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Originally Posted by Cagey
I bought some paper templates at the quilt expo. I'm told I don't have to cut hexagons, just strips, fold the fabric over the template, baste, sew together and pop out the template. Hope it is as simple as it sounds.
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Computer running slow ... repeated above! ;)
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yep - I agree with roseofsharon - DON"T take out the template until the hexagon is surrounded on all sides. it's a pain in the tooshy if the template is out too early.
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Also agree with keeping the papers in. I still have most of mine in even in the middle. After I get all of the flowers and sides ready to go, I want to starch them all to stiffen a bit before sewing them into the rows. And then removing all the papers.
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Originally Posted by tealfalcon
go for it...are you going to try and keep all the "paths" light? i think it will look great
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I use the batting as my template and enclose the whole piece with quilting before stitching each unit to each other like English method of top stitching or whipping along the edges. That way it becomes a quilt as you go, and is finished when I decide to stop.
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Originally Posted by yonnikka
Before you commit to a full quilt, you need to like the process of working the Gardens by hand. Plan your Centers, (one color? or varied?);
your Inner (first) Circle of 6 (solid? multicolor? random?); your Outer Circle of 12 (contrasting? solid or tone on tone? floral?). Experiment first. Make up three or four gardens, and decide on your "Garden Path". At this point, either you like your work or you can drop it. I strongly advise making up a few Garden blocks at a time--NOT cutting thousands of hexagons before stitching. |
To tie it all together you will need one color for the path or the flowers will be lost in the "weeds". I used index cards for the base, stitched the hexagons on cards, hand whipped them together and used the cards many times. This is a good project to carry along. Keep in a box that you can grab at a moment's notice when you need something to do with your hands.
A favorite of mine and my mother's. Carol J. |
sounds great, have fun and enjoy the journey of the garden
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Originally Posted by msbRON
Go for it! I'm working on one that's king size...and I'm getting there. This is a great "grab and go" project. I've worked on mine at the hospital waiting room, at work, traveling, and it's great for tv watching. I guess you could say that mine is scrappy - but every circle is the same. My MIL has one that's very old and it is entirely scrappy.. and it's beautiful. Like tealfalcon said, tie it together with the "path".
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