I'm using 1-1/4" hexes. I've tried making my own paper pieces but just can't seem to get them cut as perfectly as they should be. No matter what I use, sissors, rotary cutter, exacto blade, one side is always off just a bit and they're never the same size. A bit larger here, a little smaller there. But the edges of the paper pieces I purchase seem to get "chewed up" when I sew one piece to another, and always bend when I take them out of the hexes after they're put together. So, am I doing something wrong.... or is that what happens to everyone?