Grandmothers flower garden templates quilt block

Some of these early honeycomb quilts were made up of hexagons as small as one inch or even a half inch across. This is not to diminish the work that went into a 20th century Grandmother's Flower Garden.

During the first decades of the 20th century most quilt makers aspired to make at least one Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt. These quilts may have been made up of slightly larger hexagons and were more often sewn together with a running stitch but finishing one was still a major accomplishment. Add to that the fact that the binding often followed the lines of the hexagon resulting in interesting but also more difficult bindings.

The border in the picture shown in this section is delightful in its use of multiple rows of hexagons for the border. Note how the quilter sometimes substituted other colors in the rows possibly because she was running out of fabric in some colors. Usually the quilting was all done with white or off white thread. Although using hexagons and other mosaics in quilts today is uncommon some quilt artists are making mosaic quilts using traditional English paper piecing.

The result can be truly stunning as can be seen in this French made hexagon quilt. Thank you to The Quilt Complex for giving permission to display two of the quilts shown on this page. Visit their site to discover the services they provide to museums, collectors, dealers, individuals, and quilt guilds.

Quilts From Grandmother's Garden. Fashions and Costumes from Godey's Lady's Book. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

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Strictly Necessary Cookies Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. Enable or Disable Cookies. Then the idea to sew the flowers onto a background fabric appeared like manna from heaven.

This project is almost done and Grandmother would be so proud! This is great! I want to so one of these so bad! Thanks for making it look so fun and easy! I got it Pinned! Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Today we will show you how this can be easily done by machine. Begin sewing precisely at the corner with a tack stitch to hold.

If you have the knot button on your machine, this is a good time to use it. End and tack precisely at the other corner of your seam marking. Add the next piece to the flower center and sew in the same way. I had never had an interest in doing hexagons before but something about this peaked my interest.

I researched on the internet about English paper piecing All of a sudden I am interested and I think I would like the mylar templates better than paper!

So thank you for sharing this tutorial. Your fabrics make this such an appealing project. I have to confess I chose a thread that would show because I liked the look of the tiny little whip stitches showing around each hexie on mine. I really love the fabric line. It makes this block so romantic looking. I've never made hexies, but your tutorial sure makes me want to!

I love the fabrics you used. Your explanation is so easy to follow. I thought one left the template inside! I thought, wouldn't that make the object awfully stiff? You are the only site I have found that talks about removing the template. Thanks so much. Very beautiful and love the unique shape you sewed them. I am searching how to finish it and keep the outer hexi shapes. I don't want to sew my hexi flower on a piece of fabric.

I'm having no luck but I came across this site and love your piece.