21 Feb 2008, 7:59pm

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I’ve created a couple PDFs for your crafting pleasure. I love English paper piecing, but I hate tracing hexagons, so I’ve made a printable sheets of 3/4″ and 1″ hexagons a bunch of stuff. When you print them, I recommend card stock, this way you can use the shapes again and again. I store my cut hexagons in ziplocks with the size written in sharpie.

The size of the hexagons is determined by measuring one side - that’s the way they’re measured in standard quilting patterns.

When you cut out the shapes, cut right inside the lines. There are tons of patterns out there using hexagons…Grandma’s Garden type patterns. Have fun!

The PDF sheets are free, but I hope you’ll leave me a comment if you use them. I’d love to see pictures - I hope you’ll link to me if you post any photos of your work!

Updated, after making lots of hexagons: I prefer to just trace a hex onto the back of my fabric, pin my hexes together and join them with a running stitch. Super easy and my stitches never show. Also saves all the work of sewing the paper into the hex first, before sewing the hexes together. I’ve written a tutorial for piecing hexies without paper here. There’s also a great tutorial at Sunshine’s Creations for English paper piecing. Whichever method you choose, have a ball! And share pictures!

Thanks, Abi

Thanks! Just what I was looking for! Going to do this with freezer paper! :)

27 May 2012, 3:24pm
by Emma Lynch


I used to make these with my sisters. Thank you for making it easy to start again. I’m about to teach my eight year old.

6 Jun 2012, 5:39pm
by Sharon


Thanks so much! I always struggle with hand cutting.

Printing a sheet of hexies for a zakka sew-along project - thank you!

11 Jun 2012, 7:14pm
by Jenny Bowman


Thanks for this, great idea. Thought I might try some patchwork for a change and will certainly link back to you when and if I manage to finish it.

13 Jun 2012, 5:39am
by Marilyn


Thanks for these. I am going to try to finish a Grandmother’s Flower Garden started by my mother over 60 years ago!!
Then I’ll make one of my own. Looking forward to making my “hexies”.
You are making it much easier.

25 Jun 2012, 8:09pm
by Annie @ knitsofacto


Wow, thank you :D

thank you so much, these will be so useful - i love the hexagonal themes!

Thanks for the hexagon templates! They are just what I needed to take with me on a camping trip where I wanted to do some hand sewing.

30 Jun 2012, 6:27pm
by Mary Jo


I have been using the one inch hexagon pattern for a small baby quilt. Unfortunately, I didn’t print out enough of the one inch hexagon pages….I guess I just thought the page would always be there. Today, when I went back to print from your patterns, the one inch hexagon printed larger. Is it something I am doing wrong? Did you update or change the size in any way? Thanks for answering my questions. Love your blog.

5 Jul 2012, 10:13pm
by nurseli


Thanks for the templates! I use these all the time now.

11 Jul 2012, 7:39pm
by sheila 77


Thanks a lot, how generous of you to create these downloads. Isn’t the internet wonderful. I’m planning to make something with three quarter inch hexes. So far I’ve made one and it looks really sweet.

14 Jul 2012, 9:45pm
by sue singer


Thanks, thanks, thanks. These are exactly what I need. I saw a quilt in Australian Quilts and it was made up of thousands of 1/2″ hexagons. I am enlarging the pieces slightly and will just have a few less rows around the center medallion.

15 Jul 2012, 10:15am
by Alt?gen Çiçekler « rumeysaatas


[...] 3/4″ yakla??k olarak 2 cm ve bir kenar? 2″ olan kuma? kareler kestim. Alt?genleri buradan bilgisayar?n?za indirilebilirsiniz. Snippets and Blabbery’i ben de yeni ke?fettim. Bu [...]

Thank-you for having a pattern that I didn’t have to buy. I just want to try my hand at these before making an investment in pkgs. of these hexes.

18 Jul 2012, 12:13am
by Yvette Gutenberg


Thanks for having these templates available. I have been looking for a while for them. Appreciate it.

18 Jul 2012, 3:44pm
by Sue Levesque


I downloaded a couple of pages of hexagon templates and now cannot download more. I love them and am trying to do a number of them for a small quilted project. Could I please download some more? I thank you for the tutorial also. Emisue

Thanks for the hexie templates. I am going to attempt the 1 1/2 inch ones!

Sorry, I’m really not sure. I haven’t changed the templates - perhaps you used a different printer? I’d recommend saving the PDF to your computer so you always have it.

I think all the links are working okay. You should just be able to save the PDFs to your own computer.

good luck!!! post a picture of your progress :)

24 Jul 2012, 1:29am
by myrna sossner


Thank you. I started to hand draw hexies when I “found” you and your printable ones.
I have needed some hand busy work while watching TV in the evening. This will be much better. :>))

25 Jul 2012, 1:19am
by Kimberly


Thank you for these templates! I have just started making hexies and I am preferring to print my own templates right now. These are so helpful!

Thank you so much. Just what I was looking for to make my pin cushions. I have loads of templates, but not the 3/4 hexagon size. This was just so helpful, and now I can get started. Kathy

10 Aug 2012, 5:58pm
by Four dogs and one quilter


Thanks so so much for these wonderful template pages. Am addicted to hexagons and love to print my own paper pieces.

12 Aug 2012, 9:40am
by Lynn W. Australia


thanks so much Molly, I have spent so much time online trying to find templates - you deserve a medal

Hello,
Thanks for the downloads. I love that they are not connected. Do you have one for 1/2″ hexies??
Paula

22 Aug 2012, 10:43pm
by Fresh Cut Quilts


I am teaching an English Paper Piecing class and will refer my students to this web address if they prefer to print and cut their own. Thanks very much!

I Googled for hexie templates because I really want to try them (to make something small, like a pincushion) and found you. Thanks so much for sharing this!

25 Aug 2012, 3:32pm
by Doreen S,Scotland


Thanks a lot ,just what Ive been searching for.

1 Sep 2012, 1:38am
by Christina Recchio


Thank you for the templates, lots of different sizes! I’m looking forward to trying them out. :-)

2 Sep 2012, 6:47am
by Hilary


Thanks so much! So helpful, nice and easy.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE HEXAGON DOWNLOAD.I HAVE JUST DISCOVERED ENGLISH PAPER PIECING AND I LOVE IT.

NAN

10 Sep 2012, 10:47am
by Gillian Harris


Hello, I just found your site and I downloaded the Hexagons and Triangles, thank you so much I will post a photo on my blog when my quilt is done.

Gill

11 Sep 2012, 3:47pm
by kathleen Solomi


Hi , my friend told me about you site for hexies . Thankyou so much . I usually spend hours drawing round a pieco of plastic. I’m now going to look on your Pinterest . I have boards myself .

Awesome! Thanks! And good luck with your class :)

15 Sep 2012, 6:10pm
by Kristan @ Doodle Do Designs


Thank you so much for these templates! You’re a doll!

18 Sep 2012, 1:57pm
by Jeanne Smith


Thanks for the templates- they’re great! Decided it would make a nice change after hundreds of knitted hexagons for my Beekeepers Quilt

18 Sep 2012, 1:58pm
by catherine brownsword


Thank you so much for the lovely hexagons. This is going to save me a lot of time and make my finished work so much more accurate. So kind of you to share.

Thank you so much for these. A friend gave me some hand drawn ones but the hexagons just don’t come out the same size. I’m looking forward to trying these ones out.

Jenny

25 Sep 2012, 9:32pm
by Mel Helm


Thanks. I’ve been deperately looking for an actual pattern, especially larger than 1″. This is only the third time I’ve left a comment in my life. That’s how happy I am.

Thanks so much for your generousity, you have no idea how you saved my sanity today :)

2 Oct 2012, 9:05pm
by Ann Kolpin


I just bought some beautiful die-cut card stock hexagons from paperpieces.com. Perfect size. I’ve tried freezer paper. I got 150 hexagons for $19. I’m VERY glad I ordered these. They can be used over and over.

5 Oct 2012, 9:41am
by Elsabe van Zweel


Thank you for the free downloads! As I am only starting patchwork now for the first time it will sure help me a lot!!!!!!

Thanks works great

I’ve printed off my second and third set of 3/4″. I’m having a wonderful time making these as I sit in our truck all day while we drive from Vermont to Alabama. I’m going to have lots to do things with by the time we get there! Thanks so much. I’ve told my readers about your wonderful generosity.
Marsha, Quilterinmotion

22 Oct 2012, 5:18am
by Heather


Thankyou - what a great timesaver. I am in Australia!

 

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