I found the Extra Large Hexie cutter by Fiskar is awesome. I saved all those crazy political ads from the mail. And hubby sat and cut them out for me. The Extra Large was found in the scrapbooking department at Michaels but other should have it too. As it is scrapbooking, it is labeled as 2", because they (scrapbookers) measure across. When measured along the side, it is 1" and works nicely with the paper or plastic. I started out using the plastic (which I love) but can see where this would get extremely pricey if you left the plastic in. Some quilts use over 4,000 hexies! Yikes. But thanks to the political ads using such nice thick paper, I can now cut out that many with no problems!! h, the look a little weird if you are not used to them. You squeeze he handles, instead of pushing don, like he olden days!!
2.5" squares fit 1" hexies very nicely, no need to cut the hexies shape if you are PP. I believe the formula is to add 1.5" to size of hexie to get the proper square size.
Last edited by AZ Jane; 12-20-2014 at 07:37 AM.
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