Welcome to The Rosettes: Y Rhosglymau

The Rosette kits and what to do

In your kits you have seven hexagon templates, a needle & thread and some Welsh heritage fabric - please feel free to use any of your own fabric too, something you find beautiful or that has meaning to you. Other than your paper backing, scissors (and glue if you choose this method), this is everything you need to create your rosette.

Emily’s video tutorial below will guide you through the process of creating your rosette.

For the backing of your rosette, please use paper that has meaning to you. Whether you would like to write or draw something, or use letters, photos, leaflets or cards, we are keeping the paper backings in place so this quilt can tell your stories.

If you would like some journalling prompts designed specifically for this project, there is a document available to download from the button below.

Artist Tutorial from Emily Jo Gibbs

To turn on subtitles, please click the CC button in the top righthand corner of the video.

We also have written instructions and timestamp with images available to download from the bottons below.

Tutorial Video Timestamps:

Introduction: Time stamp 00:00

Cutting paper hexagons: Time stamp 04:41

Choosing fabric: Time stamp 07:12

Cutting your fabric to size: Time stamp 08:35

Covering our hexagons: Time stamp 10:50

Method 1 good if your hexagons are card: Time stamp 10:55

Method 2 good if your hexagons are thin paper: Time stamp 13:22

Method 3 good for all weights of paper: Time stamp 16:32

Sewing your hexagons together: Time stamp 19:33

Sewing your hexagons together continued: Time stamp 23:37

When you have finished your rosette, please post it back to us at Cayr at PO Box 81325, SW3 9HP. It will then be stitched into our community quilt, all made by hand by people living with and beyond breast cancer.

Please post your rosette back by the 11th of January 2027.

If you have any questions or issues please contact Lilly via email at lilly@cayrcharity.org.uk