Tuesday Tutorial~ Hexie Hand Stitched PATRIOT SCARF

 

It is a great year to make a patriot scarf to wear for the 250 celebration. I wore mine to the Quilt of Valor Awards this past May. (See some of the quilts here.)

Here is my hand stitched hexagon version. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Several 1.5 inch (side measurement) hexies were 

cut from the quilt scraps.

 

 Three rows of 30 hexies were stitched together.

 

 This was a great lap project while watching TV.

 

 

One end was a triangle,

and the other end was a straight edge.

I hand stitched the triangle end closed.

Then I turned it inside out.

 

 I used the Hidden Ladder stitch (found here) to close the straight edge

so the stitches wouldn't show.

 

I did not iron it.
I've enjoyed wearing it.

 

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Tuesday Tutorial: 2nd Daughter's Bday Card 2026

 

After I finished the quilt for my daughter's up and coming new grand daughter, I made her a belated birthday card from the tiny leftover scraps.

 

You got a sneak peek of the quarter inch hexies HERE. This post offers a few more details. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I call it a quarter inch hexagon, because the finished edges are a quarter inch. The actual template has half inch sides. Anyway, in comparison to my thumb you can see how big it is.

 

Tracing and cutting isn't too hard. 

It would be difficult to use a rotary cutter.

  

Still using the "Grandmother's Flower Garden" pattern,

the first round wasn't too tedious.

 

It only took 2 to 3 stitches in a seam.

First stitch with a knot is a back stitch,

and last stitch is a back stitch finished with a tie off.

Using a dryer sheet for foundation,

odd scrap pieces were overlapped to 

show raw edges

and pinned using my tiny pins.

I can't believe I used to make garments with them,

because that was the only size sewing pins back in the day.

They are invaluable for working with tiny pieces. 

 

Each visible raw edge was stitched around.

 The background piece was trimmed to be

slightly larger than the cover of the card stock card

which was half of a sheet then folded in half. 

The finished hand stitched 

Grandmother's Flower Garden Flower 

was machine stitched onto the background.

 

I enjoyed seeing and hearing her reaction.

 

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