wvdek

Check with your local LQS to see if they have one of the cutting machines. If so, like ours, he will cut the shapes free if you buy the fabric in his store. If you bring in fabric, he charges a very nominal fee to cut them.
I too was printing out the paper hexs, cutting, etc. I too have an attention span problem and got quickly bored with that.

jlynnbach

I am also worried about getting bored. I like to see results fast and hand sewing is not my strong point.

Mo_Chride

I am working on a GFG. I have been doing EPP by hand. I am using 1" hexies and it will EVENTUALLY be a queen sized quilt. It takes almost 6,000 hexies! I printed out the hexie template from here:

http://www.kathykwylie.com/1%20Inch%...0Templates.pdf

onto cardstock and then cut them out. I cut my fabric into 2.5" squares with my rotary cutter and basted the fabric onto the cardstock hexie and then whip stitched them together. My first day of basting was around the 22ish of May but I had one more day of hexie cutting and one more day of fabric cutting left. I had already cut most of my fabric, many hexies and done all the planning.

I do also have a 6.5yo boy and a 4yo girl so I sew in moments here and there, not nearly as much as some ladies here do. On "good" weeks, I can get five complete flowers, with pathways and attach them onto the quilt. On "bad" weeks, less to none. After 4.5 flowers down and almost the full width of the queen quilt, some of my hexies are pretty rough so I am ready to print off some more and do a couple of days of hexie cutting. In May I thought I might get finished by Christmas. Now I am still hoping for Christmas but 2012 instead of 2011! LOL

This is the last good shot I expect to get before the snow falls here. After this I will have to do indoor shots which are never as good. I did wonder about the boredom factor as well but I have found it rather addicting and love the portability of it. I always have a small bag with me for stitching a hexie or two while waiting on this or that, watching children's swim lessons, etc.

sarahrachel

I believe the hexis for mine are 2 3/4 but I'm not sure. I got all of them cut out and now just have to keep sewing them all together.

But I measured how wide a hexi would be side to side and point to point then cut strips out with those widths for whichever would get me the hexis out of a piece of fabric. then I cut them into rectangles and later cut the points off if that makes any sense at all. But you probably don't have to cut the points off. Good luck!! and we'll want to see pictures as you get them done!

frannella

Inklingo Hex Patterns are another route. Buy the pattern in your preferred hex size, print sheets of hexes on freezer-paper backed fabric in your injet printer, then stack sheets 2-3 at a time (or more with practice) and you can make quick work of the cutting with your rotary cutter. The pattern also prints sewing lines and pivot points. Linda's layouts are variously configured (FQs, half yards, etc.) to minimize fabric waste.

AliKat

This is when I am glad I have the Alto's QuiltCut2. I can easily cut my hex's and all be the same size.

Personally, I'd use those plastic templates that are reusable. I have them somewhere???

ali

Lindsey

I printed mine out on the computer and then had my mother and sister cut them out. I cut the squares and sewed them all by hand. I just dug them out of the closet and should bring them in here to get busy finishing this quilt. Even if it just ends up as a wall hanging..

Lavada

i made a full size one from hexs cut by hand sewn and quilted by hand it was 7290 hexs

quiltbuddy

INKLINGO! It's the best. Google and you can purchase the hex program on line any size and print the cutout lines right on your fabric. You can also design it there and figure out how many of each color you need. It's amazing. There is also a tutorial to put them together in a hybrid fashion of half machine piecing and half hand sewing if you want.

sguillot

This is when you need an Accuquilt. I have to Go Baby and I want that die. Also I like Quilt Paties. They are small plastic templets. You just cute a square, say 2 inches or a little bigger than the templet the baste around it and stitch them together. Good luck with that.