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Quilt-Along: Grazing Hexie Sheep Block of the Month 7 | 2026
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It’s time to relax with some hand stitching while you make these cute English paper-pieced hexie sheep with embroidered faces – enjoy!
This fun block, depicting English-paper-pieced hexie sheep grazing in a field, is hand stitched and appliquéd. Felt ears and feet and hand-embroidered facial features (mainly French knots) bring the sheep to life.
You’ll need a little additional white fabric and black felt from your scrap stash for this block.Tips
- If you’re using fine thread to join your hexies, knot this around the needle eye, otherwise the needle will constantly become unthreaded (the needle will still go smoothly through the fabric).
- I have listed fabric strips in the materials list from which you can cut your hexies, but if you can cut your hexies from small fabric scraps, then go ahead.
By making this block, you'll have:
- Sewn English Paper Pieced (EPP) Hexagons
- Worked hand appliqué
- Learnt or practised French knot embroidery
Unfinished block size: 12½in (31.75cm) square.
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You will need:
Equipment
- Rotary cutter
- Quilting ruler
- Quilting mat
- Scissors
- Template paper or lightweight card
- Templates for the hexagons, sheep ears and legs
- Fabric glue pen (optional) or tacking thread
- Thread for EPP (I like to use a fine silk thread or machine bobbin thread in a neutral colour)
- Black thread for felt ears
- Hand sewing needle
- White embroidery thread
- Optional: fabric basting spray
- Optional: quick unpick to help release the paper templates from the fabric
Materials
Fabrics (see my Introduction to Block of the Month). From these, you will need to cut:
- One 12½in (31.75cm) square in B/G
- One 1¾ x 25in (4.5 x 63.5cm) strip in Fab B from which to cut your hexies
- 1¾ x 25in (4.5 x 63.5cm) strip in Fab C from which to cut your hexies
- 1¾ x 9in (4.5 x 23cm) strip in Fab G from which to cut your hexies
- 1¾ x 9in strip (4.5 x 23cm) of black scrap fabric from which to cut your hexies
- 1¾ x 44in (4.5 x 112cm) strip in white or white-on-white fabric from which to cut your hexies
- Black felt (for ears and legs)
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