Hexagons! A beginning

I make Hexagons and you should, too! It's a little project that travels very nicely.

If you use freezer paper pieces, the hotel iron comes in handy!

See how great this is? When your child is getting ready for his game, in the cold rain, you can park the van nearby to watch....

And have all you need to work on these little guys right in your lap!

I liked freezer paper since you didn't need pins to hold your scrap in place and it has some body. Regular paper was my least favorite. Too easy to warp your shape I think.

But my favorite was the card stock - I felt like my hexagons were the most neat with the firmer edge. But see how lame my cutting skills are up there!? Even with a nice template download, and using my rotary tool and ruler, I had the worst time with slipping! {This is standard with my cutting in general. I have tried all kinds of things to help. Maybe I should join in on Becket's preschool class to get some tips!}

Anyway, since I like the card stock best, cut terribly, and need UNIFORM hexagons - these pre cuts from Paper Pieces are what I'll use from now on.

I mentioned how freezer paper holds fabric in place nicely - well I tried just holding the fabric in place with the card stock. It was frustrating every time it slipped! Not enough fabric on an edge, or a rumple in the top....I had to pin. But I didn't want to pin through the card stock and bend the shape. A little hole punch is perfect here.

Ignore the random thread! I'm too lazy to go take another one.

This is how I like to baste down my edges. It's a small stitch through just the fabric at the corner, then take one more back stitch in the same spot before moving onto the next corner. I knot at the start, but not at the end.

Here at Sunshine's Creations is a great tutorial that I followed for this part. Huge plus for this method seems to be the ability to just leave those threads in when you're done, instead of pulling them.

I did a few with some Heather Ross poplin cuteness. I found that the poplin tended to kind of bow out and wouldn't stay flat with my finger pressing and just tacking the corners. So I did a few like Camille, actually sewing the corners and mid way on the edges through the paper.

Besides needing to pull all those threads at the end, I didn't enjoy the process as well. I don't know why.

That's as far as I've gotten. Once I decide how I would like to stitch these guys together, I'm interested in finding out if any of the different paper types result in nicer looking joined hexagons. I'll keep you updated as I learn more on my new mini hobby!