Julia's Place....... Hexagon Tutorial with PLASTIC TEMPLATES 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.
Cinderberry Stitches Time to share a little Cinderberry fun with you just in time for Easter! It's a Bunny Bunting printable - it's quick and simple to make and will look too cute hanging in your home! No stitching or needle required, just plain old paper & scissor fun. What will you need? printer/scissors/hole puch/string and your happy face. {Download the printable from the link below} Download Bunny Bunting Step one: Download the Bunny Bunting printable from the link above and print from your home, I used 210gsm paper and printed about six pages {giving me 12 bunting rabbits} so print just what you require. Step two: Using paper scissors {not mamma's sewing ones here folk's} carefully cut out each bunny egg shape. Step three: Take your hole punch pop a hole in each of the white spots and thread the twine through the holes as shown. So enjoy playing & I'll chat again soon Natalie xx
Hexagon Tree Skirt – Tutorial – ModernHandcraft Hi friends! Continuing my Hexie Holidays projects with today’s tutorial showing you how to create a lovely Hexagon Tree Skirt! This tutorial uses the same basic steps of applying hexies to your project as my Hexagon Mini Quilt. Materials needed: Main fabric 32″ x 32″ square – Essex Linen in BlackBorder fabric 4 strips 5″ WOF (width of fabric) – Timeless Treasures Soho WhiteBatting piece 45″ x 45″ - I used precut crib sized battingBacking fabric 42″ x 42″ (at least) – Soho Solids WhiteBinding fabric – 6 strips 2.5″ WOF (width of fabric) – Soho Solids White4 strips of ribbon cut 12″Spray basting glue, or pins for basting quiltThread – white for your main quilting, red for quilting around your hexies60 hexies – for these you will need 60 paper templates & 60 squares of scrap fabric cut 2.5″Aleene’s Fabric Fusion GlueScissors, rotary cutter, acrylic ruler, cutting mat, iron, pen, clear bowl or cup Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Step 4: Now you can lay out your square and make sure every thing is even.
Free Quilt Patterns Pat Sloan's QuiltersHome: Pat Sloan's "Lucky Charms" Sew Along - Part 5 - The end! The Holly version of Lucky Charms and... The Flower version made as only a center Let's sew those sides on then chat quilting it! Cut 4 strips 1" x WOF and sew to the center. Trim off the long ends .... and be sure the corners are square Now sew 2 opposite sides to the quilt. Pin pin pin... the sew the 2 sides on Press towards the sashing. Ta Da!! Wheeeeeeeee! I use 2 rulers for a piece this big. Here I'm using my biggest Sullivan Square and the Yardstick Ruler which is 37" long. Once again be sure your corner are square. Trimmmed up! Let's dish quilting.. as that is what you are REALLY here for isn't it? I am going to show you the center on the flower piece. Remember I blanket stitched through all 3 layers on the flower center quilt? Drop your feed dogs and be sure you have your darning foot on You could echo quilt the center, but I'm not much of an echo quilting girl. And I like to quilt on the applique... a feathery thing in the center and then a line on the petals worked like this. All done!
Cluck Cluck Sew Pat Sloan's QuiltersHome: Pat Sloan's "Lucky Charms" Sew Along - Bonus Project Do you remember these that that you trimmed away? We are going to turn it into a mug rug!! with applique if you like! A BONUS project from your scraps! These are VERY skinny strips so you will not have perfectly straight lines.. and I LOVE that part of how it looks! Keep stitching until... you have a square! Trim the square as large as you can. Pick some applique fabric. OPTION - no applique... if you do this option skip down! I layered the batting now so the top of the mug rug is 'firm'. I decided on black thread so the shapes would stand out.. We are almost done!! pin leaving an opening to turn Sew all around the edge... doing a back stitch at the start and finish. (remember I blanket stitched through the batting.. which is what you see here) Turn right side out, press the mug rug and be sure the edges are folded in. Ta Da!!! Warning.... these are very Addictive! So GET STITCHING and remember to share your photos at the Flickr Group! NEXT LESSON is sewing on the sides and quilting!
Penny's Hands Pat Sloan's QuiltersHome: Pat Sloan's "Lucky Charms" Sew Along - Part 4 tutorial Let's get stitching! I'm using my Aurifil 50 weight thread from my kit. The thin thread blends in so the thread is not a 'feature' on the project. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE COLORS) For the Holly and berries I'm using these 3 thread colors. For my flower quilt these 2 threads! If you have my "Learn to Applique" with Pat Sloan book.. get it out! Let's do a test piece so you can get your stitches right. Pick a contrasting thread color you can see. Try your default setting first for the Blanket Stitch. It's too narrow for everyday use. Now increase your stitch length and try that... increase it again..writing the numbers as you go. How should the stitch look? AND zig zag is also set to be JUST A BIT less than 1/4" You want the straight stitch to be ON the background and NEXT TO the applique fabric.You want to be sure you do not have a gap between the applique and straight stitch.You also don't want the straight stitch ON the applique shape Do NOT draw on your real project. Stitch to the corner