Someone last year, put on the board a very simple way to create a hexagon pattern, which I didn't save.
I know to draw a circle, and to fold it, ,I just am not able to find this pattern, thought it would be a nice thing for placemats and coasters. any help is appreciated.

oopps, electricity is flickering (Irene winds & rain!!) got to get off!

This is for an octagon. Maybe it will help.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-73195-1.htm

I did a tute on the Hexagon quilt... check the Tutorials. I used a template I bought from JoAnn's... Hope this helps.

Thanks to all you tute makers out there!

LOOK UP TUTES BY RIVERSONG

ok! thanks!

Yeaaaa, I found it, and it was from Riversong. and silly me didn
t check MY bookmarks!!!

You can make your own hexagon very easily.

Hexagon is a 6 sided figure that is symmetrical.

It is the equivalent of putting 6 - 60 degree triangles together around a central point. You can change the size of the hexagon by changing how long the sides are out from the center point.

If you love playing around, have a compass, and love math you can draw your own. The radius [1/2 the width] of a circle goes around the circle 6 times. Draw the circle. Keep the compass at that same measurement you had when you drew the circle and start marking off segments/arcs of the circle by putting the point of the compass on one spot and marking where the other end meets the circle. Put compass at this new point and continue til you have gone around the circle. Draw straight lines from where the compass intersected the circle.

OR ... just do a web search for HEXAGON on the net. Then you can see how the hexagon is made, print out a pattern, and resize it for you own use.

ali

Hey ... I could have added that the total of the inside angles of the hexagon is 720 degrees and even gotten this more confusing.

AliKat, love the kitty pict. I am math "illiterate" have tried and tried, but just doesn't work for me>

and yes I have had a very good tutor for math , and whats so funny, look it, I am doing triangles, squares, rectangles"hexagons," etc etc etc!! now go figure! hehehehe.

But what you wrote, I just got to try it!

Would you believe I used to tutor math as a youngster and then did teach math for awhile [before I went into my medical career.] We laughed so much in my classes one principal just shook his head and walked away. It all depends on how you look at it ... and sometimes, the words you use. "Math" is an almost no-no. "Playing around with things" is almost always a good-to-go.

Having fun is a MUST.

ali

thanks ali! now that is a good one!

Quiltzila, thanks for the link, i will look into that one shortly!

This is so simple!!!