🔲 Fiskars X-Large Squeeze Punch: Hexagon Shape Crafting Tool Review

I don't know if I expected too much, maybe he didn't plan to cut the cardboard for a long time. This will probably work very well for light use. I use English paper hexagons when I sew a quilt. The shape is great and they all fit together perfectly. After a few hundred hexes, the blades have dulled and he can no longer cut through regular paper. The compression punch was a good idea, but it didn't last long either. The handles are plastic and when I squeeze them they now flex under force and…

I'm studying EPP (Paper Piecing) and don't want to buy pre-cut hexagons as I generally recycle. As I stumbled upon this I looked at other models and this one seemed to have the control I needed to ensure the pieces were cut correctly and to get the most out of the mailboxes and magazine covers I use for hexagon stamping use. It's great to be able to SEE the perforated plate to line up the cut and then look at it as you pull the handles together. Cutting out lots of hexagons is tedious, but not…

You can buy various shapes of pre-cut card stock for the quilting technique called English paper sewing, but if you can get this hole punch you can make as many hexagons as you want, much easier than to cut them out of cardboard with scissors. The hexagon measures 1 inch. You can use a 2.5 inch piece of fabric to wrap around it. By tiling hexagons and switching fabrics, you can create many beautiful patterns using only hexagons. If you cut your hexagons out of magazine reply cards, you'll end…