Originally Posted by Marjpf
I did hexagons and went ahead and bought the middles. I read too many places where if you cut them yourself they might not always be exact and then they whole thing goes wonky. This is where I bought mine
http://www.paperpieces.com/index1.html but also have seen them in my LQS. I really enjoyed doing it, but I like hand work. Hope you enjoy it too.
I have also just started a Grandmother's Garden Quilt. I am using 1" hexagons. Couldn't get the templates, but I do have EQ5 so I printed my own, and will continue to do that.
I also printed the hexagon with the seam allowance (I used a touch more than a quarter inch), and made a master template using plastic so I could fussy cut easily.
When I cut I run the pencil around the inside of the template as well, which gives me the position of the hexagon when I place it on the fabric.
I used index dividers, which will go through my printer; then marked the middle of the each hexagon and punched a hole in the middle of each hex.
My concern also was that the hexagons would get rough round the edges and become inaccurate if I re-used them. I have so far made six "flowers". Some of the hexs have been used at least twice with no problem so far. When they start to get a bit tatty I will simply get rid of them and print some more.
I also have left the outside ring (the background in my case) in, so I lose 19 with each flower.
So far so good. Hope this helps.