I'm working on one now (it is my car work). I'm doing english paper piecing. I have the paper hexagons cut and I line one hex up on several pieces of fabric (can cut 5 layers easily with my sissors) pin in the middle of the paper thru all 5 layers, than cut around the hexagon leaving approx 1/4 inch. Then I unpin, center one hexagon on one piece of fabric, baste down my edges. It is now ready to sew to another hexagon that is also basted. I do no tracing of hexagons this way. I actually bought my hexagons online somewhere. Clear as mud??
Someone here does hers by just pinning and not basting but I tried that and it didn't work for me.