Patchwork & Quilting UK – August 2019

62 British Patchwork & Quilting AUGUST 2019

PROJECT // down on the croft

CUTTING

1. From assorted fabrics cut total of:
   twelve, 2½" x 3½" rectangles.


2. From Daffodil Bloom cut:
   one, 12½" x 51½" rectangle.

ENGLISH PAPER PIECING

1a. Trace hexagon template given full

size on Pattern Sheet forty two times on

thick paper.

b. Alternately, use pre-cut hexagon papers.

2a. Choose one print for hexie flower

centres. Chris used the Eucalyptus

Pennant print. Place six paper hexagons

on wrong side of fabric and cut out six

hexagons adding approx. ¼" on each

side.

b. Choose three red prints; Chris used

Crimson Bouquet, Cherry Vee and Sweet

Potato Pyramid, and make six fabric

hexagons from each print in similar

manner for each hexie flower.

c. You will need two hexie flowers in

each fabric.

3. Baste each fabric hexagon over paper
   pieces by tacking or glue basting.
   4a. Take two hexagons and place right
   sides together. Using tight whip stitch,
   join hexagons together along one edge.
   b. Continue adding and joining
   hexagons until hexie flower is complete.


4. Repeat to make six hexie flowers
   in total.

illust. 1. Appliqué illust. 2. Embroider stem

a. Appliqué hexie fl owers with buttonhole or zigzag stitch

illust. 3. 3D leaves

b. Cut out background fabric leaving ¼" seam allowance

c. Remove papers

a. Stitch around leaf outlines

b. Stitch along centre of each leaf