Quick and easy way to cut hexagon templates for English paper piecing

Cut  Hexagon Templates for English Paper Piecing in 10 Minutes with This Quick and Easy Technique!

Many quilters love English Paper Piecing (EPP), with hexagons being a popular shape. While pre-cut templates are available, they may not come in the right size or arrive quickly. If you only need a few, making your own is often more practical, so learning to cut them yourself is a handy skill!

But let’s be honest: cutting templates one by one is boring and time-consuming! You’ve got better things to do, like stitching together your beautiful pieces. That’s why today, I’m going to show you a technique that will help you cut your templates 10 times faster than the usual method. Cool, right? 😎

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 Do You Need Hexagon Templates for EPP Right Now?

 Before we dive into the cutting process, you might be thinking: “I need templates as soon as possible! How can I start right away?” Well, I’ve got you covered!

Instantly Download a FREE Hexagon Sheet in 2 Sizes! 

Download hexagon templates for
English paper piecing


2 sizes: 1 1/2” and 2”

Cutting Hexagon Templates for EPP: Let’s Get Started!

For this technique, you’ll need the following:

  • Your favorite paper for English Paper Piecing (regular printer paper works fine, but the heavier paper is better for a few reasons).
  • A printed hexagon template sheet (you can grab a free one from above).
  • Blank pages (2 to 4, depending on the thickness of your paper).
  • Paper cutter.
  • Glue stick.
  • Long quilt ruler and cutting mat.
  •  Scissors for paper.

Your hexagons must be printed like in the photo below. To cut them, you have to cut on the dashed lines; these are straight lines you cut with a ruler and the cutter.

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Check out the video tutorial below—it makes everything much easier to understand.

Stack Your Papers:
Start by stacking your printed hexagon sheet with 2, 3, or even 4 blank pages underneath, depending on how thick your paper is.

You want them aligned perfectly, so a glue stick is perfect for securing the edges (apply glue along the edges of the paper -see the grey areas below).

Here is what my stack of 4 pages looks like.

Cut the Vertical Lines
Using your ruler and paper cutter, cut vertically along the dashed red lines (as shown in the image below). Cut through all the layers in one go, ensuring each cut is clean and precise.

Cut the Horizontal Lines
Rotate your cutting mat and cut along the green horizontal lines, starting from the center. Do not extend the cuts beyond the paper’s edges.
Cut in the order shown below.

Remove the Excess Paper:
Once the vertical and horizontal cuts are done, remove the excess paper outside of the printed hexagon area.

Cut the Corners:
Now, we have stacks of 4 rectangles.
Using the sharp point of the cutter, lift one stack from the cutting mat.

Keeping all the pieces aligned with the top rectangle, cut on the lines to remove the corner triangles; use scissors.

And Voilà! 4 hexagons instead of 1! 48 instead of 12!

I was able to cut 96 hexagons in about 10 minutes — a task that would normally take hours if done one by one. 

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DIY templates for English paper piecing


Happy  Sewing!

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90 Comments

  1. Well that helps a lot! 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing such great tips. I'm still a beginner in patchwork and quilting so I love to visit your blog. I always find something helpful.

  2. I am curious, I am still working on quilting my hexy quilt and I used the printed sheets like the one you showed that you said was a waste of time. May I ask why?
    Is it because it is more labor intensive than your method? btw, I wish I had seen this before I cut out my thousand or so hexy papers using that printed paper! lol
    My quilt is a king sized one and I am hand quilting it. I hope I live long enough to finish it!

    (I don't plan on dying any time soon!!!)

  3. Wow, am I glad I stumbled upon your blog. I will be subscribing to your newsletter next. I've been looking for good hex templates and found yours today, which happens to be my birthday! So you just gave me a birthday present!! Thank you so much!

  4. Thanks for the great tutorial! I didn't think I would ever do English paper piecing, but my next hand project may have to include it, since you made it very easy for me to start!!

  5. Olá Geta!
    Adoro visitar teu blog, pois além de ver coisas lindas, sempre aprendo novidades com voce.
    Essa aula de como cortar os hexagonos mais fácil e rápido eu simplesmente adorei!
    Muito obrigada por sempre compartilhar conosco seus conhecimentos!
    Um grande abraço,
    Maria Josefa
    *************

  6. Thanks for the template. It will make the cutting much quicker. How thick does the paper need to be? I always thought these hexie papers were thicker than regular printer paper but in your photos it doesn't seem to be a thicker paper.

  7. Hi Geta,
    Thank you for the GREAT tip on the hexie print outs..

    I want to do the Twisted Hexigon pattern,,So if I were to use the 1 1/2" Hexagon, I would cut that hexi in half long ways, is that correct? I believe it is but just checking..or I someone else knows please email me LJeterpudd@aol.com,
    thanks! Linda J VA USA

  8. thanks so much Geta – what a great way to cut out the templates – I've done them one at a time before so this will be way quicker and easier – thanks again 🙂

  9. Wow this is great tutorial. I'm a beginner in patchwork and quilting so I decided to start with a little project which is based on hexagons. Yesterday I spent more than 10 min cutting 20 hexagons 😀 If I only could find yesterday your blog could be much easier 🙂
    Multumesc, Geta!!!

  10. How very clever of you! I can see that you have had tons of practice needing 3400 of them. WOW. I found the link from a friend's blog that is actually making hexies. I aspire to some day, LOL.

  11. Thanks for the tips. I kind of do this but I do it with a big paper cutter, and I use card weight paper. I usually print the hexagons on all the pieces but realized the last time I did that I only needed to print on the top of the two I was cutting. My page has 15 hexagons per page so I manage to cut 30 at a time. It's so easy!

  12. Nice tutorial and templates. Thanks very much! My daughter in law visited Romania with a group from our church. WE partnered with a church to help make it bigger and stronger but it was over 14 yrs ago. She brought back some of the most beautiful handwork table cloth I've ever seen. I'm so shocked that the women do not quilt?! I thought ALL women knew about quilting!!?? How did you get interested in quilting and how did you learn?
    Blessings
    Gmama Jane

  13. Thanks for the great printouts. For those that find they don't print exactly the size they are supposed to – try reprinting them and clicking the button on the print box that says keep original size (mine defaults to make fit the page) and it will come out perfect.

  14. I have just found your blog and this tutorial is great as I have just started EPP this will save me heaps of dollars,Thank you
    Will be following from now on

  15. I have just found your blog and this tutorial is great as I have just started EPP this will save me heaps of dollars,Thank you
    Will be following from now on

  16. I have just found your blog and this tutorial is great as I have just started EPP this will save me heaps of dollars,Thank you
    Will be following from now on

  17. Thank you very much for the template. I have always wanted to try Hexies but the thought of cutting up the fabric and the paper was too much. I found that the 1 1/2" Hexie works great with 4"sqs that I have a huge pile of and the 2" Hexie works great with a charm sq. Thanks again.
    Yvonne

  18. lovely clear pattern and instructions, very generous! You asked if we have other requests, if you look at your hexie sheet, you will see two rows of two-part hearts. Could you make a printout just for those hearts? Do you have conversation hearts candy there? I can see these with little life memos on them.
    Thank you, Sharyn in Kalama

  19. Thank you for the templates and great instructions! I almost bought some because I dreaded all the time it would take to cut that other type out…saw this just in time!

  20. Thank you again for this ingenious way of cutting hexagons!! I have returned to your page, now that I have improved and am ready to cut and sew more than a few! The ball is rolling….

    1. Try printing the 1” templates at 87.5%.

      7/8=0.875 so printing at that reduced size should give you the 7/8 templates.

      Try and measure!

  21. Thank you for downloadable templates and instructions!
    I look forward to our joint sewing patchwork club
    Greetings from the Czech republic 🙂

  22. Thank you so much for the instructions on cutting templates AND the free template pdf, I have been so confused and looked everywhere until I finally found you. Very much appreciated.

  23. Absolutely great! I wish you also had templates for jewels (pentagons), diamonds and triangles to go with the hexies.

  24. Hi Geta-

    Last night in my jammies I purchased your new Heart Quilt pattern but I could not figure out how to download it. Would you tell me how to do so? Thank you. I can’t wait to try it out!

  25. Hi, Thanks so much for access to the pdf for the printed hexagons.
    It has saved me from putting my quilt on hold, never did I think that I would use up the 3000
    hexes I had.

    I modified the directions slightly.

    The sticking of the sheets top and bottom worked a treat.

    I cut the hexes into strips, keeping the ends glued together, then cut with scissors into kites, then only needing to straighten up with a snip across the final corner. I cut one set of kites at a time so the strip was held together at the glued end. Guess you could start in the centre with a diagonal cut.

    Great fun, I think I am about 1000 short so I will get printing and snipping.

    cheers to all

  26. Can you tell me what paper you use. It looks thin. I thought we are supposed to use card stock weight. Thanks so much!

    1. Debbie, I have never used card stock. Many times I use the same paper I use with my printer. For a big project, I buy a better quality paper for my printer – a little thicker than the regular paper.

  27. I’m not a computer guru, so I’m having trouble downloading the templates. I need to make a king size GFG for a friend and this would be FANTASTIC. Any help would be great.
    Thanks

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  32. Thank you Geta for the tips and for the free templates, very nice of you to do. This is my first EPP quilt I am about to start and I ordered one package of 3/4″ pieces and they were very expensive, glad I found your site. I am sure to visit your site again.

  33. Thank you for sharing this fantastic technique! The hexagon templates look so simple yet effective. I can’t wait to try this out for my next English paper piecing project! Your clear instructions make it so approachable.

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