Week five of my weekly slowstitch-along for 2024. This week's prompt is 'hidden histories, untold stories ' and it's inspired by the beautiful English paper pieced coverlets in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the museum of the Quilters' Guild of the British Isles. Many of these precious quilts still have the papers in giving us an insight into the lives of the people who made them.
The book I show is called Quilts 1700 to 2010 from V&A Publishing, edited by Sue Pritchard and is available online from various sources, new and second hand.
My hexagons have 3/4" sides and the piece of paper I use from which I cut my templates measures 6" x 3 and a 1/2".
Here is a link to a tutorial how to draw a hexagon using only a pencil and ruler
https://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Regular-Hexagon-with-Only-a-Ruler
Here is a link showing how to draw a hexagon using a pair of compasses
https://www.craftpassion.com/tutorial-how-to-draw-hexagon-for-quilt-block/
Here is a link to printable hexagons
https://www.gathered.how/sewing-and-quilting/quilting/free-printable-hexagon-templates
A link to a curator talk from the Quilters' Guild of the British Isles
https://youtu.be/jZYpoJUp9zM?si=FVWyy1RrpKeItkF1
Here is the playlist of all the videos in the series, including the two part tutorial for the stitch journal
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIvsY9XB9IaavqCrqeFaFvZBtQoJD-X4Q&si=3mI_6Ub8o637TyhB
I have a private Facebook group for my subscribers to share photos of their weekly slowstitch pieces and other items made following my tutorials.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/412175247817185/?ref=share_group_link
If you have a YouTube channel, and post about your pieces from this project, please tag me.
I hope some of you will stitch along with me. ♥️
I will do my best to upload the weekly video every Monday by 12pm GMT, rural French internet permitting 🤞
Here are links to Rachel and Sarah's channels, referred to in the video
https://youtube.com/@roxycreations679?si=gc_GQbxQcpTY1MIX
https://youtube.com/@roxycreationsbysarah?si=-2Y6Em0OFN5twRy8
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