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 …
One of my favorite quilts in my new book, Hand Me Down Quilts, is the one titled “Ring Around the Rosy”. I have made it many times in a variety of fabric styles as a baby quilt. Hope you will consider it for your next …
Drop me a note if you want to make sure your copy is available as soon as they arrive from the printers!
I have jumped in to a new endeavor in the quilting world. I have to part with some of the fabric and linens that I love to dye. I will never be able to use it all myself so now to consider how to package …
Another Funky Bouquet Every once in a while, especially after having done a lot of precision sewing, I crave the freedom to simply create without a plan. And this is what results! The lace tablecloth was a throwaway, had some tears and probably some stains …
Gingerbread Friends is my newest pattern now available at Hickory Stick Quilt Shop. Get yours and use your favorite winter wonderland fabrics or make it scrappy using leftovers from winter/Christmas past.
As part of my decluttering goal I was reviewing my stack of vintage magazines from the early 1900’s. There was such informative value in them that it became very time consuming. I had to read the ads as well as the articles. I …