Making hexies from circles
 

I was watching a recorded episode of a sewing program
(sadly I can't remember which one), but the guest on the
show showed how to make hexies using circle pieces of fabric.

Totally forgot about watching this episode until I saw lynnie's
post "crazy for hexies".

Well that prompted me to search the internet for a "refresher"
on the program I saw.

Darned if that did not have me wanting to make one just to
"try" it for myself. I must confess it is WAY easier for me to
make hexies like that than it is from templates and cutting
fabric into hexie shapes.

I can see a quilt being made with them someday.


Anyone else use this method?

For me cutting circles is harder than cutting hexies. If you want more than one of a fabric you can cut trips then cut the sides. Straight lines are way easier to cut than curved.

a few of my guild members do it, but i've not tried it yet

Works well for me. Much easier than cutting hexies

Would love to see it. I agree doing strips works really well for me.

I am currently working on some hexies. I have just been using squares of fabric and the Sew Line glue pen to turn the edges and glue to the paper hexies I have for templates. Hand sewing them together. This works for me but you probably should try a couple of different methods to see what you like best.

Louise- try you tube. I remember seeing it. I use a glue stick and glue my hex paper( usually glossy junk mail) down to fabric and roughly cut a piece of fabric to go around the paper. I then baste the fabric down and sew them together. Jeanne will post a picture for me of the dog bone as I have so far. I see her on Tuesday.

The problem with any of these methods is you wind up with these little hex shaped pieces of fabric. Hexes mean Y-seams, Y seams mean a lot of hand work. When you are finished, it looks like the floor in my grandmother's Bronx tenement building in the mid 60s.

Just teasing you all. You all go gettum.

tim in san jose

Y seams don't necessarily mean "hand work"....

....and I'm sure your grandmas floor in that tenement bldg was beautiful at one time....hand laid....a lost art!

Yes, the originator of that way has a book or two out, also a website, but don't remember her name now. By joining the circles in a specific way a hexie is formed.....two sided actually....a cute thing, no templates..I used my GO and die to cut the circles.....I have the book somewhere......

You might check out http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...+hexagon+quilt

Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.

I have cut my hexes using a metal template that has embedded a very rough texture on the back. I cut a 2.5" strip and cut with the tiny 18mm rotary cutter cutting just to two ends. So simple and quick.

http://www.rileyblakedesigns.com/cut.../6/3/hexagami/

This is a link to a tutorial. Make sure to scroll down the page. Fast and easy!

I am working on one and I'm not sewing y seams. I make a flower first and then add my path.

Yes, my best friend wrote a book about them. It is called, "Quick and Easy Hexie Quilts" by Dr. Peggy G. Rhodes and Julia C. Wood published by AQS. It has been a big for the past couple of years or so. AQS is doing a second printing. The book is really good and is illustrated in full color.

Yes! That's the one I'm thinking of...it is fun and fast!

That's how I do it too!

I learned to make hexies with squares with the corners cut off. I then center the fabric over a paper hexie, and fold over the edges, holding it in place with a paper clip. I hand sew it together, folding over the corners, making a small stitch at the corner before going to the next one. Works for me. I can make a ton of them in a short time. I am using a 1" hexie with 2 1/2 inch squares, pressing them when they are done to make sewing them together easier. The left over squares (and I have a lot of them) are being used for enders and leaders and I am stringing those together to make another quilt. Double duty!


I am making a GFG with them, and sewing them together by hand a well with a whip stitch.

Julia came to speak at a guild I'm in & then taught a class the next day. I wound up taking the class too & what fun!
Of course I started a quilt & am working on it off & on but I still like regular hexies & am quilting one right now.
Have fun that's what we go for.

I say whatever works for you is okay to do.

I wonder If you are thinking of the one where you fold the circle and don't use any template. They are fun to make. Fold the circle in half both ways and finger press. Open back out to full circle. Bring first line into the middle and tack down. finger press out to end of that piece and bring that end in and tack. Continue all around.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]533399[/ATTACH]I must have watched the same show because I made this lap quilt by folding circles into hexagons. Then sewed them together with a ladder stitch. Not finished yet, but it should be soon since there's no binding or quilting to do. Used stash fabrics mostly. It was fun.