Stupid Hexi question
09-27-2016, 04:08 PM
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I use one inch hexies. (Print them and cut them myself.) I use 2 1/2 inch squares of fabric. Pin the paper to the square, and lop off the corners. Don't like extra bulk. I do stitch the corners, but run one large stitch thru the paper on each side. It seems to stabilize it a bit more for me. After the hexie is surrounded, I just clip the large stitch from the front, and slip the paper out. I do reuse them. I do not remove the basting threads. Hexies are very addicting. Have fun! CoventryUK, your top is lovely.
09-27-2016, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by bjsmith57
Thanks for the information regarding the hexagons. I have all my flowers made; now I am challenged with how to put them together as shown in #8 posting. Looks like I will have to make white hexagons and sew them to my scrappy flowers and then start connecting them.
09-27-2016, 05:21 PM
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Sue Daley had a great YouTube on hexies......and there are many more....I use the glue rather than baste...and rather than whip stitch I sew them together side by side on the back side...don't see that connecting thread that way. Many like to join with a ladder stitch.....do some research before trying something new......helps to get info first...
09-28-2016, 04:08 AM
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Originally Posted by CoventryUK
[ATTACH=CONFIG]559087[/ATTACH]This is the back of one of my flower units. 1" hexies, 2 1/2" squares of fabric. Not stitched through papers just caught on each corner!
09-28-2016, 05:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Onebyone
I don't understand reusing the papers unless there was a problem with getting more paper or had to use scissors to cut each one. 
09-28-2016, 05:28 AM
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Originally Posted by CoventryUK
[ATTACH=CONFIG]559088[/ATTACH]This is my quilt in progress!! A long term project!
I went out and purchased some Dritz 1.5" papers last night. I am working at a quilt show in Suring, WI all day Saturday, so I am hoping I can work on this in my "down time"
Oh....another question: once stiched, do you iron them before putting them together? I would think it would help lay them flat and keep the stitches smaller then, maybe? Or am I over thinking it?
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