How to make Hexagons WITHOUT paper forms -Quilting Tutorial

Great tutorial, Ginnie! Easy and fun!

Brilliant! I’m definitely going to try this. I’ve wanted to make hexies for along time, but have always thought that pulling all those papers out would be just too tedious! Thanks for your video!

A comment that may seem super simple, but in order to fit and sew the hexis together, they need to start as the same size circle. Also, when pulling the thread at the end of the circle, it is a fine line between too close to the edge (frays out), and too far down from the edge (the hexi doesn't come out even).

This is neat!

Thank you for sharing that tip❤

I used get my maths pupils to fold paper circles into equilateral triangles and then hexagons.

It’s such a great way to alleviate the boredom of having to either cut hexagons from paper (or pay for pre-cut shapes). I used to be a teacher in my previous life and I loved using paper circles with parents and children and using the same method of folding to the centre watching them delight in the beauty of the maths involved. Folding an equilateral triangle can also be achieved using a similar method.
Thanks for sharing this lovely way of doing practical maths. 😉❤️😀

This is called an Amish hexagon 😊

Wow I’ll have to try this! I like the music you use in your videos and how it isn’t too loud when you are talking!

Love this. Joined your channel!

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Too much work and looks bulky. What? Is the chance of them all being uniform ? I will stick with the forms.

Nice tecnique. I will try it out on some circles I have left from a yoyo quilt I made.

Smart double face .meditative

Thank you

I do this, but I come up the center from the outside, leaving the knot on the outside. That way I can just snip the knot off after I have pressed and sewn together.❤

Wow. Thought I knew every hexie technique out there... (Like yo-yo's, but better.) One sheet of cotton flannel would probably do fine for batting in a quilt of these. I am currently waiting on shipment of a 1000 hexie papers, and will have some fun with these, while waiting.

One odd thing I've noticed in the world of fold-over paper hexie making is the insistence that papers HAVE to be left in on aggregate edges, as if you can ONLY sew them together with the paper intact, and the hexie will self-destruct without the form (everyone presses....right?). I see this even in videos where the maker has neatly thread basted the corners down.

Nice presentation. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing, new to quilting

Thanks for showing this. I saw it in a book but just couldn’t do it

Cute, like a yoyo but not. Im always open to new techniques

So the finished quilt will be double the weight of a normal quilt.

Wish i saw this before starting my queen size english paper pieced quilt. Ben working on it forever

I suppose I'm lazy. I'd just press it down.

I like it but I am too thrifty with my fabric.

Buy a Big Shots die cutter to cut hexi forms(paper/plastic) And fabric. Way easier! I hand sew way to fast for this. This would make me fall asleep. Taking out hexi forms is simple, especially if you glue baste your fabric.

The measurement of a hexie is taken on the short side, so your hexie probably is 1" - 1.5 " across one of the short sides; not the diameter.

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Can't really see the point of that....cannot see it's precisely equal on all sides...like a proper template would be

Gonna try this, thank you.🇨🇦

It's clever, but seems like an awful waste of fabric to me. And quite time consuming.