My gals went crazy! I was afraid I would get grumbling as this is a departure from our usual felted wool appliqué. They surprised me by loving the tiniest hexie the best. Check out those fussy cut centers. These are just the ones I managed to photo.
If you have inherited or purchased some vintage or antique hexagons you are well aware of the pitfalls of this time honored technique. Every 1/32″ error in cutting or stitching compounds. You can see from the box how wonky they already were at this early stage in construction. There is just not much to be done to get these lovelies to lay flat.
My stitching group explored using diecut hexagons and the English Paper Piecing method. I precut hexagons from Freezer Paper in several sizes and we stitched away. All of the Sizzix Hexagon dies are awesome! We played with two construction methods, fusible appliqué and English Paper Piecing using Freezer Paper. The tiniest hexie is Tim Holtz Honeycomb 659430 with 3/8″ sides. Fantastic precision with all these dies thank you Sizzix! 
Top row: Used Freezer Paper hexagons. Reusable 4-6 times. Hexagons pressed to the wrong side of fabric. (Rough cut around leaving about 3/8″ for turn under.) Tim Holtz Honeycomb die 3/8″ sides of tiny cuteness.
Row two: First two from vintage box. Pincushion out of Kaffe fabric from a friend.
Bottom row: Vintage box hexies with Freezer Paper templates – nice and flat but those are some *narrow seam allowances. More hexies oh so nice and flat recently stitched. *If I decide to turn the vintage box of hexies into a Grandmother’s Flower Garden Quilt I’ll be ordering a Custom Sizzix Die with a slightly smaller sized side for the hexagon Freezer Paper templates.
Sew…another technique checked off of the bucket list. Like I told my stitching friends you need to try it and then decide to take it or leave it. I am stunned at how many actually enjoyed making the fun hexagon flowers and have a project in mind. Who knew?
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