Comments on: Scrap quilting with acrylic templates

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:04:13 +0000

I've made a flower garden quilt using the traditional English piecing method where you you make paper templates the size of the finished hexagon, then pin these to your precut shapes, turn the edges over and baste in place. When you've basted all the individual hexagons over the paper templates you then use a small over stitch to join them together. Anne’s last blog post..New Rain Forest Design

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:12:48 +0000

Please tell me how to join a flower garden quilt six sides of pre cut karen

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:02:57 +0000

it amazing at times what you can create from scraps – one time about 8 years or more ago I would collect a 1 1/2 inch square from every fabric that I had to make a charm postage stamp quilt – all those little pieces add up after awhile -

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:47:37 +0000

I have those templates too and I think they are great, and I love doing scrap quilts. I have recently started work on a new rain forest design and I have pieced the background almost entirely out of scraps using small foundation pieced blocks. It is very satisfying to be able to use up all my small bits of fabric.
Anne

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:58:08 +0000

Wanda I can understand where you are coming from, but after cutting out tiny pieces for Dear Jane I think it is possible to do a Seminole Patchwork by hand – but it would be time consuming as Dear Jane is. You would not cut strips but pieces.

By: Wanda

Wanda — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:52:11 +0000

The reason Seminole Patchwork can only be done by machine is because it is strip piecing that is then cut into tiny little segments. If it was sewn by hand, it would fall apart with the thread being cut so often. Wanda’s last blog post..More colorful fun