I was at my LQS doing some sewing with the group on Thursday when someone showed us a really old GFG block. The hexagons had been folded and it looked almost as pretty on the back as it did on the front. We undid just enough stitches to see that each hexagon had been folded from a circle.
When I got home I did some internet browsing and searches and came up with the method used for this pattern. To me it seems to work up much faster than turning back the edges of fabric over a paper or plastic form. The website I am going to post has the instructions for folding the hexagon and then uses it to make a pincushion. I thought you might find this interesting:

http://mousechirpy-polkadotpineapple...gon-yo-yo.html

very interesting, thanks

it's very interesting, thanks for posting the link

WOW!!! How cute is that? :)

That is so cute! thanks!

Thanks for posting. I bookmarked the page.

love her page. seen that a few months before finding the quilting board... did not think it was something unusual hehe

I plan to make the denim coasters

sure is pretty. but lots of work.

That is a cool link, I cut out a paper circle and did the tutorial and will put it in my file of ideas. I love it.

they do look neat- but seem like 10 times more work than just basting around a template- and takes alot more fabric. i love making flower garden hex's and play with them alot- but i think i'm way too impatient for all that folding and pinning--thanks for showing us though- it's very interesting to see the different techniques people use for different blocks.

Thanks for sharing.

This looks very doable (smile). Thanks for sharing this tutorial.

I have seen that tut, but didn't think about it for a quilt, just her project...interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Hi I browsed the site and have to let you know that women have been crocheting rag rugs for years. In the early 40"s I can remember my mother making "yarn" from white socks that were no longer useable as socks to make rugs from. They were the long mens socks.....

I wouldn't bother with the pinning of the points. I think if the fabric for these were starched really well and you ironed them that it wouldn't be needed. Beats needle and thread for my tired arthritic old hands. At least in theory, we will have to see how it works in real time. I used a paper circle to practice the process. As for cutting them I have a Sizzix cutter that would cut them really quickly.

I have made rag rugs out of old sheets that my MIL gave me when she moved from her home into a care facility. She made me promise not to throw them away so I had to figure out something to do with them. I tore them all into 1" strips and wound them into balls. I still have a grocery sack full of balls of strips downstairs to make into something. I have thought of using them for string quilts or finding someone else who wants to make rag rugs. I have enough to keep me for the rest of my life. Ann in Tn

Thanks for sharing. This is pretty cool and turns out really nice.

How cute is that? I'm going to try that, I love that cute little pin cushion.

thanks so much for posting..

Hmmm...looks like a good idea to me! Thanks for the info!!
Kif

Thank you for sharing!!

Oh no!!! Another for the 'To Do' list!!! Thanks for sharing!!!