tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post772082666838701379..comments2024-03-26T22:50:08.674-05:00Comments on Barbara Brackman's <br> MATERIAL CULTURE: My New HobbyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-535921572063680242013-05-30T18:57:56.204-05:002013-05-30T18:57:56.204-05:00Barbara, for almost 15 years I have been searching...Barbara, for almost 15 years I have been searching for the mosaic quilt made by Elizabeth Van Horne Clarkson! I saw a B&W photo of the quilt in an old book but there was no pattern nor was there any info abut the maker. I made my version of the quilt and designed my own border. Earlier this year I finally found the original quilt. I was so pleased to find a picture on your blog of another version of this beautifu quilt. I posted a picture of my quilt on my blog and hope you might drop by to see it!<br />http://www.faeriesandfibres.blogspot.ca/2013/05/quilts-that-have-story.html<br />Thanks!Karen Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01166374693095867682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-72069958626255072192011-01-17T10:23:32.981-06:002011-01-17T10:23:32.981-06:00I use "The Creative Memories Collection"...I use "The Creative Memories Collection" Hexagon maker for scrapbooking to punch templates out of freezer paper and then iron onto fabric.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-79702652659635964212010-03-25T21:28:34.810-05:002010-03-25T21:28:34.810-05:00if you spray your used templates with starch and a...if you spray your used templates with starch and allow to dry flat again you will get way more that 2-3 uses out them !!!!!! this is what our quilting class does especially since the insanity quilt has over 10,000 hexagons. i have the centre piece already completed and am still using my first bag of 700 templates using this method.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-71142345484971200182010-02-28T07:02:40.289-06:002010-02-28T07:02:40.289-06:00I print my Inklingo template onto freezer paper, c...I print my Inklingo template onto <b>freezer paper</b>, cut out and iron to the wrong side of my fabric. You could still use the gluestick, but I prefer to fold over the edges and take a <b>tacking stitch</b> to hold the folds in their proper shape. Since you do not go thru the paper, you never have to <b>remove</b>...and it saves the paper for many <b>re-sticks</b>! I use a hole punch for the middle of the template, and only remove the template when it's completely surrounded by "petals".QuiltingFitzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15549596096039062349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-37214519216442230372010-02-28T01:39:49.669-06:002010-02-28T01:39:49.669-06:00Hi Barbara,
Aren't the quilts stunning??
I kn...Hi Barbara,<br />Aren't the quilts stunning??<br /><br />I know what you mean about dullsville, but I was taken by surprise too.<br />Now we have 2 whole group blogs of Hexie lovers!!<br />http://hexagonquilt-along.blogspot.com/<br />http://hexagonquilt-along2.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Enjoy the ride!<br />hugs<br />Robyn xxRGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07678323038280327713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-46078532950660534552010-02-27T16:03:28.836-06:002010-02-27T16:03:28.836-06:00Just another Inklingoist here. I have always love...Just another Inklingoist here. I have always loved hexagon quilts but hated to have to whip stitch them together. Once I discovered how easy the sewing was using Inklingo I've become addicted.<br /><br />Peggy S.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09988825504175723297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-68531376080471678652010-02-27T14:07:33.385-06:002010-02-27T14:07:33.385-06:00Oh Barbara! You poor thing! I know what you are ...Oh Barbara! You poor thing! I know what you are going thru for I too am addicted to EPP (English paper piecing). If you ever decide to venture out beyond the hexagon, I would love to have you join our EPP workshops. We make EPP projects all year around.<br />http://program.quiltcampus.net/004QC/<br /><br />cindy aka MsDesigns<br />website: http://www.cddesigns.com<br />blog: http://blog.quiltcampus.net/msdesigns/<br />Teacher/Owner at http://www.quiltcampus.net<br />Owner at http://www.findaquiltpattern.comcindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14183122498103425500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-31692985805120404622010-02-27T11:54:53.633-06:002010-02-27T11:54:53.633-06:00Love the Pin Cushion Pattern. Even printed it, al...Love the Pin Cushion Pattern. Even printed it, although I'm pretty miserly about using ink. Still can't imagine doing hexagons, yet.Buffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13902935846546534951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-84270189700744751372010-02-26T22:37:29.164-06:002010-02-26T22:37:29.164-06:00Have been working with some hexagons from my grand...Have been working with some hexagons from my grandmother. Also have several other pieced blocks, and a ton of pieces cut and ready to assemble for a block I can't find a name for. If you would like to help me solve the mystery please email me (addy on my blog). Thanks!Mary L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03793698241724691925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-8578331898791201842010-02-26T22:23:44.375-06:002010-02-26T22:23:44.375-06:00I love hexagon quilts, but looks hard to sew toget...I love hexagon quilts, but looks hard to sew together.<br /><br />DebbieWoolenSailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621977477193550261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-11516113831954996692010-02-26T08:59:01.941-06:002010-02-26T08:59:01.941-06:00Hi Barbara...another Inklingoist here. I love wha...Hi Barbara...another Inklingoist here. I love what you are doing, but printing on fabric is a dream and the sewing so much faster...I look forward to seeing what else you do and your progress on the haxagons. I am also doing an Insanity quit .5 hex,s and an Almost Insane which is much the same but with .75 hexs. These are on hold till I get a current quilt done. Wish I had your snow..its SO hot here in the Southwest of Western Australia Australia...not nice. Enjoyed my visit.Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14799669507142985448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-36869888699044990132010-02-26T07:57:37.517-06:002010-02-26T07:57:37.517-06:00OK, now Barbara has done it yet again. Seems I wi...OK, now Barbara has done it yet again. Seems I will be making a hexagon quilt -- not the tradional Grandmother's Flower Garden variety .. but I will try for the gorgeous mosaic looking wonders.<br /><br />Ever try QUILT PATIS? They are flexible but firm plastic hexagons shapes to form the fabric around. Whipping stitching is the way to join the pieces. Sold in quilt shops and online<br /><br />I bought a set of 25 plastic pieces several years back for $12.95. Plan on doing mine with these. YOu just pop out the plastic piece when you have several hexagons joined, and reuse it. EAsy, no glue and totally reusable too.<br /><br />Julie in TNUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13458072638353773969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-59496723092590669862010-02-25T20:55:42.622-06:002010-02-25T20:55:42.622-06:00Hi Barbara,
I use INKLINGO to do the hexes. Once ...Hi Barbara,<br />I use INKLINGO to do the hexes. Once you try it you will never have to go outside in the cold again. INKLINGO has a freebee on the site for a LeMoyne Star. I downloaded that and that was it. What a wonder.<br />FrummieFrummiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651770898342924630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-71788330074678903182010-02-25T18:25:41.507-06:002010-02-25T18:25:41.507-06:00Albert Small must have been a very interesting gen...Albert Small must have been a very interesting gentleman...the detail of his quilts is sooo amazing! A master of the hexagon!The Rabbit Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923513338867187609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-31258227689558711862010-02-25T17:57:30.894-06:002010-02-25T17:57:30.894-06:00Barbara, I did a queen size quilt with hexagons u...Barbara, I did a queen size quilt with hexagons using Inklingo. It was so much easier than glue and fussing with paper pieces. If you are interested, go to Linda Franz website for more information. There are other shapes that I know you will find helpful in your quilt making and pattern designing.Charlseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09053834409143300915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-75164275227613350432010-02-25T17:15:46.855-06:002010-02-25T17:15:46.855-06:00I have several hexagon quilts started. One of the...I have several hexagon quilts started. One of them is the Insanity Quilt featured in a magazine from Australia. All of the quilts with hexagons are from printing directly onto the fabrics and cutting it out. No templates needed, no rulers needed, no paper hexes needed... it is all done using Inklingo from Linda Franz. The best new product since rotary cutters. Love Inklingo for Hexagons.Sue H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09568350610533374985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-1589196270266750612010-02-25T16:19:52.870-06:002010-02-25T16:19:52.870-06:00Uh-oh is right! The hexies are such a relaxing han...Uh-oh is right! The hexies are such a relaxing hand work project. My first quilt was a Grandmother's Flower Garden. I was given a box of hexagons and a couple of pieced blocks. I had no clue what I was doing, and didn't have papers to piece with. The thrill from making that quilt hooked me.<br />Your fabrics look great pieced into hexagons...keep going! :)Ann Championhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08142572469569643507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-32287862780422220392010-02-25T15:24:15.577-06:002010-02-25T15:24:15.577-06:00Barbara,
I just print my hexagons from my printer....Barbara,<br />I just print my hexagons from my printer. I use graph paper from this site: http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/hexagonal/<br />You can pick any size and it creates a pdf that you can save and print as much as you'd like. I cut freezer paper into 8.5x11" sheets and feed it right into my ink jet printer.<br />Love your blog, and BTW, my mom went to school with Albert Small's daughter. He was from Ottawa, ILAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-41837480277045122472010-02-25T12:17:53.607-06:002010-02-25T12:17:53.607-06:00I'm hexi crazy right now, I just posted about ...I'm hexi crazy right now, I just posted about how to organize and join with the pathway. Your photos here are amazing!Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12037415376456508137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-17072847818144212972010-02-25T12:06:48.173-06:002010-02-25T12:06:48.173-06:00Uh-oh, indeed. I never thought I'd do hexagon...Uh-oh, indeed. I never thought I'd do hexagons even though I had a bag of genuine 3o's fabrics already cut out that I got from a guild member. Then on Kathy Tracy's Small Quilt Talk list at Yahoo, the ladies were talking about doing mini-hexagon quilts. That sounded like fun, so I started one with 1/2" hexes. Then I got out the 30's pieces (1") and started those--have them all basted and about 50 rosettes put together. Now I troll eBay to find more vintage 30's fabric...and I started a 2" one with large florals, and, and, and...! If you go to Linda Franz' site you'll see the Lucy Boston quilt--I want to do that one, too! There's no end!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398649160024279791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-90900956669326014932010-02-25T11:57:01.190-06:002010-02-25T11:57:01.190-06:00They are so addictive! I love hexagons. :)They are so addictive! I love hexagons. :)MaksiTaksihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14590864330563412186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-12090550426529719952010-02-25T11:23:57.649-06:002010-02-25T11:23:57.649-06:00They are addictive!! But there is a much easier wa...They are addictive!! But there is a much easier way to prepare them, as Leslie mentioned above -- with Inklingo. No papers, no basting, just lots of lovely stitching!Cathihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531639422553980153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-34520132006412903682010-02-25T10:49:15.372-06:002010-02-25T10:49:15.372-06:00Lovely! I always make a plastic template of my pre...Lovely! I always make a plastic template of my preferred hex size and then cut my own paper templates by tracing it onto those pesky subscrption cards that fall from every magazine. They're the perfect weight and it only takes a few minutes to cut enough for an evening's work.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05308304528741934038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-39383611915480959272010-02-25T10:34:10.946-06:002010-02-25T10:34:10.946-06:00Lovely! I also started doing some hexagons in bat...Lovely! I also started doing some hexagons in batiks. I have been quilting for over 30 years and never tried them. However, I think I will continue on and see where it goes. Could must turn into a tablerunner! I found a website where I printed out the hexagons and cut them myself. Right now I can't find the link but just put something like "hexagons" into the search box and there should be some there - that is if you are interested. Have fun! Kansas has had a real winter this year, I understand. We lived there 28 years and you can have some of everything, I know! CarolFunoldhaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13484311080018327229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-38214234054944261602010-02-25T09:42:38.981-06:002010-02-25T09:42:38.981-06:00I've never made the Hexagons, but see so many ...I've never made the Hexagons, but see so many of them on the quilting blogs. The quilts you displayed today are beautiful.Jocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714577523744715551noreply@blogger.com