Here's another pincushion! Voici une autre pelote à épingles! Make or buy or use an hexagon template. Its side shouldn't be smaller than 3,5 cm. Mark the fabric, and cut about 1cm larger. Cut 10 different hexagons. Add a small ribbon and sew two hexagons together, on five sides. Faites, ou achetez ou utilisez un gabarit hexagone. Son côté ne devrait pas être plus petit que 3,5cm. Dessiner sur le tissu et couper environ 1 cm plus grand. Coupez 10 hexagones différents. Ajoutez un petit ruban et cousez deux hexagones ensemble, sur 5 côtés. Turn the hexagone over and cut a piece of felt the same size. Place the felt piece and the double hexagone on the center of an hexagon. Place it exactly with the help of pins. Cover with another hexagon. Pin them exactly over one another, and sew the longer side. Always start and finish with a few back stitches. Sew only on the pencil mark. Retournez l'hexagone et coupez un morceau de feutrine de la même forme. Placez la feutrine et l'hexagone au centre d'un hexagone. Placez-le exactement au moyen d'épingles. Couvrez d'un autre hexagone. Epinglez-les exactement en place et cousez le côté le plus long. Toujours commencer et finir avec quelques points arrière. Ne coudre que sur le trait de crayon. Add six hexagons to the center. Then sew the sides, by sewing two hexagons together on two sides. You get a bowl. Add the bottom hexagon last. Leave one or two sides open. Turn the pincushion over. Fill it with batting. Add a button. Ajoutez 6 hexagones au centre. Ensuite cousez les côtés, en cousant deux hexagones ensemble sur deux côtés. Vous obtenez un bol. Ajoutez la base de la pelote en dernier. Laissez un ou deux côtés ouverts. Retournez. Remplissez avec de la ouatine. Ajoutez un bouton. Five pointed star pincushion Would make great pincushions as well: http://maryandpatch.blogspot.ch/2013/09/biscornu.html http://maryandpatch.blogspot.ch/2013/11/decoration.html
Look at all this French General loveliness. I received these gorgeous gifts from Sandi for my birthday earlier this year. The bag is adorable ... I love the saying Sandi choose ... and the cute pockets with ric-rac inside. Hexies are another thing I love so you can imagine how delighted I was with this needlebook. I love how Sandi fussy cut the white fabric ... and it just happens to be one of my favourtie FG fabrics ever. Inside there are pockets for threads, scissors etc. This little thread basket is sooo cute. I haven't had one before so this will get lots of use. I've left the best to last. I LOVE this turtle pincushion .. way too cute to stick pins into. Thank you, Sandi. I love all my gifts.
Um projeto muito lindo, querido e trabalhoso (rs) está de volta!
Comecei está colcha faz bastante tempo, mas quando aparecia uma encomenda ela ia ficando de lado. Este ano determinei, a mim mesmo, terminar tudo iniciado e não começar nenhum projeto sem antes finalizar o que já havia começado. Está dificil! rsrsrs.....
I’ve never published a tutorial blog with no words but here goes! I’ve been getting questions about how I add a frame around my vintage hexagons as shown in the picture below so I decid…
Comecei está colcha faz bastante tempo, mas quando aparecia uma encomenda ela ia ficando de lado. Este ano determinei, a mim mesmo, terminar tudo iniciado e não começar nenhum projeto sem antes finalizar o que já havia começado. Está dificil! rsrsrs.....
I’ve never published a tutorial blog with no words but here goes! I’ve been getting questions about how I add a frame around my vintage hexagons as shown in the picture below so I decid…
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Sewing a hexagon quilt duvet cover quickly is possible with this method. You can save money and time while making a gorgeous modern bedding quilt for the family that is cozy, soft, and fluffy warm. The
I’ve never published a tutorial blog with no words but here goes! I’ve been getting questions about how I add a frame around my vintage hexagons as shown in the picture below so I decid…
Me encantei com essa nova maneira de fazer o jardim da vovó. Para quem não conhece trata-se de uma técnica de patchwork feita totalmente à ... Me encantei com essa nova maneira de fazer o jardim da vovó. Para quem não conhece trata-se de uma técnica de patchwork feita totalmente à mão que consiste em formar hexágonos a partir de moldes de papel e unir em forma de flores. No blog Polka Dot Pineapple tem um tutorial moderninho para fazer os hexágonos a partir de um círculo usando o ferro de passar. Imperdível! Os esquemas abaixo ensinam a fazer o jardim da vovó usando a técnica original com papel, tanto que o nome em inglês é English Paper Piecing. No All People Quilt tem um tutorial bem explicado ensinando a fazer usando papel, mas nas minha pesquisar por aí vi também até com acetato. No Flickr Patchworks da Isa tem uma explicação. No blog Coisinhas Mil tem um esquema. No CD Designs tem moldes diversos. Se você gostou da Jardim da vovó - nova técnica, não se esqueça de curtir e compartilhar com seus amigos para apoiar o nosso trabalho! Proximo
Panô Jardim da Vovó. Com trabalho em patchwork e apliquê. Próprio para decoração de ambientes. Panô Jardim da Vovó
I’ve never published a tutorial blog with no words but here goes! I’ve been getting questions about how I add a frame around my vintage hexagons as shown in the picture below so I decid…
Esta linda carteira foi feita com a técnica chamada Jardim da Vovó ou English Paper Piecing, que é feita à partir de retalhos de tecidos e moldes de hexágonos em cartolina, papel cartão ou outro material resistente; Este trabalho é feito todo a mão e é ótimo para reaproveitamento de retalhos. Primeiramente fazer o molde do trabalho. Observe que um dos moldes é maior, ele será o tamanho do tecido Voce vai precisar fazer varios moldes de hexagonos em papel cartão - mais resistente que cartolina. Neste trabalho foram feitos 38 moldes. Usando o molde maior, cortar todos os tecidos para depois alinhavar ao molde, como mostra a foto. Sobrepor a primeira pétala sobre outra pétala e costurar com pequenos pontinhos procurando coincidir o começo e o final delas e arrematar. Assim será feito até a penúltima pétala Depois de pronto retirar os hexágonos de papel das pétalas "desalinhavando" com cuidado e alinhavando de novo pra não perder o formato. Estes moldes poderão ser reaproveitados enquanto estiverem em condições de uso, Armazenar os moldes, mas não esquecer de etiquetar o tamanho do raio da circunferência que foi usado para facilitar um próximo trabalho
I’ve never published a tutorial blog with no words but here goes! I’ve been getting questions about how I add a frame around my vintage hexagons as shown in the picture below so I decid…
Hexagon bowl tutorial- quick and easy project to sew; great for fabric and interfacing scraps.
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I’ve never published a tutorial blog with no words but here goes! I’ve been getting questions about how I add a frame around my vintage hexagons as shown in the picture below so I decid…
New Quilt Purse Pattern You Will Use Over And Over. Use this quilt purse pattern to create your own style. I loved the colors of this one. When you start matching up fabric for this quilted purse p…
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Hexagon bowl tutorial- quick and easy project to sew; great for fabric and interfacing scraps.
I recently posted some snapshots of this quilt in various places… …and I have gotten some great feedback and requests for a pattern. So I thought I would put together a little tutorial. This qui…
A number of you have commented that you like hexagons but don’t know what to do with them! You can of course sew them together into a quilt made entirely of hexagons but there are other options. My friend Barbara had a pile of hexagons in the flower motif (six hexagons surrounding a centre hexagon). She had planned on joining them with a white path but was losing interest. She also had a good pile of the flower motifs without the white path and a handful of diamond hexagons that were given to her by my Mom. The diamond hexagons were a slightly smaller size so joining them to the flowers hexagons was not an option. And she was adamant that she was simply NOT going to make any more hexagons. Barbara was suffering from hexagon fatigue and needed a solution. We did a little brainstorming and this was our solution. What the Hexagon, by Barbara C 2011 Barbara appliqued the large flowers with a white path to a 10.5" square of neutral background fabric so that she had a square block with which to work. The diamonds were appliqued over the intersections where the blocks joined and the remaining flower hexagons which had no path (white border) were appliqued to the border. All of the applique work was done on her domestic sewing machine with monofilament on top and light weight thread in the bobbin. A fast and easy solution to a problem! And a lovely hexagon quilt. Don't you just love the name she came up with? I had a stack of small yellow and orange hexagons that were to be flower centres but I decided to do something different so what to do with all these hexagons? At one time hexagon quits were called honeycomb quilts and thinking of that gave me the answer! A honeycomb! I sewed the hexagons together and then appliqued the piece to a brown background. Bees were appliqued on the quilt top and voila I give you “Quilting Bees”! It measures about 12" square. Quilting Bees by Karen H If I were to do this quilt again I think I would make the honeycomb shape irregular. These bees have appliqued wings but if you read my tutorial (it is posted under Tutorials and Tips tab) on making bees there are other faster ways to make them. I think a handful of hexagons and a couple of appliqued bees would make a lovely card! Or a small grouping could be appliqued to the back of a quilt for a little special surprise! This is another quilt I am working on. The centre is made of hexagons and diamonds which are hand appliqued to the background. I marked out a grid with thread and used my Roxanne Glue Baste-It to hold the alternating hexagons and diamonds in place before hand appliqueing them in place. I opted for hand applique so that the project would be portable. And yet another quilt in the works (albeit it hasn't been touched for a very long time - I must add it to my to finish list!) In this quilt the flower motifs are appliqued to a border. My Mom made a basket out of hexagons and filled it with hexagon flower motifs. The entire unit was then appliqued to a background and butterflies were applied using broderie perse. If you have loose hexagons why not applique them as a swag in a border? So use your imagination and see what you can come up with! I leave you with some pictures of the peonies in the garden. I've been watching them for the past couple of weeks, just waiting for the buds to burst open and it finally happened yesterday afternoon! Aren't they glorious? And then I noticed someone hiding in the petals! Can you see him? I waited only a few seconds before he crawled out and I was able to take this picture! For those of you who don't like spiders I apologize but they are an important part of the ecosystem and they really are quite amazing! They are an optometrist's dream because they have eight eyes! I am really pleased with this picture of a jumping spider! Until I post again, happy sewing!
I’ve never published a tutorial blog with no words but here goes! I’ve been getting questions about how I add a frame around my vintage hexagons as shown in the picture below so I decid…
Here’s a great summer project you can enjoy while traveling. The handwork will keep you busy as a bee!
Finally....my 'Hexagon' tutorial everyone has been asking for... So here goes... I do a lot of my sewing in the car while traveling... so I rough cut my pieces out while in the car as well. I cut the templates 3/8" larger all the way around the template. Most people tell you to cut them 1/4" larger... but with the plastic templates... if they are cut out like that and are not dead on center... the templates will start to pop out. They tell you to cut 1/4" larger because they are figuring on most people hand quilting this project when it is completed... and any bigger than that leaves an extra layer of fabric to quilt through. My solution....go in and trim up any excess. Also...if you cut it at a 1/4" larger and don't have it completely centered... you will have weak points in your quilt... where it isn't quite a 1/4" seam. Place a pin through the middle of the hole and back through to hold the piece while you work. Fold over the first corner until you have a crisp edge and tack two tacking stitches. (Just a basic whip stitch) Now with the same needle and thread travel over to the next point... fold it over crisply... and take two stitches at that corner... Continue around until you come to the last point before the edge where you started. At this point take out the pin... I then kind of pull it tightly so as to pull out the indentation from the pin holding the fabric and template together. Go to the place you started... take one more stitch and knot off. Now butt two templates up side by side and whip together about 1/8" apart starting at the very points of each hexagon... DO NOT HOLD THEM LIKE THIS!!! NO! NO! NO! Now I know I may offend other bloggers and hexagon hand piecers out there... but this is my 'humble' opinion. I travel across the country doing shows 30-36 weekends a year... and I see all kinds of quilts. 99% of Hexagon Quilts.... have 'stitches' showing through to the front. To me... if one is going to go to all of this handwork... the last thing you want... is for your stitches to show through! This is why I LOVE the plastic templates. If you place them side by side and stitch them instead of like the previous picture... your stitches will NOT show through! Add another petal to flower center and starting at the top like shown in the picture below... whip stitch all the way down that template as well as the previous petal you attached. The striped piece is the Flower Center Continue until all flower petals are added. When you get to the last one... it is a little bit funky to hold it... but this is what I do.... I stitch the petal side to the center of flower and continuously through the adjoining petal. Then I go back and stitch the sides of the first and last petal together... finishing the flower. Wa la.... Your flower is finished... and you can start adding the pieces all the way around it to make a path... The templates pictured here are 1" Hexagons Now to take out the templates so you can reuse them... You must always keep the templates on the outside edge of the piece you are working on at all times... Once you have completely enclosed a template all the way around with templates whipped stitched on each edge.. you then can pull out that middle template. I go to each one of my basting threads that I originally secured the plastic template with... and clip them. This will release the template so you can gently take it out... Now on this piece... I can go take out all of the templates except for the raspberry colored hexagons on the outer edge... And then you have your final unit all completed... These little templates are addicting. I love them because they travel so easy. Also...with the PLASTIC templates... once you invest in them... you never have to purchase them again... or keep remaking them like the paper ones. If you would like to order some to try out... CLICK HERE!!! Hope this helps ladies! Until Next Time....
This are stitchery hexie's . I put them between the flowers. The stichery is coming out the Vignette magazine.
Aprenda a seguir como fazer caminho de mesa de retalhos passo a passo, para renovar os seus ambientes.
Embrace the past with this collection of quilt patterns featuring 1930s reproduction fabrics. Whether you love classic blocks or want a modern design, these quilt patterns ensure your fabrics will shine.
Hanging on the wall at last! approx 62 inches by 56 inches I was expecting all the EPP seams on the half inch hexagons to be hard going with hand quilting but they weren't too bad - just a bit bumpy at times. The hand quilting progressed surprisingly quickly and I was finished within a month. No marking was needed as I just outlined all the 'flowers' in the garden, and followed a lot of the star and diamond edges. To give a little definition to the outer borders (single coloured hexagons among cream ) I quilted straight through three rows all around the outside of the quilt - see below: Just in case anyone wants to know - I used YLI cream quilting thread, thin cotton batting, a 16 inch square hoop and my usual handful of hardware (Clover brass half thimble, yellow needle puller and TJ Quick quilter spoon) - no affiliation with any of these suppliers but they are Australian stockists. After losing a couple of my usual needles (flicked into the 'ether' across the room - as you do!) I tried a new quilting needle which I now also love - Sew Easy Quilting gold eye size 9. They were $2.65 for 20 strong little needles from Lincraft - got to love that sort of economy. The backing is a favourite old floral called 'Plantation' from Windham. I thought that, especially as this was to be a wall hanging, this quilt would suit a no-show binding. If you google and Pinterest search there are quite a few handy tutorials on various ways to do this. In 2014 I made a hidden binding on my 'Simon' Dutch quilt (click to see more in the link) but I was not entirely happy with the corners on the back as they were a bit bulky and not particularly neat. Mind you the quilt hangs beautifully square and I love the finish on the front. So I decided to take a chance and give another method a try - adapting the method in this tutorial from QuiltArtNews. To reduce bulk a little I only used a single fabric thickness (not double as in the tutorial). a nice straight bound edge on the folded quilt The result is just what I hoped for - a firm, neat edge (front and back) but still flexible enough to drape. And I highly recommend the method - very easy to stitch up. Having a bit of photo fun with a "focal black and white" faded finish - how's this for an Autumn garden photo?
