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dixiebelle162002 03-13-2011 12:03 PM

Beautiful work!

Char 03-13-2011 02:04 PM

I have this going as something I can pick up watching tv or sitting in a waiting room. I keep it all in one of those little plastic boxes that snaps two or three boxes together. . .the ones at Joannes with the little blue handle. . .

Jennifer22206 03-13-2011 03:17 PM

thank you all so much for the positive comments.

So far, I'm using cardstock for the paper, and it's working well. I've not yet managed to sew through the paper, so I'm glad about that. And my dollar store pencil cases are getting use - for holding the completed flowers and the other for the hexagon papers and squares.

indycatcarol 03-13-2011 06:31 PM

This is going to be a lovely quilt. I'm making a red and white GFG and I tell everyone it will be a wall hanging or a quilt. Just depends on when I get tired making them. But I love having it as a take-along project that is easy to do. You will get faster as time goes on. It takes me about 1 hr. to do what you have done so speed will come.

luvspaper 03-25-2011 09:52 AM

I too am working on one....my flowers are three levels (double ringt) and then I plan to connect them with white hex's...... I have quite a few finished and now need to get the rest done.

I also saw a pattern that I printed where it shows how to sew 8 whites onto each flower before you sew the flowers together. I went and looked and it was at www.paperpieces.com under "classic hexagon quilts HEX100Double Ring". It helped me visualize how to get the interior whites connected between the flowers!

gdcleanfun 04-21-2011 06:25 AM


Originally Posted by Jennifer22206
This is my first try at English Paper Piecing. :) I think I'm hooked.

I'd like to make a Grandmothers Flower Garden quilt.. this silly flower took me over 2 hours to do. I can only imagine the time that's going to be required for a queen size quilt. Maybe it'll be done when my 2 year old goes to college...

2 hours today, 1.5 tomorrow, 1 the next day, and so on, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised how fast you get to going once you develop your routines and rhythms. Most of all: Have fun!

Jammin' Jane 04-21-2011 07:00 AM

Your first one is very pretty and it looks great! You'll be a pro in no time!

4EVERquilt 04-21-2011 06:04 PM

great job, that' pretty!!

PS Stitcher 04-26-2011 08:01 PM


Originally Posted by luvspaper
I too am working on one....my flowers are three levels (double ringt) and then I plan to connect them with white hex's...... I have quite a few finished and now need to get the rest done.

I also saw a pattern that I printed where it shows how to sew 8 whites onto each flower before you sew the flowers together. I went and looked and it was at www.paperpieces.com under "classic hexagon quilts HEX100Double Ring". It helped me visualize how to get the interior whites connected between the flowers!

This is a great site! That is what I used when I started. My avatar is my first flower that I made.

frannella 07-17-2011 12:09 PM

How's the hand piecing going? Still hooked? Still producing GFG flowers? Inquiring minds want to know!



Originally Posted by Jennifer22206
This is my first try at English Paper Piecing. :) I think I'm hooked.

I'd like to make a Grandmothers Flower Garden quilt.. this silly flower took me over 2 hours to do. I can only imagine the time that's going to be required for a queen size quilt. Maybe it'll be done when my 2 year old goes to college...



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