Vintage Charm Pack Project

Its been a while since I last posted. Lots going on, busy at day job, fun summer with my grow-kids. Our youngest just left the nest.. the house is eerily quiet and I need to direct my thoughts somewhere, so back to blogging and making!

I took a charm pack on holiday with me and ended up with some hexie flowers. Best thing about using 1 inch hexie papers, they require a 2.5 inch square if your not fussy cutting making them fast and easy and no need for a template. I cut a charm pack in half (put one half aside for later) and used the other half to cut into 2.5 inch squares. I got 10 hexie flowers. When I got home I decided to sew them onto blocks, I used 7x7 inch squares. 

Now I had the other half pack to do. I wanted to change it up a bit and found 1 1/4 inch pentagons also use 2.5 inch squares nicely as well. I'm currently working on these and sewing into 7x7 inch squares. These take 1 less 2.5 square as there are only 6 pentagons to a flower, so I'm going to make 10 and re-evaluate. 

I have yet to figure out what I am going to do with them.. but this is a start. 

  Happy Stitching!

Squared Hexi Block

The Squared Hexagon Block

These make really nice pot holders, table runners, a quilt block or just something nice for the wall

I used 1/12 inch hexagon papers, any size works.

You will need:

Method A: 20 x hexagons (Cut 3 hexagons in half to make 6 half hexagons)

Method B: 17 hexagons, 6 half hexagons

  Take 6 hexagons, using a ruler mark them as pictured

Cut on the line and you will have 6 stubby hexagons and 6 paper bits. You won't need the bits.

Take 4 of the half hexagons and mark them as pictured above

Cut, save the large bits, toss the little ends. 

You will now have all the pieces. Start planning your project, Make your center hexi flower and add the sides.

Ta-Da! 

To make a sweet pot holder:

You will need: 

The finished squared hex block

Backing measuring 12"x12", 

Batting measuring 10 1/4" x 10 1/4"

Thread matching the backing

Iron

Sewing machine

The binding is included in the backing.

Remove papers, iron the edges inward.

Lay your backing wrong side up, batting in the center and squared hexi block on top. make sure you have 3/4" of backing all the way around the block. 

Pin and quilt how you like. I stitch in the ditch around the flower and the center hexi.

Fold the backing so the edges touches the edge of the hexi block.

Fold the binding over the hexi block and pin or clip. I find its easier to do this one edge at a time so the finished piece sits nice and flat. 

Sew close to the edge. Repeat for the other three sides

Finished :D

Spring Hexies

                                          

We finally got a fabric shop in town. We used to have a fabricland may moons ago, but they really aren’t modern by any means. Oh Look Fabric is not only an awesome name, but Andreas put together and amazing shop.  Modern fabrics, embroidery kits, local made crafts.. it’s a little piece of heaven. 

I picked up an array of spring prints and happily went to work. Lots of Dresden’s and hexagons. This is the first piece. Best thing about English paper piecing is fussy cutting. Picking out all those sweet images and sewing them together.

I made some half hexies to fill in the top and bottom gaps.  Trimmed the sides to make them straight.

 Hand stitched between them all so they would puff out

Sewed to an envelope style back.

Soooooo sweet!