Originally Posted by arimuse
Originally Posted by sfguimaraes
Originally Posted by arimuse
its beautiful, I think Id like to make one. Id do it as a quilt as you go, and a sandwich of 2 circles and batt, (circle 1 - rite side out, layer batt shape on it, 2 circle rite side to batt, sew around outeredge, leave opening, turn, press, close.) Make a batch of finished circles first. Then, find the hex size to fit in the circle, (you can do all this on paper first to make a patt). Then just sew back to back, in this pic the backs are all white, in rows, press open and sew down the petals - I think that would work and it would be done when you got to the size you wanted sharet
This is exactly what I'm doing right now with a piece of paper. But it is not enough... doing this (I hope my "English" is understandable... LOL) what happens is that we have a smaller "white petal"...
Look: if we "open" the white petal, what results is not a circle...
It seems to me that we need to begin with a "flower 6 petal" shape...
What do you think???
I will have to sit later today w/ a paper to try and sort it out. I think the hex has to be smaller than the circle to allow the "petals " to fold back and touch. If the hex goes to the edge of the circle whan you fold the petals back they leave a space, maybe the hex center has to be at least 1/4" from the edge of the circle?? sharet
Yes, my pattern shows the inside hex as being slightly smaller than the petals, not quite quarter inch though.