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| JessieMae |
Posted - Jan 31 2016 : 12:49:28 PM
I've been tearing my hair out trying to find something I thought was in a MaryJane's book, but maybe I'm wrong. I thought I read something about ants, bees, etc. forming hexagons, and the article talked about making quilt blocks from hexagons. Something about using stiff paper shapes and wrapping fabric around them and cutting the paper out later. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?
Jessie Mae
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| quiltee |
Posted - Feb 01 2016 : 10:08:56 AM
Thanks, Diane and MaryJane. I hadn't had a chance to read through my MJF magazine for February yet.
Farmgirl hugs,
Farmgirl #1919
Farm Girl of the Month August 2015
Linda O
Lone Oak, TX
"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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| MaryJane |
Posted - Feb 01 2016 : 06:39:48 AM
Also, here are a couple of books that might help:
http://www.amazon.com/All-Points-Patchwork-English-Projects/dp/1612124208/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1454337507&sr=1-1&keywords=all+points+patchwork
http://www.amazon.com/New-Hexagon-Blocks-English-Paper/dp/1604683848/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1454337507&sr=1-2&keywords=all+points+patchwork
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| JessieMae |
Posted - Jan 31 2016 : 3:45:26 PM
Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for!
Jessie Mae
Farmgirl #134 |
| MaryJane |
Posted - Jan 31 2016 : 3:30:39 PM
Thanks Diane! Jessie, in addition to our recent hexagon quilt, there's also an article about hexagon quilts and how to make them using a cardboard template in the Feb-March 2009 issue called Honeycomb Quilt. Here's a template: http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/Recipes-Patterns-Instructions/hexagon-template.pdf
MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
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| Fiddlehead Farm |
Posted - Jan 31 2016 : 1:39:50 PM
Jessie, If you get the MJF magazine, look on page 60 of the Feb/March 2016 issue. I think that is what you are looking for.
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| quiltee |
Posted - Jan 31 2016 : 12:52:43 PM
That's called English paper piecing and you don't cut the hexagons out you just remove them and use them again. Lots of books and you tube videos on them.
I don't know about it being in a MJF book though.
Farmgirl hugs,
Farmgirl #1919
Farm Girl of the Month August 2015
Linda O
Lone Oak, TX
"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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