One of my lovely newsletter subscribers emailed me this week asking if I could suggest some hexie projects for her, as she had recently inherited a huge box of hexagons from her mother. I sent her a bunch of suggestions but I thought that info was too good not to share! All these projects are based on English Paper Pieced (EPP) hexagons – they are a great scrap buster.
Get ready to go hexie mad!
1.Hexagon clock by Owen’s Olivia
2. Hexie Sewing Kit by A Spoonful of Sugar
3. English Paper Piecing Travel Kit by The Zen of Making
4. Quilted Hexie Zipper Pouch by Michael Ann Made
5. Hexie Mug Rug by Sew Delicious (that’s me!)
6. Hexie Pin Cushion by Crazy Mom Quilts
7. Hexie Pillow by An Art School Dropout’s Life
8. Hexie Drawstring Bag by Retro Mama
9. Hexie Tote Bag by Lori Hartman Designs
10. Hexie Hot Pad by My Poppet Makes
How fabulous are those projects!? If you’ve never made EPP hexies before, this is a great video tutorial by Ellison Lane Quilts.
Hope you find some inspiration from this list – so many great projects to choose from!
How are you attaching these to your fabric?…and What happens to the paper when you wash the completed project. It would seem like you’d get balled up paper inside your hexagon.
You remove the papers once your hexie is attached on all sides.
After you sew your hexis together, you remove the papers before using in your project. If sewing several several rounds together, remove them row by row as you go just leaving the last row in while adding the next row. If appliquing to a background fabric starch and press the seams on th last row before removing the papers or, after sewing to background, cut a slit behind each hexi and remove the paper through this. Another option us to cut all the background from behind the all hexis, leaving a seam allowance, then remove the papers. I prefer the first method.
Use vilene instead of papers then they do not to be removed.
What is vilene?
Using appliqué paper doesn’t require you to remove the paper as it partially dissolves
Thx so much for the hexagon patterns. I’m really looking fwd to doing them however for the time being I’ve put them in my “craft bucket list” cheers Diane