Jinny Beyer Studio. Quilt Block of the Month. FREE PATTERN from Janome – HEARTS BLOOM Free Quilting Tutorials. BONUS_WinterFriends. Henry Glass Home Holidays. 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. 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:
Rustic DIY Table Runner. 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!! 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! 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. Pat Sloan's QuiltersHome: Pat Sloan's "Lucky Charms" Sew Along - Part 3. Here is the applique for the Christmas or Winter prints...
Holly and Berries are my favorites! And Here is the applique for the non holiday fabrics... spinning Flower fun! The photo tutorial is all with the holly until the end when I show you some flower things CLICK HERE to download Lucky Charms Part 3 tutorial sheet for this part (no photos to print). In this step I'm teaching you how to draw on the fusible and giving you some of my tips and tricks. For the Holly I did fusible stems, but for the flowers I used a bias make to make bias stems. I have supplies at my website, and I have a book on Fusible Applique.. check it out! I prefer Heat n Bond lite (ONLY THE LITE, purple package) for this type of applique as we are going to be cutting away the centers and this fusible always stays together... read on... Trace the shapes on the paper side. Leave yourself some room between shapes. Use all the available spots on your heat n bond Cut through the line you drew (Did I hear you GASP?) Pat Sloan's QuiltersHome: Pat Sloan's "Lucky Charms" Sew Along - Part 2.
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Let's do some piecing! First thing we do is open that charm pack and see what we have in the way of different colors. This pack has a set of white based squares, green and blue squares are a medium tone... With the red and browns being darker. This is a good mix. Select a center fabric that works with your collection. Cut the center 16.5" x 16.5" and put it on your design wall on point. Before we continue CLICK HERE to download Lucky Charms Part 2 directions The supply list had 2 companion fabrics of the same size. I'm going to use the red linen type fabric and the light color squares to do my star points.
Pat Sloan's QuiltersHome: Pat Sloan's "Lucky Charms" Sew Along - Part 1 tutorial. I am VERY excited to be hosting this "Lucky Charms" Sew Along with the Old Red Barn Flickr group!
Dana and the WHOLE ORB group are SO FUN that I thought it would be FABULOUS to hang out there for this Sew Along! All posts will be on my blog and my free pattern page. My Sew Alongs start out as a mystery and then I reveal the quilt after a bit. The SCOOP. MBS-ruby-pearl-and-opal-quilt. MBS-scattered-squares-pillow. MBS-garden-girl-quilt. MBS-figgy-pudding-quilt-2. MBS-holly-table-runner. Starsofmylife-1. Pattern_aurifilblock2014october.