Comments on: Grandma’s Flower Garden quilt pieces http://carriewolf.net/2008/05/25/grandmas-flower-garden-quilt-pieces/ my artistic and crafty endeavors Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:24:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: carrie http://carriewolf.net/2008/05/25/grandmas-flower-garden-quilt-pieces/#comment-60421 carrie Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:54:35 +0000 http://carriewolf.net/2008/05/25/grandmas-flower-garden-quilt-pieces/#comment-60421 Hi Debbie - all of the Grandmother's Flower Garden quilts I have seen have the quilting around the inside of each hexagon. I do not know if this is the traditional way, but I have not seen it done any other way. Maybe someone else knows and will leave a comment? Best of luck with your quilt, I hope to get back to mine once the weather finally gets cooler here in Texas. Hi Debbie - all of the Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilts I have seen have the quilting around the inside of each hexagon. I do not know if this is the traditional way, but I have not seen it done any other way. Maybe someone else knows and will leave a comment? Best of luck with your quilt, I hope to get back to mine once the weather finally gets cooler here in Texas.

]]> By: Debbie Stano http://carriewolf.net/2008/05/25/grandmas-flower-garden-quilt-pieces/#comment-59911 Debbie Stano Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:22:45 +0000 http://carriewolf.net/2008/05/25/grandmas-flower-garden-quilt-pieces/#comment-59911 Thanks for posting this on line. I have a hand pieced Grandma's Garden that my grandmother made. I am quilting it by hand, I really want to keep the integrity of the quilt. I wasn't sure if I should quilt around each "layer" of the flower. Do you know what is the "traditional" or "vintage" way of quilting this? Thanks so much for your response..... Thanks for posting this on line. I have a hand pieced Grandma’s Garden that my grandmother made. I am quilting it by hand, I really want to keep the integrity of the quilt. I wasn’t sure if I should quilt around each “layer” of the flower. Do you know what is the “traditional” or “vintage” way of quilting this? Thanks so much for your response…..

]]> By: carrie http://carriewolf.net/2008/05/25/grandmas-flower-garden-quilt-pieces/#comment-57146 carrie Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:20:03 +0000 http://carriewolf.net/2008/05/25/grandmas-flower-garden-quilt-pieces/#comment-57146 Hi Karen - I am hand sewing the pieces, and I sew the flower blocks, row by row first (each little side of a hexagon to another side so you get a strip), then each row together to form the flower block, then when I have several flower blocks I sew those together into a long strip of flower blocks that eventually get sewn to the larger quilt top. Hand piecing for me has been easier, but slow, using the machine for me was hard to get the same seam allowance on each and also hard to get the inside corners just right Good luck on your quilt!! Hi Karen - I am hand sewing the pieces, and I sew the flower blocks, row by row first (each little side of a hexagon to another side so you get a strip), then each row together to form the flower block, then when I have several flower blocks I sew those together into a long strip of flower blocks that eventually get sewn to the larger quilt top.

Hand piecing for me has been easier, but slow, using the machine for me was hard to get the same seam allowance on each and also hard to get the inside corners just right

Good luck on your quilt!!

]]> By: Karen Brady http://carriewolf.net/2008/05/25/grandmas-flower-garden-quilt-pieces/#comment-57021 Karen Brady Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:47:01 +0000 http://carriewolf.net/2008/05/25/grandmas-flower-garden-quilt-pieces/#comment-57021 Do you machine sew the rows together, top to bottom, or do you sew together the flower block, and then put them together? My hexagons are 2-1/2 inches each, but don't know what to do next. Thanks for any help you can offer. Do you machine sew the rows together, top to bottom, or do you sew together the flower block, and then put them together? My hexagons are 2-1/2 inches each, but don’t know what to do next. Thanks for any help you can offer.

]]> By: carrie http://carriewolf.net/2008/05/25/grandmas-flower-garden-quilt-pieces/#comment-43227 carrie Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:20:13 +0000 http://carriewolf.net/2008/05/25/grandmas-flower-garden-quilt-pieces/#comment-43227 I am thinking so. I am hand-piecing these and I think the quilting around all of the pieces will make it even more stable. This will be the first quilt that I have hand-pieced...so am hoping it all works out! I am thinking so. I am hand-piecing these and I think the quilting around all of the pieces will make it even more stable. This will be the first quilt that I have hand-pieced…so am hoping it all works out!

]]> By: Joyce Green http://carriewolf.net/2008/05/25/grandmas-flower-garden-quilt-pieces/#comment-43160 Joyce Green Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:58:10 +0000 http://carriewolf.net/2008/05/25/grandmas-flower-garden-quilt-pieces/#comment-43160 When you quilt Gradma's flower garden, will you quilt around each piece? When you quilt Gradma’s flower garden, will you quilt around each piece?

]]>