I use one inch hexies. (Print them and cut them myself.) I use 2 1/2 inch squares of fabric. Pin the paper to the square, and lop off the corners. Don't like extra bulk. I do stitch the corners, but run one large stitch thru the paper on each side. It seems to stabilize it a bit more for me. After the hexie is surrounded, I just clip the large stitch from the front, and slip the paper out. I do reuse them. I do not remove the basting threads. Hexies are very addicting. Have fun! CoventryUK, your top is lovely.

Some folks put them together with diamonds. Traditionally green for a pathway.

Sue Daley had a great YouTube on hexies......and there are many more....I use the glue rather than baste...and rather than whip stitch I sew them together side by side on the back side...don't see that connecting thread that way. Many like to join with a ladder stitch.....do some research before trying something new......helps to get info first...

That's how I do mine, I also trim to 1/4 inch as I go, sew one flower together, then start over. I also decided to make all the centers yellow. I'm my in-between fo to,when I'm between quilts and very portable. I just need to get back to it BEFORE it becomes a UFO.

Before you start putting it together, Google GFG for pictures of various layouts.

..paperpieces.com is a good source for papers and I like their acrylic templates best as they have a 3/8" seam allowance rather than 1/4"---sounds like nothing, but works better for me......

I don't understand reusing the papers unless there was a problem with getting more paper or had to use scissors to cut each one. :eek:

Hello CoventryUK....your hexi quilt is going to be spectacular and wishing I had the patience to do something like that.
I'm so jealous!!

I don't save my papers...if I've made my own with a punch or GO, I just make more...or I order what I want from paperpieces......

CoventryUK: That is EXACTLY what I want to do! Wow that is So pretty!


I went out and purchased some Dritz 1.5" papers last night. I am working at a quilt show in Suring, WI all day Saturday, so I am hoping I can work on this in my "down time" :)

Oh....another question: once stiched, do you iron them before putting them together? I would think it would help lay them flat and keep the stitches smaller then, maybe? Or am I over thinking it?