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
With a ton of things to do before the end of the year I got distracted yet again! I saw the "Quilt as you go Hexagon" tutorial from Missouri Star Quilt Co. (here) and realized that this was my kind of hexie! Paper piecing and little hexies scare me - but this bigger, faster and easy version seemed like a whole lot of fun. You don't have to buy a template; there are lots of tutorials and videos that show you the same technique using cardboard and different sized units. I did get the one sold by MSQC on their daily deal and am loving it. I got a "Scrap Pack" of fabric from Hawthorne Supply Co. in Amy Butler fabric to expand my own Amy stash. This may not be the traditional way to do this but here is my process. Cut your larger hexie and then with a pencil trace the image of where the batting and smaller hexie will go. Position your batting on your pencil lines and stick the batting down with the help of a little glue stick. Pin the smaller hexie onto the batting. Put a little glue on the bottom edge of the larger hexie. Make the first fold and press. Then dab a little more glue onto the hexie, fold and press with the iron. Apply glue and press one side at a time. The MSQC tutorial shows Jenny using "Magic Pins" - pins that have a silicone tip that can be ironed and not melt. I don't have those and figured applique glue would work, which it does just fine. Lastly, straight stitch around the unit and that's it. Will experiment in the final joining of all the hexies with a thicker #28 weight Aurifil thread using a zig zag so that stitching shows up even more. This is a long term project but it's easy to pick up for a quick sewing fix when one gets tired of bigger projects and you 'just want to sew something!' So, for good instructions and lots of ideas of what to make with these hexies - check out the MSQC video here. Materials: Quilt As You Go Hexagon Template from Missouri Star Quilt Co. Amy Butler everything :) Hawthorne Supply Co. Aurifil Thread #50 weight (#2024-white) Warm & White batting scraps Roxanne Glue Baste Glue & Collins Fabric Glue Stick December 2019
I love making EPP hexies. It's mindless work for when I want to occupy my hands but don't want to think about what I'm doing. They are a great portable project for on the road work. But, honestly, I get kinda bored with the standard layouts I see. Yeah, yeah, yeah .. seen that, seen that, seen that. BUT THEN .. this layout just showed up on my FB feed. It's *stunning*. Absolutely amazingly incredible. I think to get the color distribution right, you'd almost need to have a design wall and put the hexies up as you make them or graph it all out before you even start. Either way, I really, really, really love this layout.
This winter, I decided that my evening needlework project (as well as my grab-and-go, no matter where I go project) Must Be my hexie quilt that I’ve been working on for … oh… almost two years now. Otherwise, the thing will never be finished. So, in the winter evenings, when it’s dark and cold out ...
There’s So Much You Can Do With Your Butterfly Block! Simply stitch three different colors of hexies into a butterfly shape for a cute block to use however you choose. The hexie butterfly shape is hand stitched to the backing fabric, then antennae are embroidered to add the finishing detail. Once your butterfly is complete, …
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There’s So Much You Can Do With Your Butterfly Block! Simply stitch three different colors of hexies into a butterfly shape for a cute block to use however you choose. The hexie butterfly shape is hand stitched to the backing fabric, then antennae are embroidered to add the finishing detail. Once your butterfly is complete, …
See a beautiful English Paper Pieced Hexagon quilt made from hand stitched hexies. Modern fabric scrap I Spy quilt with unique borders!
You can create any number of shapes with this technique, but there's a reason that the humble hexagon is so popular - hexagons fit together...
Sometimes an idea for a quilt just won't let me go, even if it takes the long way around. Over 100 hexie flowers in, I realized I didn't love my Spring Whimsy quilt. So I unpicked, reworked, and now I love it! It's an easy, beginner friendly English paper piecing (EPP) quilt pattern in the shop now!
Handmade EPP 1" Hexagon Charm Quilt * Finishes at 61.5" x 75.5". * Total number of hexies = 1890 before cutting (yes, I did cut the edge hexies in half). * A Charm/I-spy quilt, only two pairs of duplicate hexies (accidental, of course). * Official name is "I'm Too Hexy For This Quilt" (sorry, it makes me laugh!). Too windy for pics UPDATE: On May 2nd 2014, this quilt won a FIRST PLACE blue ribbon in the Handwork category of our local quilt show! My first ribbon, ever! 2nd UPDATE: In July 2015, this quilt won another FIRST PLACE blue ribbon, in the Modern quilt category (a different town/show)! :)
Hi friends! A few days ago, I published a post about sewing scrappy hexagons. To supplement that tutorial, I provided a few sizes of templates for you to easily print off. Click on the hexagon imag…
