Hexagon Tutorial Round-up

After a very long winter, warm weather has finally found its way to the north east! The kids have been thrilled to get back outside, and I’ve been spending more time on hand sewing these days, instead of at my machine. There is something relaxing about siting outside and having something come together by hand.

Like everything else in life, I think there are seasons for sewing different things. I know that someday my children will be older, they won’t need me to watch their every move, take them to the playground, and sitting outside while they splash in the kiddie pool. So, for this summer, I’m going to embrace hand sewing. I’ve been working on sewing together some adorable hexagons I received from Gina of Party of Eight: Our Story in a recent swap. I’ve added a few favorite fussy cuts to the mix as well {I’m new to fussy cutting, and it is so much fun searching through fabrics for those cute pictures to feature!}. If you’re interested in joining me in my hand sewing summer, I wanted to post some great hexagon resources for you!

• Hexagon Basics at Messy Jesse
• Glue Basting Hexagons at Pretty By Hand
• Thread Basting Hexagons at Self-Sewn
• Freezer Paper Hexagons {& Free Embroidery} from my mom
• No-Baste Hexagons {for applique} by me
• Coming soon: Quilting on the Go: English Paper Piecing

Lately I’ve been glue basting my hexagons, and I love how fast they get finished! I bought the large Fiskar’s Hexagon Punch-for hexagons with 3/4″ finished sides, for 1″ sides buy the Extra Large Hexagon-to punch my papers {I used regular typing paper, as I didn’t have any card stock on hand, but I might pick up some card stock next time}. I added a hole punch to the back too, to make them super easy to remove.

Do you find your sewing differs by season? Are you making something thing by hand this summer? Do you have a favorite hexagon tutorial I missed? I’d love for you to share.