As I posted earlier, I am making a GFG quilt with 1" hexies. I baste the fabric on the papers, but cut the fabric into one inch squares, then trim the corners. I use paper clips to hold the fabric to the paper, which makes no marks or holes. I then use a whip stitch for securing the hexies together. I use a little paper binder clip to hold them together as I stitch them. I started mine in March of this year, and have around 40 "flowers" done, with another 12 with white borders. I am intending to attach them with green as a path between the flowers. EPP is portable and I take t with me easily. I did see on Fons and Porter a method of cutting the fabric with the seam allowance, folding it over the plastic hexie and pressing each side for a minute each. Then, they sewed the hexies together with a zig zag stitch. Seemed to take a lot of time and not very portable. I will be posting my progress shortly, watch for it