Grandmother's Flower Garden Mystery
03-14-2012, 09:17 AM
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Grandmother's Flower Garden Mystery
I found a shoebox of hexagons several years ago at a flea market. All the hexagons were cut from what appears to be vintage fabric (feedsack). The solid white hexagons are cotton sateen. I am trying to figure out how the quilt was originally intended to be completed. There are (6)3 ring flower blocks completed. There are also several flowers of the plain white (2 ring) completed. In the shoebox I have 50+ packages of cellophane wrapped hexies. Each package seems to complete 2 of the flower blocks. The plain white rings somehow connect the flower blocks, but I can't really seem to set it up correctly. This will become my traveling quilt project and I have lots of flower blocks to construct before I must set them together. I just can't see the big picture. Any ideas?
03-14-2012, 09:48 AM
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Aren't you lucky! Interesting having that little white one, haven't seen it in settings so did a google image search & will post the result here and maybe something there will be what you need.
http://www.google.com/search?q=grand...LSnCA&tbm=isch
http://www.google.com/search?q=grand...LSnCA&tbm=isch
03-14-2012, 09:53 AM
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i did a google image seach which shows many different layouts http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gs_nf=1&cp=24&gs_id=3u&xhr=t&q=grandmother's+flower+garden+quilt&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=999&bih=603&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=e9lgT_WaEMH22AXg2dWlCA
i think it might be like this one http://www.google.com/imgres?q=grand...Sjq2pBQ&zoom=1 - you have to add some white ones between the colored ones when putting it together
eta: i see thimblebug was doing the same search while i was busy looking through the results
i think it might be like this one http://www.google.com/imgres?q=grand...Sjq2pBQ&zoom=1 - you have to add some white ones between the colored ones when putting it together
eta: i see thimblebug was doing the same search while i was busy looking through the results
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03-14-2012, 10:47 AM
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Oooh, Thimblebug & QuiltnNan, I never thought to Google GMFG.....what lovely results!
Dear Bettyboop, there are so many ways to put the hexagons together....maybe the maker planned to make a white "path" or "stepping stones" around the blossoms and use the small flowers for joiners. Maybe they were going to help fill the sides/edges. I hope you will let us see what you decide.
Dear Bettyboop, there are so many ways to put the hexagons together....maybe the maker planned to make a white "path" or "stepping stones" around the blossoms and use the small flowers for joiners. Maybe they were going to help fill the sides/edges. I hope you will let us see what you decide.
Last edited by Greenheron; 03-14-2012 at 10:48 AM. Reason: typo
03-14-2012, 12:43 PM
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OMG-I have been making my GFG (it is my travel project) and making flower after flower, and making connecting hexes in solid white, but don't have a CLUE how I was going to put it all together, nor how many flowers I need. I have well over 30 and started making the white hexes. I think I had better decide on a design so I can see where I am at!!! BTW, Bettyboop, what a lucky find!! They are lovely!!
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