These are 1.25" hexagons. I have been reading a lot about gluing the fabric to the papers. That doesn't appeal to me, but the theory is that it's a little faster and there are no holes in the hexagon papers. Today, I timed my basting. I DO baste through the paper, and the papers are reused many, many times before they fall apart. The actual basting time for each petal is between 45 and 90 seconds, depending on how fumble-fingered I am. So, max, that's 9 minutes. I think I will not glue, because the mess I would make would surely take more than 9 minutes, and I'd rather have holes in my paper than glue on it.
I'm putting another poll on the sidebar. Anyone who is an author or reader is welcome to vote in the poll. It will be up for one week. Blogger has been somewhat of a pain all day. The poll may not show up correctly. Let me know if it doesn't.
Linking this post to Journey of a Quilter for April 30 One Flower Wednesday.
5 comments:
Beautiful flower. I like cardinals too.
Love the cardinals! So many in the garden this spring. I would rather have holes than glue too.
This is such a fun flower!
The Poll isn't displaying properly so I cant enter my two penneth worth lol
But like you, I reuse my templates and basting stitch through them too.
I don't bodge a hole in them either but once the basting stitches are out, they flip out fine.
I do tend to use a darning needle jabbed into the centre of the paper template and then just oic them out.
Love your cardinal fabric, perfect in hexi form !
We don't have them in Britain of course and am sure they must be a joy to see in the trees around you!
It is really a wonderful flower
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