A Vintage Inspired Hexagon Quilt ~ English Paper Pieced

 A Finished Quilt 

Another finished quilt! This English paper pieced hexagon quilt is very heavily inspired by a vintage quilt. The quilt top was completed over several months in 2020 while we were in lockdown due to the pandemic. For various reasons this was a very difficult few months for me and I was fortunate to be able to lean heavily on my craft. At this time I lacked creative ability and vision, but the simple repetitive task of basting papers and stitching by hand saw me through many long evenings and brought me so comfort. I still love English paper piecing.

To finish the quilt I have quilted it on my domestic sewing machine (with walking foot and quilting guide). I have quilted edge to edge vertical lines through the centre of all hexagons for a clean and simple finish. Quilting many such straight lines is time consuming but well worth it. 

For the back of the quilt I have used a single floral print fabric from the Sugar Sack collection by Whistler Studios (Windham Fabrics). This fabric collection was released in 2018 and I purchased yardage of this print for backing fabric. It's such a beautiful print and the colors work perfectly for this (and my next!) quilt. 

As usual, I have used my favorite black/white stripe fabric for binding. This particular fabric is by Ella Blue Fabrics which sadly is no longer in business. Lucky I still have some on hand!

QUILT DETAILS

A Vintage Hexagon Quilt 

Quilt Size: 55.5 inches x 56.5 inches.

Started: September 2020.

Finished: February 2021.

English Paper Pieced.

7/8" inch hexagons.

A total of 1612 hexagons.

Machine quilted.

FABRICS USED:

Background fabric: 

Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton - Snow.

Feature fabrics:

Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton - Blueprint.

Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton - Torch (orange).

Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton - Flamingo.

Many scrap fabrics!

BATTING:

Low loft cotton batting.

TOOLS AND NOTIONS

7/8 Inch Hexagon Papers

7/8"Inch Hexagon Template with 3/8" seam allowance.

Water Soluble Basting Glue - Sewline.

Straw Needles - Size 11.

The Bottom Line 60wt thread by Superior Threads.

This quilt is listed for sale in my Etsy Store.

You'll find the listing details here:

https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1011719810/traditional-hexagon-quilt

This last photo is one of the few progress pics that I have of the quilt.

You can see here what the back of the quilt top looks like. Most 

papers have been removed at this point (except for the outer edges). 

As always, thank you for stopping by to see what I have been up to. Your encouragement, support and kind comments are appreciated. 

More soon! I have several finished quilts yet to show you. 

Rita 

RELEVANT LINKS

Red Pepper Quilts Etsy Store

More RPQ English Paper Pieced Quilts:

Stretched Hexagon Quilt - April 2019

Scrappy Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt - September 2018

Daisy Chain Quilt - November 2016

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A Four-Patch in a Square Scrap Quilt - Part 2

 A Finished Quilt

At last an update! I finished this quilt late last year however the process of taking photos has eluded me until very recently. A week or two ago I got my dusty camera out and photographed the four quilts that I have made - or at least finished - so far this year. It's then taken longer still to edit and upload photos but here we are today with a blog post!

This quilt was inspired by a vintage quilt. It is a simple four-patch set in a square and the perfect scrap buster project as you only need small scraps of fabric for each block. Many of the fabric pieces were pulled from my scrap bin which is always rather satisfying, and while piecing the quilt top I ran with the "anything goes" theory; all the colors and prints. It's my favorite way to put together a fun and colorful quilt.

To finish the quilt I have quilted it with straight-line edge to edge quilting using my domestic sewing machine and a walking foot to ease the fabric layers evenly through the machine. All the individual blocks have been ditch-stitched. Once the horizontal and vertical quilting grid was completed I added diagonal quilting lines, again ditch stitching from edge to edge. Simple and functional lines of stitching rather than decorative quilting, which at the same time gives the quilt a lovely texture and a soft drape, especially with the light weight batting (QuiltLite) that I have used for this quilt 

For the back of the quilt I have used my favorite text fabric Newsprint from the Story collection by Carrie Bloomston, and have matched it a black/white stripe binding fabric; my go-to combination that always works well. I have more of both on hand! 

QUILT DETAILS

A Four Patch in a Square Scrap Quilt

Quilt Size: 63.5 inches x 63.5 inches.

Started: November 2020.

Finished: January 2021.

18 rows of 18 blocks ~

324 blocks in total ~ 2592 patchwork pieces.

Each finished block measures 3.5" x 3.5".

Machine Quilted - domestic sewing machine.

Cotton fabrics.

QuiltLite Batting

(more details on QuiltLite batting here).

BLOCK TUTORIAL

I used step 1 to 4 from my Economy Block Tutorial to make these blocks.

**I have substituted the centre square for a four-patch block by cutting

four 2" squares, sewing the four squares together, then trimming 

the four-patch centre block to measure 3" x 3".**

You'll find the tutorial here:

https://www.redpepperquilts.com/2013/08/economy-block-quilt-in-progress-tutorial.html

(Step 1 to 4 only for this block)

I have listed this quilt in my Etsy Store.

You'll find the listing here:

https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1005604796/colorful-and-modern-scrap-quilt

At this time the quilt is listed for shipping only within Australia.

However, if you are located elsewhere please contact me by email for

clarification on postage cost and estimated international delivery time.

Email: redpepperquilts@gmail.com

I have a few more finished quilts to show you over the next few weeks, including three English paper pieced quilts. Here's a sneak peek:

Thank you for stopping by!

Rita

RELEVANT LINKS

Red Pepper Quilts Etsy Store

Economy Block Tutorial (step 1 to 4 only for this block)

A Four-Patch in a Square Quilt - Part 1 (work in progress)

More RPQ Scrap Quilts:

Bright Hopes Quilt and block tutorial

Scrappy Spool Block Quilt

Scrappy Irish Chain Quilt and Pattern

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