The New Hexagon: 52 Blocks to English Paper Piece Paperback – October 1, 2014

I love this book so much. What you'll be doing with this book is making quilt blocks, but instead of them being square shaped they're hexagons. There are all different kinds of shapes inside of each hexagon, so you'll have lots of fun basting and putting together many different shapes. I bought the Kindle version, which was a big savings from the paperback version and it's great. There is a computer link in the book to each of the block templates and all you have to do is print the blocks you want to make out onto card stock, cut them out and start basting and putting them together. The author recommends basting with a glue stick, but I do it with thread the way I'm used to and it's working out great. There are a few projects in the back of the book, some using just a few blocks (or hexagons) and even a wall quilt that uses all the blocks in the book.If you love English Paper Piecing and are looking for a new and unique way to make hexagon shapes, you can't go wrong with this book.

Inspired by the many beautiful Millefiori quilts found online, I took the plunge and decided to take up English Paper Piecing. After absorbing everything I could about the technique from various blogs, I bought 'The New Hexagon' by Katja Marek to help inform my journey in a more organized way. Katja's book delivers. A solid overview of EPP technique sets the foundation for what is to come. And what is that? Fifty two wonderful hexagon blocks that can be pieced and configured in any way you wish. The book closes out with several very doable projects to get you going. Nice, but not awe-inspiring. If I have one criticism of the book it's that individual blocks as featured, when viewed in isolation, make it really hard to visualize how they can be combined to create something truly spectacular. Maybe I just haven't been doing EPP long enough to see the possibilities these blocks present. Fortunately though, Katja's website for her quilt shop sponsors several quilt alongs using the blocks from this book in creative ways. The Millefiori and Hex-plosion quilt alongs in particular demonstrate how these blocks can be combined to create something truly spectacular.

I have to admit that on first glance I was not sure what I thought of this book, but since that time I have become entranced! "The New Hexagon" is a well illustrated, well designed book. At first, when I looked at the hexagons, I sort of 'ho-hummed' , but when these humble blocks are considered in light of the wealth of glorious fabrics that we can use, the possibilities come alive and the 'ho-hum' factor evaporates! The image that I have attached is of one of the plainer hexagons (#9-Doris). The fabric does the work to make even plain blocks look spectacular!The author hosts a FaceBook Group "The New Hexagon- Millifiori Quilt Along". The hexagons in the book have been combined to create astounding 'rosettes' which really made the possibilities open up. The rosettes are composed of various hexagons from the book which are used to create large pairings and beautiful results. The 'rosettes' are paper pieces and the paper pieces are available through Paper Pieces.This book offers a lot of inspiration with endless possibilities! Yes, I am hooked on "The New Hexagon"!

I really enjoy hand piecing and hexagons and this book has several ideas as well and with your imagination you can probably think of many other projects or stand-alone blocks for mug rugs or other uses. The suggestion is to copy the block patterns in the book to cover stock, which was my thought, the only problem being that I will have to decide whether to break the spine in the book to copy flat on a copy machine, or cut the book apart to make it easier. Another option would be to trace onto thinner paper but to me that would mean less accuracy and not the foundation strength of the cover stock. I plan on making two copies of each block pattern on regular paper and then copying two per page on card stock to then cut apart as needed for the templates. This is the cheaper option vs buying the templates from the author's affiliated business. These are both stated options on page 6. I had to buy this book as it has the patterns needed for a project on the authors website. I might have bought it as a stand alone project anyways.

I love this book. I am not normally a hand sewing person. But I thought i'd try EPP to have something to work on in the car or on days when I'm sick. I bought this book and joined Katja online free quilt along. I'm still on my first rosette but I'm really enjoying it so far. There are also a couple of patterns in the book I'd like to try once I'm done with her quilt a long. She was smart to do the quilt a long. Her online (Facebook and instagram) following is in the thousands and she has created a whole hand sewing community with her book. Really glad I bought it. By the way, you can get all your papers at paperpieces.com if you don't want to make them.

I bought this book and a stack of fat quarters of fabric before a spring break road trip with my family. What a great, fun, craft to do in the car. I was able to finish 10 Hexagon designs during our week away and they look great. This is a wonderful method to do English Paper Piecing and so fun to be able to play with the various designs that the author put in the book. I would look for more books by this author and have recommended this book to 5 of my sewing friends already. Seeing what I had completed has convinced some non-quilters to take up the hobby!!

KATJA MAREK REINVENTOU OS HEXAGONOS E O LIVRO PROPICIA A CRIAÇÃO DE MUITAS PEÇAS A PARTIR DESSE INCRÍVEL POLÍGONO.RECOMENDO A TODOS, POIS O LIVRO É FANTÁSTICO.ENTREGA DENTRO DO ESPERADO E INTACTO.

I love this new idea of dissecting the hexagon. The instructions are very good, design possibilities endless

Gostei muito do conteúdo,com certeza vou usar bastante...

Fantastic

Love this book, soooo many patterns for the blocks and great information about everything associated with English Paper Piecing. Cannot recommend highly enough,