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    Home » Holidays » Christmas

    Hexie Christmas Tea Towel Tutorial

    Updated: May 24, 2019 by Melissa Mortenson · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 2 Comments

    Super cute Christmas Hexie Tea Towel tutorial by Sarah Ashford. Such a fun Christmas gift idea ; learn how to sew hexagons! #christmasgifts #christmassewing #hexies #hexagons #hexagontutorial #christmasfabric #teatowel

     Who’s ready to start their Holiday Sewing??? I know I’m anxious to get started! Today Sarah Ashford is sharing a Christmas Tea Towel Tutorial with all of us. She is the next in our new line up of blog contributors. I love her style and projects and think that you will as well!

    Super cute Hexie Christmas Tea Towel tutorial by Sarah Ashford. Such a fun Christmas gift idea ; learn how to sew hexagons! #christmasgifts #christmassewing #hexies #hexagons #hexagontutorial #christmasfabric #teatowel

    The Christmas holidays are just around the corner, and one place I’ll be spending lots of time is in the kitchen! So I thought it would be really fun to design a project to add to the feeling of a home made Christmas. These Hexie tea towels will look adorable in any home and also make the perfect gift for family and friends. Why not customise the colours to match their kitchens, for that extra thoughtful touch.

    Super cute Hexie Christmas Tea Towel tutorial by Sarah Ashford. Such a fun Christmas gift idea ; learn how to sew hexagons! #christmasgifts #christmassewing #hexies #hexagons #hexagontutorial #christmasfabric #teatowel

    Supplies:

    Plain white tea towel

    3 – 4 x fat eighths Christmas fabric

    21” x 6” background fabric (or width of tea towel plus ¼” seam allowance either side)

    1 ¼” Hexagon acrylic template

    11 1” hexagon paper templates

    Sewline Fabric glue pen

    505 Spray baste

    You will also need your usual sewing supplies – rotary cutter, embroidery scissors, thread, sewing machine.

    Construction:

    • Using the hexagon template, draw around the first fabric. You may wish to fussy cut a motif, such as a snowflake or elf. Repeat this with your desired fabrics until you have cut out 11 hexagons.


    Super cute Christmas Hexie Tea Towel tutorial by Sarah Ashford. Such a fun Christmas gift idea ; learn how to sew hexagons! #christmasgifts #christmassewing #hexies #hexagons #hexagontutorial #christmasfabric #teatowel

    • Using an acrylic ruler and rotary cutter, cut out the hexagons. Take care not to get your fingers caught!

    • Next pin a paper template to the center of your hexagon, ensuring that the motif is central. Using the glue pen, apply a small amount of glue to the edge of one side of the paper, and fold down one edge. Rotate and repeat until all the edges of the hexagon are lightly glued down. Press front and back. Remove the pin.


    Super cute Christmas Hexie Tea Towel tutorial by Sarah Ashford. Such a fun Christmas gift idea ; learn how to sew hexagons! #christmasgifts #christmassewing #hexies #hexagons #hexagontutorial #christmasfabric #teatowel

    • Lay out the hexagons in a pleasing arrangement, ready to stitch together.

    • To sew the hexagons together, place two hexagons right sides together and pinch together with your fingers. We are now going to use a ladder stitch to attach the two hexagons. Using a cotton thread with a knot on the end, bring the needle up beneath the seam allowance and come out in the corner of the front hexagon. Next, take the needle into the back hexagon, and come up about 4mm along. Pull the thread through, and then take the needle down into the front hexagon, and then along 4mm and pull the needle through.

    Super cute Christmas Hexie Tea Towel tutorial by Sarah Ashford. Such a fun Christmas gift idea ; learn how to sew hexagons! #christmasgifts #christmassewing #hexies #hexagons #hexagontutorial #christmasfabric #teatowel

    • Repeat until you’ve stitched one length of the hexagon, and add a few reinforcing stitches at the point where the corners of the two hexagons meet.

    Super cute Christmas Hexie Tea Towel tutorial by Sarah Ashford. Such a fun Christmas gift idea ; learn how to sew hexagons! #christmasgifts #christmassewing #hexies #hexagons #hexagontutorial #christmasfabric #teatowel

    • Repeat for each hexagon until you’e completed the row.

    Super cute Christmas Hexie Tea Towel tutorial by Sarah Ashford. Such a fun Christmas gift idea ; learn how to sew hexagons! #christmasgifts #christmassewing #hexies #hexagons #hexagontutorial #christmasfabric #teatowel

    • Now it’s time to remove the papers. Very carefully lift up the seam allowances away from the paper, and carefully take the paper out.

    Super cute Christmas Hexie Tea Towel tutorial by Sarah Ashford. Such a fun Christmas gift idea ; learn how to sew hexagons! #christmasgifts #christmassewing #hexies #hexagons #hexagontutorial #christmasfabric #teatowel

    • It is a good idea to iron the creases back in as you go along, to ensure that the hexagons hold their shape. And the good news is you can reuse your hexagon paper templates for another project!

    • Next take your background strip and press under a ¼” seam all around. Pin onto the tea towel, about 4” from the bottom edge.

    Super cute Christmas Hexie Tea Towel tutorial by Sarah Ashford. Such a fun Christmas gift idea ; learn how to sew hexagons! #christmasgifts #christmassewing #hexies #hexagons #hexagontutorial #christmasfabric #teatowel

    • Using a sewing machine, stitch all the way around the background strip, close to the edge in a matching thread. Bury the threads in the seam of the tea towel.

    • Finally, you need to attach your hexagon strip to the backing fabric. Place the hexies wrong side up, and lay on an old piece of card or paper. Spray lightly with basting spray and adhere in position onto the background fabric. (If you don’t have basting spray, you can just pin the hexagons to the backing fabric. )

    • Using a straight stitch on the sewing machine, stitch all the way around the hexagons, so that they are secured in place.


    Super cute Christmas Hexie Tea Towel tutorial by Sarah Ashford. Such a fun Christmas gift idea ; learn how to sew hexagons! #christmasgifts #christmassewing #hexies #hexagons #hexagontutorial #christmasfabric #teatowel

    • Bury the threads between the background fabric and the tea towel.

    • Give your tea towel a press all over, and find a good space in your kitchen to display your beautiful Christmas creation!

    Super cute Christmas Hexie Tea Towel tutorial by Sarah Ashford. Such a fun Christmas gift idea ; learn how to sew hexagons! #christmasgifts #christmassewing #hexies #hexagons #hexagontutorial #christmasfabric #teatowel

    Sarah Ashford is a British Quilter and embroiderer and founder of the GreatBritishQuilter challenge on Instagram. Sarah regularly contributes projects to magazines and loves to spread the joy of quilting everywhere she goes. Follow her on Instagram at @sarahashfordstudio and be sure to check out her beautiful sewing room decals in her etsy shop www.etsy.com/shop/sarahashfordstudio

    Happy Sewing!

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    Melissa Mortenson

    Melissa Mortenson is a blogger, designer, and content creator. She is the Polka Dot Chair blog founder and has been sharing fresh and creative ideas with readers since 2008. She is the author of “Project Teen, Handmade Gifts your Teen will Actually Love.” Her work and designs have been featured on HuffPost, TODAY, Pioneer Woman, HGTV, BuzzFeed, Better Homes & Gardens, and many other established publications. Her first fabric line, “Derby Style,” debuted in January 2015 through Riley Blake Designs.  Additional fabric collections have followed it in subsequent years. A mom of 3, she considers herself lucky to be living in Kentucky.

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    1. Joan says

      November 11, 2017 at 5:54 pm

      Can not read/see all your instructions for the Happy Holidays Hexie Tea Towel project.
      Can you help out.

      Reply
    2. Carol van Adrichem says

      December 11, 2017 at 10:19 am

      How to these beauties look after washing? Shrinkage or wrinkles that don’t iron out?
      Would love to know.

      Reply

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