A plan is in place!

Off to consider options for attaching the Hex Color Wheel to my quilted background.  I've had nots of ideas on how to do this...keep in mind:

•  I have to remove all the stitching around each cardboard piece (864 hex pieces!).  
• Then I need to remove the cardboard from each hex
• Then I need to determine how I'm going to attach to the quilted background (hand, machine, baste first, spray baste)

I emailed my Q Buddy, Susan, who is a master quilter and meticulious about her work, on any ideas she may have.  Susan told me her head hurt after I gave her some of my thoughts.  HA  Join the club, Susan!

So what else to do!  AI!  Yep!  I have used ChaptAI for diagrams on knitting, embroidery, sewing needles for different hand work, etc.  I always get great suggestions and diagrams.  This was my question, along with a full pic and closeup of a few triangles: 

 what's the best way to attach a hex piece measuring 35 x 38 to a background already quilted? attaching picture of the hex piece on the quilted background. keep in mind the hex pieces had 5/8" cardboard removed so the piece isn't totally stable.

After lots of info...we're talking 4 pages!!!!!!  The detail was amazing...here are some highlights!

• Stablize the piece;  Temporary hold in place with basting spray or basting stitches, light spray starch OR Fuse lightweight stabilizer on the back of each triangle.  Who knew!!!
• Then AI even gave me info how how to stitch or which area to stitch first...which I did think of startng in the midlle but check out what they gave me!  An entire diagram on where to stitch first, second, you get the picture!  

This is awesome!!!  Talk about step by step...yes, most of their suggestions were along the lines of my thinking BUT this diagram and step by step blows my mind!  I've been impressed with their diagrams for different embroidery stitches and needles to use but this is WAY more than I expected!!! 

This is an extra triangle piece I thought I'd play with. I removed the  cardboard pieces and then used spray strarch to give it some body. 

I cut out a piece of cardboard about 5/8" smaller than the triangle and fused Pellon (think it 911F?? ) to back.  It's very light weight but  it did stablize it but still soft enough that I can stitch through. 

Then I pulled out some Mistyfuse, to attach the triangle to a quilted piece!  Worked great.  So I could attach mistyfuse to the individual triangles/hex whole piece.  Press/fuse and I may even add some basting stitches...not sure but that's an option.

At least the large piece should be stable enough for me to start attaching to the quilted background following the AI diagram! 

So now Susan and I can relax...well, she can relax that I'm not bugging her on "what should I do?".  HA  

Hard to see but now I'll remove the stitching on the  triangles.  I'll leave the cardboard in the edges but remove the stitching.  It's such a large piece I need to make sure the edges retain stability until they are fused to the background.  864 hex pieces are a lot of moving the fabric, cutting threads, pulling threads, etc.  

I'll remove cardboard edges as I start in the middle fusing.  The triangles fold into each other so I'm thinking it will be not difficult to fuse....EASY SHE SAYS!  HA 

WHEW!  Stay tuned!