Time for some patchwork – it’s been way too long since I did some patchwork so after receiving some fat quarters from The Craft Cotton Company I decided it was about time I did some! I had an idea in mind to do something with hexagon shapes but also wanted to do something a little different with them so I decided to use some patchwork sections as appliqué onto a cushion.
I used the English Paper Piecing method for this cushion and created a main section with a few extra smaller details around it. This gives the effect of the hexagons moving together. I love how this cushion turned out – it’s great how many different effects you can achieve using patchwork.
Appliqué Hexagon Patchwork Cushion Tutorial
Materials
- Sunshine Fat Quarter set by The Craft Cotton Company.
- Paper.
- Ruler.
- Pencil.
- Thread.
- Needle.
- Pins.
- Scissors.
- Cushion pad 40x40cm.
Appliqué Hexagon Patchwork Cushion Tutorial
- Take the white fabric with sun pattern and cut out a piece 42x42cm. This is the front piece.
- Take the white fabric with flower detail and cut out two pieces 42x26cm. These are the back pieces.
- Cut two strips of fabric 42x6cm from the orange fabric, and fold in half lengthways.
- Next place the strips with raw edges against the raw edge of the top of the back 2 pieces, pin and sew to secure. Fold over the folded edge to the other side of the fabric, pin and slipstitch to secure.
- Using the paper draw out two hexagon templates, one slightly bigger than the other.
- Using the paper templates and leaving a 1cm seam allowance cut out 6 of the smaller sized hexagon and 14 of the larger sized hexagon.
- Place the paper template into the middle of one of the fabric pieces fold the fabric edges over the template and using a tacking stitch sew around the hexagon.
- Repeat with the remaining hexagons.
- Place the hexagons onto the front fabric piece into the positions you want them. Sew adjoining hexagons together by placing right sides together and slip stitching down the seam.
- Once all hexagons that require joining are joined remove all the paper templates by taking out the tacking stitching.
- Place the joined and single hexagons onto the front fabric piece, pin to secure and sew around the hexagons 0.5cm from their edges.
- Cut out 4 strips 40x3cm, fold them in half lengthways and place the raw edges against the raw edges of the sides of the front piece. Pin to secure.
- Take one of the back pieces and place right sides down on top of the front piece, repeat with the second piece overlapping the two back pieces. Pin to secure.
- Sew around the edge of the cushion, then turn out the right way.
The tutorial is also available over on The Craft Cotton Company blog:
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