Friday, 14 March 2014

Hexiestars

After finishing my last hand sewing project I was keen to get cracking on another one :) So, I had an idea that I'd like some sort of star. A bit of fiddling around, on TouchDraw on the iPad, later I had this plan.
 With my new found love of gluebasting it wasn't long before I had it ready to sew together in fabric form.
I sew all the thin triangle pieces to the central hexie then fill in with the larger grey triangles. They are quick, fun and addictive :)
I've been showing my progress on Instagram and quite a few people had asked where I got the pattern from so I thought I'd share the templates here for anyone that might fancy a go at there own :) If you do have a go I'd love to see! #hexiestars

You'll find the EPP template pdf here

Catch you soon x
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37 comments:

  1. Kay14 March 2014 at 14:22

    I really like the look of these. EPP is one of my favourite things to do, I h ave tried glue basting but found it a pain to pull the papers out afterwards.

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  2. Archie The Wonder Dog14 March 2014 at 18:34

    These look lovely!

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  3. Katy Cameron14 March 2014 at 21:37

    You're cooking with gas there!

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  4. Judith, Belfast14 March 2014 at 23:19

    These are fabulous stars! What a brilliant designer you are! Jxo

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  5. margaret15 March 2014 at 07:52

    great stars, those long very narrow pieces must have been tricky

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  6. Sheila15 March 2014 at 08:46

    These are beautiful. Thanks for sharing the pattern.

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  7. moira15 March 2014 at 09:11

    You're on fire! Looking good x

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  8. Steph Blair17 March 2014 at 22:20

    Lovely - I'm going to try these! Thank you :D

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  9. Live a Colorful Life22 May 2014 at 21:13

    These are fabulous! I came over from Debbie at A Quilter's Table. Thanks for making the templates available! Good summer project. :)

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  10. Anita22 May 2014 at 22:28

    Very cute! Thanks for the template!

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  11. SIMPLESEW23 May 2014 at 00:49

    Thank you perfect timing, starting on a EPP too and needed something new, I EPP alot, sometimes never making anything, this is what I needed..

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  12. Anonymous1 June 2014 at 17:50

    What a great idea - thank you for sharing this! I am not on Instagram, maybe you want to open a flickr group?

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  13. Vanna D1 July 2014 at 10:32

    Thanks for the Pattern & Templates I'm trying these with my melt away EPP papers. I make them from water-soluble embroidery stabilizer

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    1. Wendy V16 September 2014 at 17:28

      Tell us more! Sounds interesting. I've never used it. Is the stabilizer thick enough to give you enough support for hand stitching or is it like Heat&Bond where you can just iron the folded edges?

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  14. Unknown16 July 2014 at 20:03

    Thank you for sharing , I've made 3 so far and I'm far from done ! I love this little hexi ;)

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  15. Unknown28 August 2014 at 15:59

    Gracias por compartir, son geniales

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  16. Unknown30 August 2014 at 13:05

    I wonder if this could be paper pieced.

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    1. Reene@Nellie's Niceties30 August 2014 at 19:38

      I wouldn't even know where to start to foundation piece this one. It goes together very easily as an English paper piecing project though :)

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  17. Roxanne30 August 2014 at 14:08

    Are you cutting your fabric 1/4" larger than the template?

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    1. Reene@Nellie's Niceties30 August 2014 at 19:39

      Yes. I usually cut them roughly 1/4" bigger by eye :)

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  18. Unknown30 August 2014 at 14:18

    What a great pattern! Thank you so much for sharing - I've added this to my bucket list!

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  19. Kelly Cline30 August 2014 at 14:34

    Love this one!!!

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  20. Edie30 August 2014 at 18:34

    These are awesome! I am going to make a few, and see how it goes, I love EPP too. Thank you for the free pattern and the tutorial. I probably won't be able to share though, as I am not on Instagram.

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  21. Gail Lizette30 August 2014 at 19:10

    Awesome design! Thanks for sharing it :)

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  22. Randi Johnson30 August 2014 at 19:22

    I have a go; will play around with it soon

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  23. Wendy V16 September 2014 at 17:24

    LOVE these. Thanks for the template too.
    I've never tried glue basting. I read in a previous comment that glue basted papers are difficult to remove. Have you found this?

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    1. Reene@Nellie's Niceties17 September 2014 at 12:32

      You're welcome :) I haven't had any problem removing the papers but I do only use a tiny amount around the edge of the shape. Enjoy :)

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  24. Anonymous23 September 2014 at 16:55

    I love this pattern! I started to work on it last night as I just HAD to try it. I have done quite a bit of EPP but nothing with so sharp a point. How do you deal with all the excess fabric on the long thin points? I have so much fabric and I'm not sure how to sew the "background" triangles on and still have a sharp point. Any tips or other photos I could see?

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  25. stitchy woman14 October 2014 at 16:59

    What an awesome pattern! Thanks for sharing. Even though I have some experience with EPP, I too am troubled by the long, narrow points. I've found no help found on the web. Can anyone explain, share photos or recommend a tutorial? Thanks.

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  26. Purl Buttons2 November 2014 at 14:12

    WOW! Just saw this on Pinterest and it linked to this post. I love it!

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  27. Helen in the UK8 April 2015 at 17:11

    Thanks so much for the link to the PDF of the pattern pieces. I saw the link on Em's Scrapbag and although I'm new to EPP had to save it for a future project :)

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  28. alcira7 June 2015 at 02:01

    perfecto, hermoso, maravilloso muchas gracias,lo aprovecharé en un almohadón. felicidades

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  29. Esther J Moehrke12 January 2016 at 04:21

    Link not working for the pdf. Can you please put up another link or send the pdf to me directly, please?

    Esther

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    1. Reene@Nellie's Niceties12 January 2016 at 22:14

      Hi Esther, I don't have your email address as you are a no-reply blogger hence the reply here. Please try this link to the PDF https://payhip.com/b/nEiS

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