As much as I love dogwood blooming in the spring, I also love the bright magenta of the redbuds that dot the roadsides near my rural home. They, of course, have just inspired a quilt as I reviewed all the related colors in my stash. …
Dyed and delicious It’s no secret that I love dyeing fabric and other textiles, especially vintage needlework and linens. I also love sharing the process via an educational workshop that has become quite popular. The second in Iowa this year is coming up Thursday, June …
As I’m watching the media replay what they consider the good, the bad, and the ugly of 2022 I wish to share the good of my year pursuing my quilting passion. I tend to be a person who is thinking about “what’s next” rather than …
Many asked for a process and even a pattern for my creative art quilt, Green House Effect. It is an art quilt so not a pattern but I can share an overview of the process as I made it. When making an art quilt it …
Congratulations and many years of happiness!
I am so honored to have had my quilt Roses Remembered on display at the International Quilt Festival. It is now going to be part of their traveling exhibit for the 2023 year. The pattern is now available on my Etsy site, PosieLaneLinens. It is …
I have enjoyed presenting to several wonderful quilt guilds in Missouri and Texas this year and looking forward to several more programs before the year ends. As I just received word that one of my quilts will be on exhibit in Houston this fall I …
A great quilt group asked lots of questions as I shared my inspirations and reflections related to the quilts I make. I truly enjoyed being the May program for their guild and appreciated that a friend rode shotgun for the trip to St. Louis suburb of Richmond Heights as well as being my “Vanna” for the trunk showing. A quick little make and take learning how to make a hexie folded flower ended the program part of the evening. To help reinforce the process I share below a pictorial explanation of the folds. For those who want to try this and then wonder what to do with a hexie folded flower think embellishment for a whimsical floral bouquet or combine two back to back in holiday colors for a tree decoration. Or just add a safety pin to the back use as a brooch after adding beads or vintage buttons to the center.
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Hexie Folded Flower
1. Find the center of circle (circle diameter is twice the desired finished size of hexie).
2. Fold edge to center and press fold.
3. Take the point where fold and single edge meet and fold to center.
4. Continue folding point to center.
5. last fold should form a point.
6. Fold point to center and fasten with stitches through all layers. Add beads or buttons to embellish.
Down the road, around the bend, there’s an empty barn nearing its end. Sagging roof, windows gaping, weathered wood, rusted hinges, swiftly aging. (my adaptation of the first verse of a poem by Vance Oliphant) For the last ten years my morning walk has taken …