Grandmothers flower garden

Learn the history, find free patterns, and learn tips and tricks to create the lovely Grandmothers Flower Garden quilt made of hexagons.

This pattern and tips for the quilt pattern "Grandmother's Flower Garden" is by a Kentucky former quilt store owner. Thanks to The Querky Quilter for sharing this with our readers. When we hear the word “ green” we often think of efforts to conserve and recycle. But this is not a new concept, dating as

One of my friends brought this BEAUTY to share at our sewing group yesterday. What a treasure! It was given to her by her mother - can't remember who made it. I love the idea of surrounding each flower with white and then adding green paths. Even Fritz loves it! (This is his house and he enjoyed every minute of our get together!) I love the way the edges were finished: straight on two sides and zigzagged on the other two. I'll have to remember this! And here's a close up of the HAND quilting…

I'm not usually one to make resolutions because, like most people, I fail at them. I've just never been a goal-driven person. It's not so...

Since fall of 2012, I have been working on hand piecing a hexagon quilt. I am using 1 1/2 inch hexagon templates from paperpieces.com ...

Not sure why a few of the hexagons didn't export correctly into the image, but you get the idea!

Paper Pieces on Instagram: "Did we mention that Collective Garden is sort of … well…a “cheater” quilt!? Whole cloth motifs replace a typical grandmother’s flower garden block giving this classic design a modern twist! It’s not too late to pre-order the quilt kit which includes over 17 yards of fabric, the pattern, and the Paper Pieces! Ready to join the ✨ Collective Garden✨ with us? #quiltalong2025 #collectivegardenquilt #epp #englishpaperpiecing #hexies #kaffefassett #kimmcleandesigns…

The thimble is my pride and joy – it is belonged to my great grandmother. It is solid gold and has her initials MVM engraved on it. I never knew her – but I feel close to her using her …

Prep work: cut paper templates and fabric I actually like to buy my templates, mine are die cut, this gives more accuracy to my work and s...

I want to talk about the third quilt in the 1920-1930 popular pattern trinity. We’ve talked about the first two – Sunbonnet Sue and the Double Wedding Ring Quilt. I mentioned Grandmothe…