I have never been more excited to share with you a quilt than I am today!! My hexie flower quilt is done. Finally! No more basting hexies or sewing flowers together. When I initially started back in the summer of 2015, I never thought it would take me this long. In fact it was going so slow tha
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Sew a simple hexagon key ring with a pretty felt flower, using this easy tutorial. A great beginners project, this makes a lovely gift for friends who sew.
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Jackie and I had a great day trip to see Carmen who reaches felting. We layered and soaked and rolled and bashed And then did more of each and ended up with a pot and a bag each And also ended up with lovely soft hands! That's from the soap and the lanolin (?) in the wool. When we came back to Jackie's we make scissor keepers (I need to get a photos of Jackie's too) and worked on our EPP hexies: Jackie's And mine And may have chatted a bit too!
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This simple English paper pieced hexie tutorial will have you growing your fabric hexagon collection in no time.
Some months ago I sewed a bunch of hexagons together and then I tossed them aside. They joined my pile of unfinished wip's, but now there is one less... ... and I've got this beautiful linen+hexagon pillow! Of course the hexagons were paper pieced and sewn by hand, but the...
If you have been following my blog for the last however many weeks you will know that I have been afflicted with a bad case of ‘hexagon-itis’ and my wee pink tin of 1/2” hexies has been my constant…
Make hexies in minutes with this easy no-sew method using Smooth™ Fusible Fleece. Hexies are an easy way spice up all sorts of sewing projects.
down the left hand side of the pic - you can just about make out the words quilted into it, Hexy MF. Angela Walters is a genius. Blogged - imagingermonkey.blogspot.com/2011/12/hexy-mf.html
As promised, today I am taking a look back at some of my bigger hexie quilts. The first one shown here was made for a dear friend. All the fabrics are from Denyse Schmidt’s lines. My version …
This is how I get to work. Sometimes, when I can tear myself away from all your blogs and swearing at how hard it is to comment with my iP...
I made this English paper pieced hexagon quilt for my fifth-born child’s first birthday. If I had more time, I would finished off the quilt edge by making a hexagon facing (see Bad Skirt for …
How to Make Hexie Flowers - Everything you need to know - Video Tutorial - Southern Charm Quilts - Techniques + Tutorials
Happy Hexie New Year! I'm so excited to get this BOM going! I'm beyond thrilled about the response I've received - I think we'll have lots of participants. Can't wait to see everyone's blocks! Now let's get down to some business. Hexie BOM General Information Size of Hexies: I'm making my hexies from circles of fabric (of course). Instructions for the technique can be found in Quick and Easy Hexie Quilts (see sidebar). For all the blocks, I'll be starting with circles of fabric that are 3.5" across. Below is the Accuquilt Studio Die I use: Note: this die is only available for the Studio cutter. If you don't have this die cutter, no problem! Just cut a circle template out of cardboard or plastic that is 3.5" across. Pull out your compass leftover from high school geometry! Will you be doing English Paper Piecing instead? Your papers should measure 1" on each side. If you have an Accuquilt cutter, the following die would work perfectly for you: This die will work for either the Accuquilt Go! Cutter or the Accuquilt Studio (with the Go! adapter). There are two different sizes of this die available. Make sure you use the one that says 1" on it! The die will cut both your papers and your fabric - you'll be ready to go! Again, if you don't have an Accuquilt cutter, I'm sure you already have a source to buy your hexagon paper. I'll let you figure that out. Maybe someone can leave a comment on where to buy them. Note: the patterns will work for ANY SIZE hexagons, so feel free to make them any size! My instructions and samples will always be for hexagons that are 1" on each side. Background Fabric: I'm using Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton in White. But of course, use whatever you want! My background squares will be cut at 15.5", to finish at 15 inches. If you make smaller hexies, your background squares can be smaller, but I'll let you figure that out! You will need 2.75 yards of background fabric. January Block: Snowflake Baby, it's cold outside! So I definitely needed a snowflake to start off the year. We don't have any snow down South where we live, but I know a lot of you do- probably more than you'd like! When I think of snowflakes, I think of them being light and lacy. So I left some openings in the snowflake to give that effect. So here's the pattern: And here's my block: I used four different blue and white fabrics. Click on the picture to see bigger. This would be a fun pattern to fussy cut some hexies if you wish. You'll need 30 hexies in all for this block. Use only one fabric if you wish. Have fun with it! Hexie love, Julia
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While leafing through a book in search of Gee’s Bend quilts, I happened upon an unusual quilt. It had the look of something woven, a rug or tapestry, or perhaps it was executed in needlepoint…
This adorable Hexie Block Zip Pouch is easy to make with hexagon cheater fabric! These simple zip pouches make perfect gifts.
I'm starting a new round of (hopefully) interesting blocks. All of them letters of the alphabet, all of them made with hexagons, all of them fully Inklingoable. The picture here shows my first mock-up on the designwall, with all 26 letters of the (English) alphabet. For the next 26 weeks, you'll get a new letter each week, until you have the full (English) alphabet, and can write anything you want ... provided you want to write anything at all. In the 27th week, I will post directions on filler blocks, for the bottom row, and in the 28th week, I'll show and tell you how to make your alphabet-blocks into an alphabet sampler quilt-top. The Hexagon alphabet is based on two quilts from the Red and White exhibition (and iPad app) that was in New York for one week in March 2011. Two of those quilts used letters made with hexagons. Not all letters were present in those two quilts, so the remainder has been invented by me, and some letters have been emended by me. I have chosen to make each letter into a rectangle. This is because not all letters are the same width, and some have quarter-hexagons in two corners, some in all four, and if you want to write an actual sentence (or name) with these letters, they need to have about the same space between them to be legible. The way I've made the letters, there is one half-hexagon (other half) of space from the letter itself to the edge of the (individual letter) block, which equals one full hexagon between letters. To make this work for words, add a futher two hexagon-width between words. Please note, that there are no fabric-requirements given on any of these blocks. That is because they can be made with any size hexagon ! Do consider size, though. The difference in size, depending on which size hexagon you use, is huge : Height of blocks, if using 0.25" hexagons : 2.25" 0.5" hexagons : 4.5" 0.75" hexagons : 6.75" 1" hexagons : 9" 1.25" hexagons : 11.25" 1.5" hexagons : 13.5" 2" hexagons : 18" 3" hexagons : 27" The 0.75" and 1.5" hexagons are both in collection #3 (CD and book, seriously good value for your money), the rest are available in individual, downloadable collections. Check out the Inklingo Hexagon Page. I've made a 'general printing table' for you to print out, and fill in with the size hexagon you want to make (link below). The amounts printed of each shape, will give you a complete, 26-letters, English Alphabet, and two filler-blocks for the bottom row. When you have done your calculations as to how much fabric you need to print all the shapes involved in the right numbers, please add enough background-fabric to enable you to straighten out the individual rows (making them all same length), and enough of both background and letter-fabric to make one or more borders, and a binding. Your guess as to how much is as good as mine here, and all depends on what size hexagon you choose to use. I have worked my letters in the 0.5" hexagon size, and started out with about 2.5 yards of each fabric. So far, there is still loads to spare. General Printing Table here.
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You didn’t pick me as a Liberty person? You’d be right. I’m not really, but I saw some precut Liberty hexies at the Strawberry Thief stall at the Sydney Quilt Show, and thought I’d give Liberty a try
Make a handsewn hexie coaster with this simple english paper piecing tutorial. Perfect fabric scrap project, no sewing machine required.
Hexie obsessed? Get your quilting fix on the go with part 3 of my English Paper Piecing tutorial series: the English paper piecing travel kit!
Six months in the making and the hexagon charm quilt top is finished! I have hand pieced 1,033 pieces of 1 1/2" hexagons to achieve the required size. The top measures at 72" x 73" There are no straight borders for this quilt as my daughter loves the hexagon shaped edging and wanted me to leave it as such. I'll be adding more hexagons for the backing edges once the quilting is done. It'll be backed with Topiary from the Parisville line by Tula Pink - it's one of my daughter's favourite prints. I'll be hand quilting following an outline flower design using pearl cotton thread. On another note, I have resumed knitting, it was my on-the-go project prior to piecing the hexagons. I've picked up where I left off on the Mediterranean Lace Shawl - a pattern from 'A Gathering Of Lace' knitting book by Maureen Egan Emlet. I have a few more rows before I get to the edging then on to blocking! Hope to have more pictures of it soon! Have a great week, everyone!
See a beautiful English Paper Pieced Hexagon quilt made from hand stitched hexies. Modern fabric scrap I Spy quilt with unique borders!
Here is my version of the quilt made by Rebecca Davis in 1846 and in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Make one of your own using our English Paper Piecing Tutorial 1" hexagons and this photo . You can find all the supplies you need here.
I am hooked on hexies! I stitched a few while watching the Olymics and ran out of papers. I made 100 of the cute little things and I ...
This adorable Hexie Block Zip Pouch is easy to make with hexagon cheater fabric! These simple zip pouches make perfect gifts.
I've been hexed! I found a fabric that I just HAD to have! (Imagine that!) It's Radiance Lace by Beth Studley for Makower. ...
l started making these hexagon's about 2 weeks ago. But lets back up a bit. l saw an antique hexagon quilt in October last year. It was pretty stunning!! Some of us decided to reproduce it. But l guess l have to back up even more. My good friend Kathie, who many of you know from Inspired By Antique Quilts blog, gifted me a box full of red fabrics. Lots of older reproduction re fabrics!! l feel in love when l opened that box of fabrics, and just knew that l needed to use them in a very special quilt. So that takes us back to the antique quilt. as soon as l saw THAT quilt. l knew what fabrics l had to use! Those very special fabrics from Kathie. And while l make this quilt, l will stitch memories of our friendship, and the friendships of all my quilty girlfriends into it! There was yardage of several of the fabrics, so l shared them with the other girls who saw the antique quilt with me, and we all embarked on the journey to make the quilt. Only l put the fabrics aside, and was distracted by other stuff! Quilty stuff! Then about 3 weeks ago, we had a sewing retreat at Sorrento. l knew that it was a good time to start the hexi journey of this quilt. One of the other ladies on the retreat is also making the quilt. We could encourage each other. Only l was distracted by a request from some dear friends to help make a quilt. So the fabrics were put aside again. Finally over Easter break, those fabrics just couldn't wait any longer. So on a cool Good Friday afternoon, while the family had gone to watch a local footy game, l began. Slowly and steadily, l covered the hexi's and made my first flower. It was instant love!!! l became busy cutting, and prepping. Then another dear friend gave me this birdy tray, which is perfect for holding my work in progress. And as the lines of covered hexi's grew, l made more flowers. l had to take my MIL to a hospital clinic appointment, so l prepared a tin to take with me, as there is always plenty of waiting time. Who knew that you could stitch this many flower centres while waiting?? l do now!! These hexi's below were covered while driving around on several outings on Sunday with DH doing the driving. Bonus stitching time! And this is my progress as of last night. 9 full flowers and 13 centres, just waiting! This morning l prepped a whole lot more fabrics. Another gift from a friend. So many memories will be stitched into this quilt. Thanks for visiting. Linda.
