Happy Hexies

It's mystery quilt day here at Morganson's.  Thanks to you all for participating.

Becky has been wanting to do a hexagon quilt for a while now.  I guess this is the month, so here is our version.

Your kit has 10 different 5 1/2 inch strips to cut the hexagons from.  (Actually, you will cut two strips from the large red floral.)  You can leave the strips folded and stack several at a time to make the cutting go faster.  Make a copy of the hexagon template.  Align the top and bottom of the hexagon template with the top and bottom of the fabric strips.  Align the edge of a ruler with the angled side of the hexagon template.  

Cut through the entire width of the fabric.  Align the ruler with the other  angle and cut through the width of the entire strip.  (Save the triangles to complete the bonus throw pillow.)  Trim the left side of the hexagon.  Move the template and cut again.  You will need 6 hexagons from each strip of fabric for a total of 60 hexagons.  (Four of the hexagons will not be used.) 

 

Select three of the hexagons to cut in half.  Cut from point to point as shown below. 

 

Trim 1/2 inch off the center cut of each of the half hexagons.

 

 

 

 

Trim the pink background piece to 42 x 55 inches.  I recommend leaving the fabric folded and cutting exactly 21 inches from the fold.  This way you can use the fold line to help with the placement of the hexagons.  Find a place where you can lay out the entire background.  Arrange the hexagons as shown below.  The center row should line up on the center crease.  The hexagons should be spaced about 1 inch apart. 

 

 

As you can see the half hexies fill in the spaces on the top and bottom. 

 

 

When you are satisfied with the placement of the hexagons, glue them in place with Elmer’s washable school glue.  Allow the glue time to dry and then stitch a very scant ¼ inch around each of the hexagons.  Sew on the borders.

Quilt as desired.  Bind the quilt and then toss it in the washer and dryer to fluff up the raw edges.  Trim any long strands and enjoy.

 

 

We used the little scrap triangles to create a bonus throw pillow. 

 

 

 

 

All you need to do is arrange the triangles to create the hexagons.  Sew the triangles together and press. 

 

 



 

 

Create six pieced hexagons.  Arrange on an 18 inch background square as shown in the photo above.  Glue in place with Elmer's washable school glue.  Sew a scant 1/4 inch around the edge of each of the pieced hexagons.   Quilt as desired and launder to fluff up the raw edges. 

 

Square the quilted block to 16 1/2 inches. 

 

For the back cut 2 rectangles 12 x 16 1/2 inches.  Fold down 1 inch of the long edge on both halves. 

Then fold over one more time on each one. Press. Top stitch the hems.  Place the rectangles against the quilted front with the right sides together.  The hemmed edges of the rectangles will be overlapping, raw edges aligned.  Stitch 1/4 inch all the way around.  Turn right side out and insert a 16 inch pillow form.

 

 

We are basing October's mystery quilt on the mystique collection of fabrics with a dash of color added.

 

 

 

Give us a call at 801-465-9133 to reserve a kit.

 

 

 

 

 

Sample quilt sale

We have some wonderful quilts for sale. 

These were used as samples here at the shop and are now 20% off! 
Christmas will be here before you know it.  Save a little stress with a completed project.  We won't tell anyone you didn't make it! 

Please pass the word to your friends!

Giddy up in Gingham

about 56 x 62 inches

Reg. $175.00

Sale: $140.00

Sold

Hollihocks

about 54 x 66 inches

Reg. $175.00

Sale: $140.00
Sold

A Walk through the Park

about 70 x 86 inches

Reg. $263.00

Sale: $210.00
SOLD

Romance Roses

about 72 x 86 inches

Reg. $345.00

Sale: $275.00
SOLD

Cheery Cherry Picnic

about 56 x 68 inches

Reg. $200.00

Sale: $160.00
Sold

Star in a Star

about 68 x 84 inches

Reg. $300.00

Sale: $240.00

SOLD

(The colors in this photo are pale compared to the actual quilt. 

 The yellow backgrounds are more of a rich, buttercream color.)

Citrus Cheesecake

about 54 x 70

Reg. $160.00

Sale: $128.00

Sold

We have more - stop by the shop to look if you can.

If you see something of interest give us a call at 801-465-9133.

Happy Quilting!



On the go

This month's mystery quilt turned out to be another quick and easy sew.  Hope you all like it!  Thanks so much for participating!


Here's the tutorial.

Sew a 2 x 5 ½ inch gold strip to opposite sides of 21 of the 5 ½ inch squares.  Press toward the gold. 

 

 

 

 

Sew a 2 x 8 ½ inch gold to the remaining two sides of each of the squares. 

 

 

Press toward the gold. 

Repeat using the 2 inch blue strips on the remaining 21 squares.

Sew the squares into seven rows with six squares in each row.  Alternate the blue and the gold squares.

 

 Sew the 1 ½ inch stripe border around the entire quilt.

To create the half square triangles, draw a diagonal line on the back of all of the 5 inch orange squares. 

 Place the squares, right sides together with the blue 5 inch squares.  Sew one quarter inch on each side of the line.  Cut on the line.  Square the blocks to 4 ½ inches.

Sew 2 rows of 12 blocks together for the top and bottom of the quilt. 

 Sew a 1 ½ x 4 ½ inch rectangle to each end of the two rows.  Sew to the top and bottom of the quilt with the blue on the outside.  Be careful to align the half square triangles with the blocks in the quilt.  (Two triangles should align perfectly with the width of a block.) 

Sew two rows of 14 blocks together.  Sew a 4 ½ x 5 ½ inch rectangle to each end of both rows.  Sew to each side of the quilt.  

 

Quilt as desired.  Bind and enjoy!

We are hoping to use the "Hello Sunshine" collection from Riley Blake for September's mystery quilt.  You can see the fabrics athttp://www.rileyblakedesigns.com/shop/category/riley-blake-designs/cotton/available-now-3/hello-sunshine-cottons-1/

 

Noah's Ark quilt

We promised a photo for those that did the Noah's Ark quilt to help with the block placement.  Sorry it has taken so long but here it is. 

A photo of the entire quilt

A little larger detail of the top half.

A little larger detail of the bottom half
 

 Thanks to those of you who participated!

If you didn't get to participate but like the quilt,  we are working to have the pattern available soon.  Please check back with us.

New block party

Becky is working on the next block party which is scheduled to begin August 10th.

Here is a sneak peek at some of  the blocks she has created.

As you can see it will be a snowman sampler. 

We call it "No People like Snow People". 

The block party will be $10.00 to sign up and $5.00 per block. 

Hope you can join the fun.  Give us a call at 801-465-9133 to sign up.

Hollyhocks - July 2013 mystery quilt

This was a fun and pretty easy quilt to do.  We love the brightly colored fabrics.

Follow the printed instructions for cutting.  Trim the selvedge carefully to make sure you get all of the needed squares from the width of the fabric.

Draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on each of the cream squares.  Place one on a corner of a print square with the right sides of the fabric together. 

Sew on the drawn line.  Repeat on the opposite corner of the print square.  Trim ¼ inch from the drawn lines and press the cream back.   Repeat to complete 80 squares.

 

 

Create twelve large blocks by sewing four matching squares together. 

      

                           

Create fourteen half blocks by sewing two matching squares together.  You should have 4 single squares remaining.  These will be used in the corners.

 

 

Sew the large squares together in four rows of three blocks. 

 

Sew a 1 ½ inch cream strip to the top and bottom of the quilt.   

 

Sew three of the half blocks together end to end to create the top border.  Repeat for the bottom border.  Sew these to the quilt.

 

 

Sew a 1 ½ inch strip of cream to both sides of the quilt.  Create the side border by sewing four of the half blocks end to end. 

 

Sew a 1 ½ x 7 inch cream strip to each end.   Sew one of the remaining squares to each end of the row. (Pay special attention to the direction of the blocks to complete the zigzag correctly.) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Sew to the quilt.  Repeat to create the other side border. 

 

 

 

Quilt as desired.  Bind and enjoy!

 And the fabrics for August will be........

 

 

 

 

from the "On the Go" collection by Riley Blake.

 

Call us at 801-465-9133 to sign up!

 

Correction for June Mystery quilt.

We made a mistake in the cutting directions for Citrus Summer Cheesecake.
From the yellow sashing fabric you should cut 30) 3 1/2 inch squares, not 3 inches as stated.

Sorry for the error. 

Thanks,
Kelly and Becky