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Hexagon Monogram - featuring Elmer's productsI adore all of the hexagon quilts I've been seeing around lately. While I'd love to make one of my own, my skills aren't quite ready for that challenge. Instead, I made a simple paper version over this wooden monogram!
I started with a 9" wooden letter that I found at the craft store.
Next, I cut 1" strips of craft paper using my X-ACTO paper cutter. I used papers from a similar collection but I think a random assortment would look great too!
I found a 1" hexagon pattern online, printed it and glued it to a piece of light cardboard to make a sturdy template.
Once I had my template and all of my strips ready, I cut and cut and cut and cut some more hexagons in all kinds of colors and patterns using my X-ACTO knife. I would estimate that I needed about 50 hexis for this size letter.
When I had a whole pile of hexagons, I started gluing them to my letter. I took each hexi and rubbed it all over the top of my Elmer's glue stick to quickly and easily cover the entire shape.
One by one, I glued and then stuck the hexagons in a row being sure I was alternating the colors and paper patterns. I attached the shapes right over the edges knowing I could clean that up later.
When the entire letter was covered, I flipped it over on my X-ACTO cutting mat and used my X-ACTO knife to trim off the overlapping hexagons. This gave the edges of the letter a nice clean look.
And that's it!! All that is left to do is to find a place to hang it.
