26 Apr

How To Draw Hexagon For Quilt Block

I can’t remember if I learned this during primary school, but I definitely remember the way my mum taught me while making hexagon quilt blanket for us… using a compass to draw…. My first lesson to sew a hexagon flower quilt block is to draw this cardboard hexagon templates. Till today, I still hear my mum’s voice mumbling in my ears….

“a perfect hexagon flower quilt block comes from precised hexagon templates”…..

Until I was a little older, I learned to use an angular ruler to draw hexagons in my formal education, like divide the 360° into 6 part in a circle etc…. But, I still love my mum’s way, with just a simple tool, a compass…. so straight forward and fool proof!!! If you are using computer aided software to generate hexagon template, this is one of the simplest methods…. just replace the compass with circles.

Draw your own size of hexagon template by using this tutorial to make your hexagon quilt.

{CLICK HERE to get the How To Draw Hexagon For Quilt Block Tutorial.}

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Doris says:April 27, 2010 at 5:07 am
Hola Muchas gracias por el tutorial para hacer el hexagono.
Un abrazo.

Translation (by Google):
Hi Thanks for the tutorial to make the hexagon.
A hug.

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- Craft Passion says:May 4, 2010 at 12:32 am
  You are welcome 🙂 Hope this help crafter to customize their hexagon size.
  
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Christine says:April 27, 2010 at 11:30 am
thanks the tutorial is great…

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- Craft Passion says:May 4, 2010 at 1:29 am
  🙂 Thanks.
  
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Rachel says:April 30, 2010 at 5:00 am
This is sooo great for custom sizes! Thanks so much, I’ll be linking.

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- Craft Passion says:May 4, 2010 at 12:35 am
  Thanks for linking 🙂
  
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songbird says:May 1, 2010 at 4:05 am
Oh – this will be so helpful! I have been thinking of making a quilt of 10″ squares, but I’d love to make it of 10″ hexes instead. I love small hexies (I’ve gone down as small as 1/4″), but I think it would be really cool to have a Really Big Hex quilt.

Cool.

SongBird

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- Craft Passion says:May 4, 2010 at 1:11 am
  Show me when you got them finished…. looking forward 🙂
  
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Alice says:May 3, 2010 at 6:04 am
Wow! This is a surefire easy way to get it exactly right. I have struggled to make these for a long time and am not able to do it very well. With your tutorial I now feel comfident I will get it done right. Now I’m excited about making hexagons. Thanks for posting this.

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- Craft Passion says:May 4, 2010 at 1:19 am
  Glad to hear that!!!!
  
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Quilt Crafter says:May 6, 2010 at 11:42 pm
Wow….just came upon this after searching net for hours….. now I can make them in any size I want….. And to think, math was my best subject in school…lol. Thanks a lot.

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Paper Pieces says:October 11, 2012 at 5:23 am
Check out out website, Paperpieces.com! We have precut hexagons…& lots of other shapes too!

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Rose says:April 1, 2013 at 9:38 pm
cool! This helps a lot! I have made them before; but not like this.

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Sockmender says:January 11, 2015 at 10:36 pm
Excellent! And thank you!

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