Fold the fabric along the next edge of the hexagon, be careful not to bend the paper hexagon.

All that's left is to sleep on it. :)

Lay it flat with the screws pointing up.

I have this tendency to start every other tutorial with a warning about how easy the skill is; and aside from the knitting/crochet patterns, the step to entry really is quite simple and anyone can do it. These hexagon quilt pieces are like the others- if you can sew by hand, you can do it!

Now, what you do with them is another matter. I like this hexagon decorated fabric box, and there's potholders and a tote bag, of course. Or "hex jeans". Or go wild and make a whole quilt of hexagons. The method I'm introducing below was created by combining the most common sense of several hexagon tutorials into the easiest possible steps.

Replace the central gear.

The BristleBot is a vibrobot with an agenda.

It's built with a vibrating pager motor and the busines end of a toothbrush that has slanted bristles.

With the matching thread and needle, sew the edge of the two hexagons together. Be careful to only go through the fabric, and not the paper!

Remove all four long screws.

Unscrew the horn.

With the matching thread and needle, sew the edge of the two hexagons together. Be careful to only go through the fabric, and not the paper!

Another angle. Frames have been centered with each other, and toetacked into place with wood screws.

How-to here at my blog.

From a collection of simple solar circuits.

Replace the top.

The BristleBot is a vibrobot with an agenda.

It's built with a vibrating pager motor and the busines end of a toothbrush that has slanted bristles.

The chalkboard paint allows you to write whatever plant name you want on the back, in case you don't want to use the stamped names.

Done! Your custom chalkboard paint is now ready to be written on with chalk!

I'm liking this already.

Two hexagons sewn together, right-sides.

everyone should know how to pump.

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Fold the seam allowance forward and pin/hold it down.

The BristleBot is a vibrobot with an agenda.

It's built with a vibrating pager motor and the busines end of a toothbrush that has slanted bristles.

This was Explord on Nov. 24, 2008

Add another hexagon by repeating steps 14 & 15.

Attach the servo horn. It's splined to the gear, so just position it and push it on.

All finished! Hook the servo up to your microcontroller and give it a test.

When told to go to position 0 (1500µs), it should stop. Less than 1500µs, it should move backwards, and more than 1500µs will move it forwards.

If you find your potentiometer has slipped, test different centre positions until it's completely stopped - you should find it will be stopped at three different microsecond times. Use the central one. Then, the servo will generally go full backwards at centre-200 and full forwards at centre+200.

Attach wheels and have fun!

Items required: Gocco printer and consumables (master, ink, flash bulbs), brown paper lunch bags, laser printed or photocopied original.

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Now you know how to hand-piece a hexagon quilt top, but what will you make with them?

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Link to the tutorial

Continue adding hexagons by sewing an edge at a time. When you're done, make sure all the loose edges have been sewn/secured to another.

First, attach the camera to the end of a pool-cleaning pole with a Gorillapod. I also put a cabletie around the camera strap and through the pole because I really didn't want my DSLR falling 20 feet into the pool.

At this point, I like to trim the excess batting off, to make the batting & backing match the size of the quilt top. Sometimes I have to cut tiny little slits in the batting at the corners, so that any excess doesn't pile up inside the binding.

I only do one of the four sides at a time, usually. And then trim the batting again when I reach the next side, etc.

Little illustrations made for the "How to" section on Wired Italia

Horn is screwed on.