Hexie tutorial

So today I bring you an English Paper Piecing Tutorial! One of my long term projects right now is an English Paper Piecing (EPP) project.

How To Hexi / English Paper Pieced (EEP) Hexies Tutorial and Pattern

Do you hexie? English paper piecing is a traditional way of sewing patchwork by hand. The basic idea is to cover a paper shape with fabric, then sew the shapes together while the paper templates are...

English paper piecing is a technique used to create various quilting projects. It is done by hand, using paper templates to stabilize scraps of fabric. This technique can be used to sew scraps of different shapes, but hexagons are the most popular and, of course, my favorite ;-) There are several ways to secure paper templates and sew hexagons together, this is how I do mine. Follow my blog to learn other how-tos, useful advice and sewing hacks.

You can create any number of shapes with this technique, but there's a reason that the humble hexagon is so popular - hexagons fit together...

With a ton of things to do before the end of the year I got distracted yet again! I saw the "Quilt as you go Hexagon" tutorial from Missouri Star Quilt Co. (here) and realized that this was my kind of hexie! Paper piecing and little hexies scare me - but this bigger, faster and easy version seemed like a whole lot of fun. You don't have to buy a template; there are lots of tutorials and videos that show you the same technique using cardboard and different sized units. I did get the one sold…

This simple English paper pieced hexie tutorial will have you growing your fabric hexagon collection in no time.

I am not a big hand stitcher or for that matter a hexagon quilt sewer, but for some reason I have hit the bug of ---they are so cute. And, look, I can watch t.v.