Patchwork Piecing Shapes
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Have a browse below and get your inspiration from the English Piecing Papers shown below.
Hexagons are perfect for Beginners or if your more adventurous, try your hand at curves…either using spools or clam shells – that will keep you entertained for hours!
English Piecing Papers and Pre Cut Hexagon Fabric Packs remain readily available and can be posted to you by contacting me on 0412 306 292 or emailing thequiltfairy@iinet.net.au, we would love for you to please visit us at The Quilt Fairy – please have a look at “Come & See Us” for details of where to find our Pop-Up Shop.
Hexagons
Measured by the size of the sides in inches.
| ¼” | 3/8″ | ½” | 5/8″ | ¾” | 7/8″ | 1″ | 11/8″ | 1¼” | 13/8″ |
| 1½” | 15/8″ | 1¾” | 17/8″ | 2″ | 2½” | 3″ | 3¼” | 3 ½” | 4″ |
Half Hexagons 1½” & 3″ sides … 1¾” & 3½” sides…3″ & 6″ sides
Elongated Hexagon 1″ & 1¼” sides
Honeycomb 1″ sides
Trapezium Two sizes
(1) Piecing paper has long side 3¼” (2) Fabric to match long side 4″
Diamonds: Sixty Degrees
1″ 1¼” 1½” 1¾” 2″ 2 3/8″ 2½” 3″ 3½” 4″ sides
Used for Six Pointed Stars and Tumbling blocks see Pre cut Quilt Kits
Can be used in designs with equilateral triangles and hexagons
Diamonds: Forty Five Degrees
2″ 2½” 3¼” sides
Can be used to make a Lone Star or combined with a matching square to make an Eight Pointed Star or Virginia Reel block
Four Pointed Star Pieces
Two pieces make up the star and the background.
Star piece is 4” long and the triangular background piece is 3” high.
Two sets of dies are available, one for piecing papers and one for matching fabric shapes.
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Equilateral Triangles:
1″ 1¼” 1½” 1¾” 2″ 2½” 2¾” 3″ 3½” 3¾” 4″ 4½” 5″ 6″ sides
Can be used in designs with sixty degree Diamonds and Hexagons.
Octagons
1″ 1¼” 1½” 1¾” 2″ 2½” sides
Usually hand or paper pieced using squares of the same side size
Squares 1″ 1½” 2″ 2½” 3″ 3½” 4″ 4½ 5″ 6½” 8½” & 10″ sides
Rectangles 6½” x 3½”
Regular Pentagon …all sides the same … great for patchwork balls
5/8″ 1″ 1½” 2″ and 6 cm
Irregular Pentagon …3 small sides, 2 longer sides
½ & 1″ ¾ &1½” 1& 2″ 1¼&2½” 1½ & 3″ 1 5/8 & 3¼” 1 7/8 & 3¾”
Can be used with hexagons, sixty degree diamonds and equilateral triangles with the same side size
Tumbler/Thimble … Machine or Paper pieced
Tumbler: 3 ¼” or 3 ¾ “high
Thimble: 1¼” high
Spools/ Apple core
Large … 5½” long Small … 2½” long
Each size contains two dies one for piecing papers and one with the seam allowance, most commonly paper pieced or hand pieced
Bow Tie
Four, five sided shapes, with a central 2 inch square, make up a 6 inch block. Dies include one for piecing papers and a slightly larger one for the fabric.
Braid 5½ x 3½”
Image available soon. Samples available.
Dresden Plate…Machine or Hand pieced
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| Wedge shape blade 5″ | Dresden Plate with peaked ends fits 15″ block |
Dresden Plate…Paper pieced
Large : 12″ Diameter
Peaked Ends
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| Peaked End Two Dies : one for papers one for fabric |
16 blades per plate |
Rounded Ends
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| Rounded end Two dies : one for papers one for fabric |
16 blades per plate |
Small : 5″ Diameter
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| Two dies : one for paper one for fabric |
8 blades per plate |
Drunkards Path
Two pieces, concave and convex, are used together to make a 4″ finished block. Paper piece the curve and machine piece the blocks together.
There are two sets of concave and convex dies.
One to cut the piecing papers and the other to cut the fabric to match.
Clam Shell…3″ wide.
Two dies, one to cut the piecing papers and the other to cut the fabric to match.
Papers are used to produce a neat top curve but the sides are left untacked as the pieces overlap and interlock hiding the sides of the shapes above .
The pieces are usually stitched onto a backing fabric with layout grid marked on it.
Grandmother’s Fan
8″ x 9″ blades and a quarter circle make up the fans which are machined or hand pieced together and then appliquéd onto a 12″ block
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Hearts and Gizzards
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| Two wedge shaped dies are available to help make the neat curved piece that is appliquéd onto the half square triangles are used in this two tone quilt. One die is for the fabric shape, the other is to cut a freezer paper piecing paper to help make the neat curve.4 blocks make up the pattern (11″) |
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Tab Shape
Use for decorative edges, Penny Rugs, appliqué etc
To discuss ways in which The Quilt Fairy may be able to help with your craft, patchwork or quilting needs…
email Michelle thequiltfairy@iinet.net.au
phone 0412 306 292