Originally Posted by kathyd
I print my hexies (1 inch on flat side) on regular computer printer paper.
I have never been happy with just a stitch at the folds to hold the fabric, so mine are actually basted to the paper. My quilt is just now covering a full-size mattress and I have left the papers in. Reason being it is keeping the seams flat and controlling the raveling.
I have been working on this for over three years and it is getting close to being finished. When it gets there you will see it.
It will probably take me as long to quilt as it is to piece :)
I also baste to the paper. Just one large stitch on each stright side. When I go to remove the papers, I just clip the one stitch from the front, remove the paper and leave all the bastings. Very easy, and I feel the one stitch stabalizes the patch.