Hexies
 

I have been making 1" hexies into flowers and was thinking of using diamonds to put them together. Anyone know what size diamonds to buy? I'm guessing 1" BUT what angel? 45 degree or 60 degree?? To make green "leaves" like the blue in this one??
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I wish that I had an answer for you, but I have no idea. I would love to see your project when it is all done!! I just know that someone here will have an answer for you.
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I wish I had used this setting with my hexies. It is so pretty. I did see a friend sewing one this way. Seems she sort of sewed the flowers to the background and then trimmed the excess away. Not sure if this is the proper way to do it but it worked for her.

The diamonds should be the same measurement as the side of your hexes. Take four of your hexes and arrange them and you will discover the angle. Might just check the website of

http://www.paperpieces.com/

You will need the 60-120-60-120 degree diamond shape.

..and also triangles....or some of those diamonds cut in half. PaperPieces.com can answer your questions....call, they are extremely helpful

I read this thread and just so hapened to come across this. It might help, it might not, but here it is:
http://www.texasfreckles.com/p/downloads-patterns.html

That is a beautiful quilt -- I have the hexies and the diamond shapes and hope to do something like this too. I think the advice given here is correct. Good luck!

I have been keeping an eye on this because I have used both the hexies and the diamonds - but not together. My 60 degree diamonds I use to do the tumbling blocks quilt - which when put together make a hexagon. And since the interior angle on a hexagon is 120 degrees, half would be 60 degrees.

And the 45 degrees doesn't work out for me mathematically - because the angle for the interior of the center instead of being 120 - which is as it would be in the 60 degree diamond it would 135 degrees for the 45 degree diamond.

Please post when you find out, I am curious if my math is correct.