I Did It!!!
Originally uploaded by tigglegiggles.com

I'm SO happy! I finally mastered the hexagon. My previous attempts have ended up scrapped - not even usable - so I thought I would be destined to live my life without hexagons.

I have tried a number of different hexagon tutorials and even the shortcuts. Nothing seemed to work. They ended up wonky and I don't want to start a wonky hexagon trend. I'll leave that for someone else.

I finally found what works. Using a square of fabric instead of trimming the fabric to within a 1/4 inch of the template. Every time I trimmed the fabric to 1/4 inch, it became harder to handle and control the movement in the fabric.

With some help from Posie Gets Cozy's suggestions of using the square fabric and then The Sometimes Crafter's encouragement that I too could make perfect hexagons, I did it!

Using the 2 1/2 inch square made the hexagons so easy to form. There is more room for basting and hardly any movement in the fabric. The lines stay crisp and straight.

I've tried a number of websites to print out my hexagon papers, but incompetech is the one I keep coming back to.

This might be the project I take with me on my trip to Disneyland. Small enough to carry with me on the plane and I can have all my squares and papers cut out ahead of time. It will be my son's (he likes to be called Superhero Disney) first time to Disneyland and he's only 5, so we will be including lots of down time.