This is the best video I've seen on this technique. I am not a quilter, but I inherited a hand sewn grandmother's flower garden quilt, and it is so old that many of the flowers need repair. I feel a bit intimidated doing it, but your video really helps. Thank you!
I've just started sewing another hexie quilt myself and I stumbled upon a good trick I haven't heard anyone mention. We all know you can remove the papers after a hexie is surrounded by other hexies. What I didn't realize before is that the surrounding hexies don't have to be sewed to each other yet for this to work! So now I take my six petals and sew them all to the center, but leave them flopping loose from each other, then I remove the center paper, and THEN I sew the petals together, and since the center is nice and floppy without the paper there, it folds and handles much more easily!
What a great tip, I've just started a hexi project and always leave that centre hexi paper in! Your method makes a lot of sense and it is much easier to fold the centre hexi without the paper Thanks for sharing.
I really enjoyed your video. I'm new at EPP so I have been watching a lot of videos. Yours is just what I needed. You don't need all of those fancy notions to make these. I am not new to sewing just this type of quilt making so I do know how to do many of the steps already. just not these shapes and connecting them. Thank you so much for your help! My first project is going to be a small quilt for some small porcelain dolls who I keep in a wooden cradle, very small. I enjoy smaller projects very much. Thanks again. :)
Thank you so much for this easy to understand hand stitching , with English paper piecing tutorial. I was thinking I can do this!... lol I am an older crafter, that is just getting started with quilting, and need easy to understand methods. I love the Grandmother's Flower Garden design. I want to make a throw pillow first, to get myself started, with a project.
I absolutely love this tutorial. I have been wanting to do this pattern for quite some time but have found it to be overwhelming and complicated. Thank you for breaking it down and making it seem doable. I am going on a trip soon and this is the perfect project to take along with me. Super excited to get going! Thanks!
Same here. I needed to see an easy to understand tutorial, that I can see myself doing. This actually looks doable, for the hand stitching method. I am also watching an easy to follow video for machine stitching.
It seems like I always need a handwork project so I guess I’ll bite the bullet and do this! I’ve always held back from English paper piecing but you make it look so easy. Recently joined stashing with Stephanie. Have received 2 fat quarter bundles and they are really cute. I am really pleased with your choices and happy I joined! First fabric club I’ve joined! Yay!
Thanks so much for taking the time to do a video. Brings back memories when I was about 12 I learned how to do this at school in England. Forgot all about it till I saw your video. Beautifully done!!!!
I have just started EPP because we drive to our grandkids games. It is amazing how much you can get done in the car, or waiting at the doctor's office, or whatever. I am making an easy quilt with 4 inch hexies, but my next project will be more complicated. Thanks for such a clear video.
I just watched your paper piecing on the grandmother's quilt. I was so impressed and I shall try doing them. It doesn't look tedious as I thought it would be. Thank you and am glad for all these tutorials on video.
This video was very well done. You got right to the point and it was easy to follow along. I’m a new subscriber and I’m anxious to see other videos you’ve done.
I'm in the process of making one of these quilts. I wish when I started that I had seen your tutorial! This is the most clear and concise that I have ever seen! You make it so easy for a beginner! Btw... Fiskars makes a hexi paper punch in 3 sizes. Just buy the white cardstock and you can make your own templates. I love it! Thanks so very much for sharing! 🤗😀
Excellent tutorial! I love English Paper Piecing, but don't do it very often. I'm always looking to pick up a few new tricks or refresh my memory on how to do it correctly just before starting a new project. Thanks for the very clear photography and instructions!
Thank you for another great tutorial! We are taking a train trip from Washington, D.C. to Denver, CO, in October. This might be a great project to take on the trip for the train ride and other excursions!
Would love to see a tutorial showing how to connect all of the flowers together. I have always loved this pattern and I have recently purchased hexies, so I will most definitely be starting one for I have lots of mini charms.
fiskars Hexie X-L SQueeze Punch are great to recycle all your junk mail postcard type paper into hundreds of hexies. Five-Inch square Charm packs can be cut easily into 2 1/2 squares. 1 five inch will make 4 squares to cover 4 hexie shapes. You can trim the corners later. ALSO, if you punch a small circular hole or heart in the center of the punched paper it will help easily release the paper/recycled postcard when it's times to pull out the hexie paper template with a small cuticle type stick
Please do a video on putting the flowers together. I have made numerous flowers with only one layer around the center. Now I want to attach them together to make a table runner.
Thank you for the video. I was taught to roll the knot on my fingers. I was also taught to sew towards myself. I am of course much older than you and I’m also English. Perhaps that explains the difference.
I'm 36 and my mom taught me to roll the thread between my fingers to make a knot too😁 Why do you think you were taught to sew towards yourself? I feel like its awkward, but if there is a benefit I'd try it!👍🏾😉
Just had to comment. I’ve been making face masks for my dads nursing home and have a lot of spare pieces left over. I used to do this when I was 8 years old! I spent long periods in hospital due to my disability and my mum taught me how to do this. But that was 42 years ago and I just needed to refresh my memory. I did all the steps you showed except glueing the fabric! And yes my hands used to hurt but I’d had painful surgery on my feet so the hand aching distracted me from it! Thanks for refreshing my memory. I’m going to make a quilt now xxxxxx oh ps also we couldn’t buy pre cut paper back then! Do you ever use a template and if so do you have any recommendations?
Thank you! I knew when I saw that you had made a video on EPP you would explain exactly how to do it and you would make it easy! I was right! The only thing I’m not sure is the glue as my quilts never get washed! Someone else may wash them but I don’t. So does the glue have any kind of lasting effect if it doesn’t get washed out? I loved your video about the Quilt Police! Thanks 😊
A tip for anyone trying this, instead of using the traditional paper template cards I'd recommend buying 50/50 fusible water-soluble paper templates or sheets. You place the shape on the wrong side of your fabric and set it with an iron (this really helps when your sewing down the edges) and can be adjusted if necessary. Then once your finished you simply wash your design (using only cold water) and the paper will completely dissolve leaving only a thin layer of fusible interfacing to help strengthen your fabric. You can buy packs of this paper for relatively inexpensive at any quilt/craft store, and most kinds can be used in a standard ink jet printer so you can pick any design and print a whole sheet of them. The only tedious part is cutting them out, but I definitely prefer it to pulling out and reusing bent up card templates. Highly recommend this method, it's a huge time saver!!✂️
That is really pretty brilliant! I wouldn't have thought about using wash-away stabilizer. I can see that being very helpful for some people who find regular templates a bit tricky to work with. Another thought that might help some people could be to buy a 1" hexagon punch in the scrapbooking section of the craft store. That might simplify cutting out the template shapes and eliminate the need to print or the worry of cutting inaccurately. Of course, that's only helpful if you happen to be making a 1" hexagon quilt, but I think that is a pretty common one, so it will at least help some.
I would like to know if you could use the hexagon punch with the fusible paper sheets, has anyone tried that (not sure how thick/firm the fusible paper is).
Lots of great information! It would have been nice to see a representation of the quilt you are making as well as information about what size it finally ends up to be with how many flowers and what color is generally used between the flowers. I know it is all to your own tastes but a little more general info would have been great. Thank you, for the information.
Just found your channel and I subscribed to it. I'm so glad that you mentioned that you use hand quilting thread. Some other turtorial say they use Dmc thread, but I find that thread breaks so easy. So I'm going back to using hand sewing thread to make my grandmother's flower garden quilt.
You would layer it with batting and backing fabric like and other quilt and quilt it. And hand stitching has lasted 100 years on the original grandmother’s flower garden quilts, so a long time.
Hi thanks for your advice about wrest pain... I have a artrosi caused by using mouse ... But I really love EPP! So , if you have any other tips to avoid wrest injuries, I will appreciate so much🥰. Do you use that kind of scissors for the same reason? Thanks for all, have a good day 🌹
I inherited a half finished grandmothers flower garden top and would love to know how to finish it. I have enough flowers, just don’t know the best way to put them together. Suggestions appreciated!
I do knot both ends of the thread and you can now get all the hexie supplies featured right here: shop.quiltaddictsanonymous.com/product-category/notions/english-paper-piecing-supplies/
I found that I was spending too much time making knots. So, if you start your first stitch a bit short of that corner, then sew OVER the loose thread, taking 2-3 stitches at that corner, then working over that end - this saves me time. I do the same at the ends, taking 2-3 stitches at that corner, then working backward under the existing stitches, with NO knots.
This is the best video I've seen on this technique. I am not a quilter, but I inherited a hand sewn grandmother's flower garden quilt, and it is so old that many of the flowers need repair. I feel a bit intimidated doing it, but your video really helps. Thank you!
I've just started sewing another hexie quilt myself and I stumbled upon a good trick I haven't heard anyone mention. We all know you can remove the papers after a hexie is surrounded by other hexies. What I didn't realize before is that the surrounding hexies don't have to be sewed to each other yet for this to work! So now I take my six petals and sew them all to the center, but leave them flopping loose from each other, then I remove the center paper, and THEN I sew the petals together, and since the center is nice and floppy without the paper there, it folds and handles much more easily!
great tip, thank you.
What a great tip, I've just started a hexi project and always leave that centre hexi paper in! Your method makes a lot of sense and it is much easier to fold the centre hexi without the paper Thanks for sharing.
Very clear, easy-to-follow directions! Thank you.
Great video! I appreciate how close up you showed the sewing
Thank you for an excellent tutorial. You are a wonderful
teacher and I am looking forward to viewing more of your tutorials.
Thanks liked it alot keep them coming ..thanks
Great informative presentation 👍
I really enjoyed your video. I'm new at EPP so I have been watching a lot of videos. Yours is just what I needed. You don't need all of those fancy notions to make these. I am not new to sewing just this type of quilt making so I do know how to do many of the steps already. just not these shapes and connecting them. Thank you so much for your help! My first project is going to be a small quilt for some small porcelain dolls who I keep in a wooden cradle, very small. I enjoy smaller projects very much. Thanks again. :)
THE most helpful tutorial! Thanks so much!!
I’ve been researching this, and your tutorial is by far the best I’ve seen. Thank you! I’ve saved it so I can come back to it over and over again.
Thanks so much!
You’re welcome! I’ve also forwarded it to a friend. I hope she will want to give it a try also so we can work on them together!
You did a VERY beautiful job on your flowers!!
Good and easy, clear explanation. Thanks!
Really great explanation especially for someone who is just starting out!
I've never done paper piecing but I saw your video and decided to watch. I'm so glad I did. You do an excellent job of explaining. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this easy to understand hand stitching , with English paper piecing tutorial. I was thinking I can do this!... lol I am an older crafter, that is just getting started with quilting, and need easy to understand methods. I love the Grandmother's Flower Garden design. I want to make a throw pillow first, to get myself started, with a project.
I absolutely love this tutorial. I have been wanting to do this pattern for quite some time but have found it to be overwhelming and complicated. Thank you for breaking it down and making it seem doable. I am going on a trip soon and this is the perfect project to take along with me. Super excited to get going! Thanks!
Same here. I needed to see an easy to understand tutorial, that I can see myself doing. This actually looks doable, for the hand stitching method. I am also watching an easy to follow video for machine stitching.
It seems like I always need a handwork project so I guess I’ll bite the bullet and do this! I’ve always held back from English paper piecing but you make it look so easy.
Recently joined stashing with Stephanie. Have received 2 fat quarter bundles and they are really cute. I am really pleased with your choices and happy I joined! First fabric club I’ve joined! Yay!
Great tutorial! Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this video now I need to get started with my vintage hexies yes
Thank you. Having never sewn before this tutorial was very easy to follow. Thank you again!
Thanks so much for taking the time to do a video. Brings back memories when I was about 12 I learned how to do this at school in England. Forgot all about it till I saw your video. Beautifully done!!!!
I have just started EPP because we drive to our grandkids games. It is amazing how much you can get done in the car, or waiting at the doctor's office, or whatever. I am making an easy quilt with 4 inch hexies, but my next project will be more complicated. Thanks for such a clear video.
Glad you enjoyed the tutorial! And good for you in claiming all that wasted time back for yourself.
I just watched your paper piecing on the grandmother's quilt. I was so impressed and I shall try doing them. It doesn't look tedious as I thought it would be. Thank you and am glad for all these tutorials on video.
This video was very well done. You got right to the point and it was easy to follow along. I’m a new subscriber and I’m anxious to see other videos you’ve done.
Glad it was helpful!
Very nice tutorial! Thanks! I like that you do not use a template to cut your fabric which makes it much more easy to transport. I’m eager try this!
I'm in the process of making one of these quilts. I wish when I started that I had seen your tutorial! This is the most clear and concise that I have ever seen! You make it so easy for a beginner! Btw... Fiskars makes a hexi paper punch in 3 sizes. Just buy the white cardstock and you can make your own templates. I love it! Thanks so very much for sharing! 🤗😀
Excellent tutorial! I love English Paper Piecing, but don't do it very often. I'm always looking to pick up a few new tricks or refresh my memory on how to do it correctly just before starting a new project. Thanks for the very clear photography and instructions!
Love your materials
Thanks so much. You did a great job explaining and demonstrating this process. Can't wait to make my first project!
Great job explaining EPP! I can't wait to try this. Thanks for sharing your talent! :-)
Such a great tutorial! Thank you, answered all of my questions about this technique :)
Thank You, that was very helpful. ❤
This was really helpful, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for another great tutorial! We are taking a train trip from Washington, D.C. to Denver, CO, in October. This might be a great project to take on the trip for the train ride and other excursions!
Handmade patch blanket for beginners
Great video! Learned a lot from it! Thx!
Thank you so much for this tutorial, I'm new to quilting & feel ready to start my journey now I know what to do!!xx
Thank you so much for your great video. I really learned a lot and am now ready to get started. Super video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Would love to see a tutorial showing how to connect all of the flowers together. I have always loved this pattern and I have recently purchased hexies, so I will most definitely be starting one for I have lots of mini charms.
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Linda Deutscher Oooh, I hadn't thought of using my mini charms...thanks for the idea!!
Thank you!! This is THE.BEST tutorial I've seen on hexies!!
Thank you so much! We love hearing comments like that.
I wanted to see you pop out some more templates. Thank you so much. I really like your tutorial. Now I’m going to try it.
It is really satisfying
Thank you
fiskars Hexie X-L SQueeze Punch are great to recycle all your junk mail postcard type paper into hundreds of hexies. Five-Inch square Charm packs can be cut easily into 2 1/2 squares. 1 five inch will make 4 squares to cover 4 hexie shapes. You can trim the corners later. ALSO, if you punch a small circular hole or heart in the center of the punched paper it will help easily release the paper/recycled postcard when it's times to pull out the hexie paper template with a small cuticle type stick
Please do a video on putting the flowers together. I have made numerous flowers with only one layer around the center. Now I want to attach them together to make a table runner.
Thank you for the video. I was taught to roll the knot on my fingers. I was also taught to sew towards myself. I am of course much older than you and I’m also English. Perhaps that explains the difference.
I'm 36 and my mom taught me to roll the thread between my fingers to make a knot too😁 Why do you think you were taught to sew towards yourself? I feel like its awkward, but if there is a benefit I'd try it!👍🏾😉
Me too. Quite unusual to see someone put the needle in pointing towards body
@@Millie.Daze. I think it gives greater control and it enables you to pull the thread. Most older ladies sew that way.
Thanks for sharing. Helping me to learn how to do these
You’re welcome!
You tie your thread knot like my Grandma taught me to do.
Its beautiful. How do you finish and quilt it?
Just had to comment. I’ve been making face masks for my dads nursing home and have a lot of spare pieces left over. I used to do this when I was 8 years old! I spent long periods in hospital due to my disability and my mum taught me how to do this. But that was 42 years ago and I just needed to refresh my memory. I did all the steps you showed except glueing the fabric! And yes my hands used to hurt but I’d had painful surgery on my feet so the hand aching distracted me from it! Thanks for refreshing my memory. I’m going to make a quilt now xxxxxx oh ps also we couldn’t buy pre cut paper back then! Do you ever use a template and if so do you have any recommendations?
Thank you! I knew when I saw that you had made a video on EPP you would explain exactly how to do it and you would make it easy! I was right! The only thing I’m not sure is the glue as my quilts never get washed! Someone else may wash them but I don’t. So does the glue have any kind of lasting effect if it doesn’t get washed out? I loved your video about the Quilt Police! Thanks 😊
A tip for anyone trying this, instead of using the traditional paper template cards I'd recommend buying 50/50 fusible water-soluble paper templates or sheets. You place the shape on the wrong side of your fabric and set it with an iron (this really helps when your sewing down the edges) and can be adjusted if necessary. Then once your finished you simply wash your design (using only cold water) and the paper will completely dissolve leaving only a thin layer of fusible interfacing to help strengthen your fabric. You can buy packs of this paper for relatively inexpensive at any quilt/craft store, and most kinds can be used in a standard ink jet printer so you can pick any design and print a whole sheet of them. The only tedious part is cutting them out, but I definitely prefer it to pulling out and reusing bent up card templates. Highly recommend this method, it's a huge time saver!!✂️
That is really pretty brilliant! I wouldn't have thought about using wash-away stabilizer. I can see that being very helpful for some people who find regular templates a bit tricky to work with.
Another thought that might help some people could be to buy a 1" hexagon punch in the scrapbooking section of the craft store. That might simplify cutting out the template shapes and eliminate the need to print or the worry of cutting inaccurately. Of course, that's only helpful if you happen to be making a 1" hexagon quilt, but I think that is a pretty common one, so it will at least help some.
I would like to know if you could use the hexagon punch with the fusible paper sheets, has anyone tried that (not sure how thick/firm the fusible paper is).
Great idea, thank you!😊
Thank you for a great tutorial. I love it and you make it seem so easy. Can't wait to try it. How do you finish the quilt (batting and backing)?
Lots of great information! It would have been nice to see a representation of the quilt you are making as well as information about what size it finally ends up to be with how many flowers and what color is generally used between the flowers. I know it is all to your own tastes but a little more general info would have been great. Thank you, for the information.
Just found your channel and I subscribed to it. I'm so glad that you mentioned that you use hand quilting thread. Some other turtorial say they use Dmc thread, but I find that thread breaks so easy. So I'm going back to using hand sewing thread to make my grandmother's flower garden quilt.
Beautiful tutorial. Easy to see and follow. How will you quilt this to its backing eventually? In the ditch?
I would good Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilts you get some ideas.
Great thanks
I too have saved this to review and refer to
Please tell me how you will cover the back part which has all open fabric edges,and handstitching will really last long?
You would layer it with batting and backing fabric like and other quilt and quilt it. And hand stitching has lasted 100 years on the original grandmother’s flower garden quilts, so a long time.
Hi thanks for your advice about wrest pain... I have a artrosi caused by using mouse ... But I really love EPP! So , if you have any other tips to avoid wrest injuries, I will appreciate so much🥰. Do you use that kind of scissors for the same reason?
Thanks for all, have a good day 🌹
The microtips are great for anyone with wrist pain because they open up on their own with the spring action.
@@QuiltAddictsAnonymous thank you 🌹
I inherited a half finished grandmothers flower garden top and would love to know how to finish it. I have enough flowers, just don’t know the best way to put them together. Suggestions appreciated!
Try Googling Grandmother’s flower garden settings. There are lots of patterns out there you can follow.
What's the thread called you use, I can't quite make out what you say the brand is, thanks.
Where did you find your pattern? I would like to try this quilt but need a pattern to actually finish it. Great tutorial on the flowers. Thank u! Lori
You can get the hexie templates on my website which is linked below. There are a million ways to lay it out. Just check Pinterest for ideas
How do you join them together so that yo have a path in your garden.
My issue was how to attach all the bigger flowers together. It stumped me so I put it all away for now. Sad because I love hands sewing these.MJ
Did you take the papers out of the middle pieces? It helps
Is there any top stitching that gets done on these hexies? I guess I could probably just Google that :-)
You can quilt it however you want when it is done.
Very nice , but what about the back ?
Might be an odd question (just now trying to learn how to quilt) but can you not use a machine to connect the hexies??
Because of the inset seams it is very difficult to machine stitch hexies.
Genia
How do you get the paper out since it is glued in?
Nevermind. I guess it is temporary glue.
What do you see the heirs to?
How can u make the puff hexie quilt or comforter.
Where can I find this pattern?
Where did you purchase your glue pen. and do you knot both end of the thread.
I do knot both ends of the thread and you can now get all the hexie supplies featured right here: shop.quiltaddictsanonymous.com/product-category/notions/english-paper-piecing-supplies/
That's the only sewing? Just a simple hand stitch? I was thinking it was just to hold it together then was gonna be sewed on a machine
how do you put blocks to make a whole quilt?
There are lots of possible settings, google the pattern to get some ideas.
👍❤️😊
What do you use for a backing? How do you finish it off?
They make half templates so you can have even edges and bind it normally
Are there actually people who will buy packaged pre-cut hex pieces? That just seems wrong. But good for someone else.
I found that I was spending too much time making knots. So, if you start your first stitch a bit short of that corner, then sew OVER the loose thread, taking 2-3 stitches at that corner, then working over that end - this saves me time. I do the same at the ends, taking 2-3 stitches at that corner, then working backward under the existing stitches, with NO knots.
5:05 quilter's knot (made this comment for myself lol)
Paper still inside .. I'm newbie
Yes, you leave the paper inside until you have them all sewn together!
Ok
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Great Video!
Thanks 💜
This was so helpful-thank you!