hexagon shapes to create a design that resembles a honeycomb with an occasional bee standing next to a chamber full of honey.

by Sewjahit

Hexagon pinwheels pattern

Here’s a hexagon quilt pattern that represents a fusion of two popular designs on a quilt that has a dark background with seven rows of five hexagon shapes in vibrant colors that have windmill shapes with six tips inside them, surrounded by a wide frame that matches the dark background.

Secret garden hexagon quilt

Secret garden hexagon quilt

Meticulous but well worth the effort, this hexagon quilt pattern will have you snipping tiny hexagon shapes in all kinds of colors that you’ll arrange in a giant grid with seventeen rows and just as many columns as you complete a project that is ideal for creative usage of leftover fabrics.

by Talesofcloth

Boston icy quilt hexagon quilt

Boston icy quilt hexagon quilt

Cut up those scraps of fabric you have from previous projects into slightly elongated hexagons and follow the instructions in this pattern to make a quilt with them that either has sixteen columns of those hexagons joined into the shape of ivy vines, or a quilt that has many large diamond-shaped flowers with a lot of elongated hexagons inside them.

by Talesofcloth

Floating hexagons quilt template

Here’s a quilt that demonstrates how even basic designs can look better with a little twist, as it makes its nine simple rows with nine hexagons each a lot more beautiful thanks to the empty rows between them that match the background color and have small squares around the corners of the hexagons in the rows above and below.

Giant hexie lap quilt– free hexagon quilt pattern for beginners

Giant hexie lap quilt– free hexagon quilt pattern for beginners

It’s always fun to make a quilt that doesn’t have the usual square or rectangular shape, like this one that has the shape of a hexagonal flower big enough to cover your legs while you’re sitting in a lounge chair, made up of seven hexagons in identical dimensions and different colors, with a thin black frame around the edges of the quilt.

by Redhandledscissors

 Vintage hexagon quilt: GLAMPING HALF-HEXIE QUILT TUTORIAL

Vintage hexagon quilt: GLAMPING HALF-HEXIE QUILT TUTORIAL

This lovely quilt is great for the bed in your kids’ bedroom due to its cheerful appearance, with a wide double outer frame in contrasting colors and seven rows of seven hexagon shapes in various colors that are cut in half near the edges of the quilt.

by Myfabricrelish

Sexy hexy love quilt

Show off your love for hexagons on your quilts as you make this quilt that has small hexagons with wide double frames in contrasting colors around each hexagon, set on the quilt so there’s no space between them and that the ones closest to the quilt edges are cut in half.

by http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/pdfs/Sexy_Hexy_Love_Quilt.pdf

Free hexagon quilt pattern: Basket of eggs quilt

Free hexagon quilt pattern: Basket of eggs quilt

Take a break from the usual honeycomb grids with this modern hexy quilt!. It that has a wide border around five columns of eight hexagons that are divided in two diagonally by contrasting colors and placed on a slightly dirty white background so the rows touch each other only at the central corner of each hexagon.

by Andoverfabrics

Modern hexagon quilt Luminance

Modern hexagon quilt Luminance

Your home interior is about to get a lot more colorful with this vibrant quilt that has many triangles in many colors arranged into seven rows with five and a half hexagons in each row, bordered by thin white frames between them that pronounce the colors.

by Liveartgalleryfabrics

Free hexy quilt

Finished Quilt: 50” x 67″

Uses hexagon pre-cuts

Free hexy quilt

Here’s a pattern that will let you do a bit of contemporary art while you make a quilt with solid hexagon shapes in different colors placed on the surface of the quilt with a considerable distance between the hexagons, and three upright triangles above and below them.

by Hoffmancaliforniafabrics

Hexagon block templates

Hexagon block template

Hexagon block template

Enrich your next quilting project with this beautiful block that has one large hexagon in its middle, then a contrasting frame around it, followed by six smaller hexagons that match the big one in color placed in a circle around it, bordered by another frame around the whole block.

by 627handworks

Hooked hexagons block tutorial

Hooked hexagons block tutorial

Easy and beautiful, this block has a square background in pure white and a contrasting large hexagon on top, with two small white squares on it, one on the inner left edge and one on the inner right edge, making it fun to chain into rows or columns to form an entire quilt.

by Filminthefridge

All these hexagons but they won’t become boring even if you sew them all because they’re all unique and charming. State your favorites in the comments and let’s see which ones are the best! You can also fill out the subscription form to get emails when new content like this gets published. Have fun with your hexagon quilts!

 

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