Originally Posted by Kutnso
I started on my first GFG yesterday and quickly got tired of basting !!! So I sprayed starch in a small cover and wet all around the hex then prerssed---Voila---they held perfectly to sew them together. I found that you should match your thread, I used off white on red and the stitches showed a little, to me anyway.
Good luck, Kutnso
I don't remember where I found this method but it removes one step and it works for me. 1)Download a hexagon grid. 2) Lightly iron the grid to freezer paper. 3) Cut them apart. 4) Iron the freezer paper portion to the fabric. 5) Cut the fabric out allowing for the seam allowance. 6) Iron the seam allowance to the wrong side. 7) Overcast to join. No basting! I remove the pattern because the spray starch holds it in place. It's interesting to me how many different ways there are to do this simple pattern.