You can buy the templates online at:

http://www.paperpieces.com/

They're not very expensive and save a lot of time. They also have quite an assortment of other shapes besides hexagons. Their catalog is just the best----lots of pictures and ideas of projects to make.....thinking about it just makes me want to grab my needle and thread and little hexies.

(Can't you tell I'm in love with English Paper Piecing? If I ever finish the runner I'm working on, I'll post a picture. It makes me appreciate all of those quilters who prefer handwork to that quick machine stitching.......)

I use regular copier paper for EPP.

Jan

So you do it the same way as this tute, only hand sewing them? do you mark your 1/4" seam lines or just eyeball them?

http://www.quiltingboard.com/posts/list/3419.page

In other words, you are cutting your hexes out to size and then just hand piecing them together without templates. Makes sence to me, one step omitted that way, as long as you cut your hezes out correctly. To help know where to start and stop, I'll use Jinny Beyer's perfect piecer. I love it for marking where to stitch when hand piecing. Thanks a lot. :)

Please, pleas, pretty please do tell us your way. :-D