I’ve been playing with the Cricut Maker lately and thought it might be fun to cut out English paper piecing templates. Today we will be cutting hexagons!
You will want to give this a try! Make your own English paper piecing templates in all shapes- hexagons, diamonds, polygons and more. Endless possibilities.
You’ll be shown how to use the shapes option for the Cricut, adjust the size, duplicate and then cut. Easy to customize your shape and size.
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Cutting Hexagons With The Cricut Maker
I did end up placing an additional shape in the center of the hexagon so that they are easier to remove after being stitched together.
You can also decide what paper thickness you are going to use for the templates. I went with a scrapbooking cardstock– not quite the heavy cardstock. You can use regular paper or scrap paper as well.
Seriously in no time flat I was able to cut out more than enough hexagons for the class were were having. I loved how simple it was and how many customization’s I can really have with them using the Cricut Maker!
They were easy to pick off of the cutting mats as well. They did end up with a slight curve to them, but giving them a slight bend back was all that was needed to fix that. Not a big deal.
I’m super excited to do a few more things with the Cricut Maker – and possibly some more hand sewing as well!
- no Cricut in your home? no worries! Pick up a printable and self cut hexagon templates here in the shop.
Great Additional resources for English paper piecing.
More English paper piecing videos here.
Go here for more info on Hexagons
Quilters knot video tutorial if you like starting your stitching with a knot.
Ready to do more with your Cricut machine? Here are some helpful tutorials:
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More Cricut Help & Resources:
- Where to buy the Cricut Maker
- Tools and Supplies for the Cricut machine
- MAKE A FACE MASK WITH CRICUT
- DIY BASKETBALL JERSEY WITH THE CRICUT MAKER
- HOW TO USE THE CRICUT BRIGHT PAD
- CUTTING HEXAGONS WITH THE CRICUT MAKER PLUS VIDEO
- HOW TO USE THE EASYPRESS BY CRICUT
- 10+ SIMPLE AND QUICK QUILTS TO MAKE WITH THE CRICUT MAKER
Supplies & Tools for the Cricut Maker
the quick list:
- Cricut Pens
- Indoor Removeable Vinyl
- Adhesive Foil
- Transfer Tape
- Printable Materials
- Washable fabric pens
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- Weeder
- Small Scraper and Spatula
- X-Large Scraper
- Cutting Mat Set
- 12X24 Mat Set
- Extra Blades
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Hi Becky, I love cutting EPP shapes with my Cricut maker too! Your tutorial is very clear and helpful. Did you know if you remove the shapes by bending the mat back and away from the shapes you won’t have that curl to your paper pieces! It’s a trick I learned after doing it awhile and I was really grateful for the person who mentioned it to me, so I thought I’d pass it along. (picture holding the mat sticky side down near your table surface, then curling up the mat on one or two sides. the shapes’ edges release as you curl away from them and they plop down on the table nice and flat)