Hickory Nut type hexies
 

Yesterday, I experimenting with the concept. Thinking, first try before you buy. So, I used file folder to draw templates, figuring outer hex to be 1" larger than inner...giving 1/2" fold over around.......cut fabs, batt and tried......did not work well.....not enough of a fold over.......so recut a new outer hex giving myself 3/4" seam around inner.....yes! I made this "sample" quite large.......inner about 2" and outer whatever.......did another, this time X sewed down inner, batt, outer hexies before turning over that frame....better IMHO. CONCLUSION: not going to buy templates....experiment pieces, notes, homemade templates will be bagged and filed...on to something else.......not what I want to do today!!!!!

Thanks for sharing your experiences. I really like the idea but the price of the templates was off-putting especially since I did not know if I would enjoy the process. I too was thinking of experimenting with paper templates first. I think I will give it a try, maybe using large enough pieces to make some Christmas mug rugs.

This might be useful.
http://www.quiltinaday.com/community...=3&topic=22047

I love my plastic hickory nut templates! I also use them to mark a simple design for my quilts with for quilting. To me things must be at least a duel duty item if it is so costly. By the way, they work great for what they are intended because you can fussy cut images because you are able to see through them to the fabric prints.

I use my Hickory Templates a lot. I have the Hexie and Cathedral window Hickory templates, all sizes. The shop is about an hour away and I always get new ideas to use them when I shop there.

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Would you be willing to share a photo of the templates? I am having trouble imaging them, and the link to them did not work, and using the search got me nowhere.

oops, sorry about that. Just tried to make an octagon from memory, so here goes. Riversong did the original tute. She drew a round shape, anysize, I used an 8 inch dinner plate. Fold your paper circle in quarters, place ruler on this folded paper cut off the rounded end. Presto you now have an octagon template. Just use different sized circles for different sized octagon. I just kept cutting down my circle till I got the size I wanted. I'm real technical, not.

I just bought a set of 3 nesting hexagon templates on eBay for $5 with free shipping. They are 1", 2" and 3". They seem to be accurate.