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Hexagons

I was lucky enough to have my grand-daughter Alyssa here for a few hours last week, and the two of us made all these hexies using some of the fabrics I’m using for The Splendid Sampler blocks.  We had such great fun, we laughed and giggled the whole time.

Hexies

Alyssa was able to cut hundreds of these hexagons using the Sizzix Big Shot machine and the hexagon die I bought.  It was the first time I’ve tried it, so we watched a YouTube video first and then she started cutting.

sizzix

In very little time, she had a charm pack cut into hexagons.  Then I taught her how to prepare them using hexagon templates.  The only thing we couldn’t do was to fussy cut.  I’ll still have to do those by hand.

Alyssa wanted to try cutting wool, so we pulled some scraps and ran it through the machine.  It worked great and I had a hard time getting her to quit.

wool hexies

 wool colorsI have no idea what I’ll use all these wool hexagons for, but they sure look pretty in the jars.  I know these made some great memories.

Hope you’re having a great weekend!

Anne

23 Comments

  • Hildy

    I’m sure Alyssa enjoyed the time together with you as much as you. Love the hexies in the jar such a fun idea to display them this way.

  • Colleen

    After you cut out the fabric hexagons with the cutter do you use papers ?

    I would like to cut fabric hexagons then use papers to baste the fabric on then sew the hexagons together

    I’d like my seam allowance a bit more than 1/4 as my basting of the first half of the hexagon uses more than 1/4 inch then there is not enough fabric for the second half

    😇

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