This is what I have been working on this week. I have made countless numbers of Flower Garden quilts, I find that they are quick and easy to piece. Whilst cleaning out a space for all the new fabric, I ran across a box of precut vintage hexagons, mostly from the 40's. In the bottom were 15 blocks already pieced, so this week while watching the news, and listening to NPR, I pieced some more blocks and set the top together. Its all pieced by hand, and since I LOVE hand piecing, I can piece by hand almost as fast as piecing by machine. I can make a three round flower block in 15 minutes by hand. By sewing the hexies in rows instead of from the center out, they go very quickly.
I absolutely LOVE the country type look of this quilt top. I have about 10 more cream hexagons to add on one end, and to set one more half flower in this top. After this, I just took off a Lincoln's Platform quilt from my hand quilting frame, and this one will be loaded and will quilted.
Jay, thank you for the GREATEST tip! This is one of those AHA moments for sure. I have been handpiecing a hexagon quilt and kept going from the center out....why not in rows like you say and they will go so much quicker!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much!
Bari