English Paper Piecing - Hexagon

Hi!!

It's been a long time since I wrote this blog. My last post was year 2022, now is year 2026. Time flies..but I always love patchwork and quilt. Because of my activities as a lecturer, I rarely do my patchwork and quilting. I have so many UFO (unfinished objects) and I'm not proud of it 😅😅😅. My passion will be my full time job when I retire..

Let me show you my currently project...

I always love hexies patchwork, I have so many fabric waste and from waste I could make a beautiful masterpiece. Surely this would takes times to produce a nice product, according to the time spent doing it..since this works 100% hand work. 

My Hexies English Paper Piecing

Hexies patchwork is one of english paper piecing patterns. We could do this without using sewing machine, we just need needle and thread and go fun. I usually bring this when I go on holiday or sometime I bring to my office. This could be release my stress 😆. We only need patience when doing it. 

I plan to make bed cover from hexies patchwork and I know this will need so many hexagon patterns, I have no idea when will this finish..

    My Lovely Cat - Mocky

There are so many projects ahead to be finish, lets we finish with happiness and fun time..

I'll give you the complete stories of my quilt and patchwork journey..

Cheers

Patchwork Cushions

Some months ago I made these patchwork pattern using my Moda Charm Pack. I love the color of green and red, it was so matched. I also made Cathedral Window pattern. A little difficult, since this is my first cathedral window I made. Should neat and tidy, there were some process in the making. But I am happy.

 

 

....And then I decided to make a cushion, a simple one. A simple project. I combined with local cotton, green stripes and solid red. The size were 40x40 cm. Hand Quilt.

I enjoyed making these. And I want to make it again. Someday...
And these were sold. Make me a double Happy...

I'm DONE with this...

Prairie Flowers finally DONE
So happy knowing, I'm done with this project. Long stories happens on quilt term. Hopefully this project will remain me of the difficulties in doing hand sewing. Not to forget hand quilting, hand suffer LOL. 

outdoor picture taken

indoor picture taken

Always happy when you finished a wonderful project.
enjoy for today, Quilters

Patchwork & Quilting

Dear Quilters,

Karena kemain ada yang tanya soal perbedaan antara Patchwork dan Quilting, aku coba menjelaskan artinya satu persatu.

Aku ngambil arti kata dari Wikipedia
Patchwork asal kata "pieced work" is a form of needlework that involves sewing together pieces of fabric into a larger design.

Jadi bahasa gampangnya: pekerjaan menjahit dari beberapa bentuk geometris bahan disambung-sambung hingga menjadi sebuah bentuk yg besar spt selimut, wall hanging, taplak meja, dll. Sebenarnya agak ribet juga, dari berbagai macam corak kain digunting2 sesuai bentuk yg diinginkan lalu setelah digunting disambung kembali sesuai dgn design yg diinginkan.

Biasanya kalau di Indonesia jaman dulu ya kain perca namanya, tapi biasanya bahan yg dipakai adalah bahan bekas dari tukang jahit baju konveksi misalnya.
Kain perca bisa di dapat dari kain sisa potongan2 bahan yg sudah kita pakai. Biasanya dinamakan 'scrap'. Contoh gambar dibawah, patchwork dgn menggunakan scrap.

source from Lazy Gal Quilting

Quilting adalah a sewing method done to join two or more layers of material together to make a thicker padded materi.

Metode/tehnik menjahit yang menggabungkan 2-lebih lapisan agar menjadi lebih tebal. Hal ini dapat dgn menggabungkan 2 bahan (top dan backing) dan lapisan tengahnya menggunakan dacron/silicon. Bahasa kitanya, jahit tisik tindas.

Quilting dapat dilakukan dengan 2 cara, handquilt dan machinequilt. Keduanya memiliki tingkat kualitas yg berbeda. Biasanya kualitas handquilt adalah lbh mahal dari machinequilt. Selain pengerjaannya yg lama, handquilt lebih terasa sentuhan alaminya. Contoh : handquilt yg dikerjakan orang2 Amish adalah yg memiliki kualitas terbaik di world of quilter.

picture source Amish Quilting

Oke, semoga dapat memberi sedikit pencerahan mengenai patchwork and quilting.

Selamat mencoba...

I'm done with the Prairie Flowers..thanks to Allah.