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Hilary, sweet!!!
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Beautiful quilt! I too, don't understand reusing the papers.
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There is no such thing as a stupid question. It shows that you want to learn. Sounds like you've gotten all the advice you need so go for it!
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Stitch along the edge of the fold and don't pierce the paper. Then, gently remove the paper when through with the flower.
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I purchased the Dritz 1.5" papers also. The pack has a 100 so it's a good start. I made some of my own but that was taking a while. Since there a 7 hexies to a "flower", I separate into groups of 7 and laying them out would be easy way for me to measure size quilt I can make.
Originally Posted by redstilettos
(Post 7663355)
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? |
Anyone wanting to try hexies....paperpieces.com has a 30% off sale until Sept. 30. They also sell polar notions......fabric boards...so a good time to try something new!
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Originally Posted by Onebyone
(Post 7662908)
I seldom reuse the papers. My grand loved to punch them out with a punch or cut them with my Go die so I have shoeboxes full of cut hexie papers. I like the lightweight card stock to use for the papers.
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You can buy bags of the plastic hexes in many sizes. They all have holes in the middle for easy removal. You can also go to Inlingo.com to purchase a program which will print on the back of your fabric: there will be lines for the outer cut edge, along with dash lines inside the larger hexie. You can cut on the outer lines either with scissors or with rotary cutters. You can either hand or machine sew on the dashed lines and get perfect results. The nice part about hand sewing is that you use a running stitch, which won't show as much as the system with paper piecing.To prepare the fabric, you iron freezer paper to the front of the fabric and place the fabric in your paper tray in the printer, being sure to have the back of the fabric placed correctly so that the printing goes on the fabric rather than on the back of the freezer paper.
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Coventry UK, your hexi quilt is very pretty. I would like to do a small project so I have a to-go project. Thanks for showing.
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I use a rotary cutter and cut hexies from freezer paper and iron to back of fabric, rather than pinning.
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