Start of a Hexi Project

Some people work well with multiple projects going on at the same time, but I'm not one of them.  So how is it I find myself in the midst of four of them?  

I never did finish that iron caddy for my quilt retreat, because I found out the room we were using already came equipped with irons and ironing boards.  I'm still working on my fabric challenge quilt.  And I stuck my Aneela Hoey embroidery pieces on the back burner because I don't like how one of them turned out.

So why start something new? 

1. I fell in love with this Schnitzel and Boo mini quilt that Nicole from Modern Handcraft made. 
2. I bought another 3-drawer plastic container for my scraps, so now all the containers are the same size.  Moving my purples from the small one to the large one reminded me that I need to get going on more scrap projects.
3. Ergo, why not put the two ideas together and start my own mini hexi quilt?

I'm using these precut paper pieces, nice and simple.  I might as well use all 100 of them in the one quilt.  I already made 14 in a few hours, which includes TV watchng time.  Making the other 86 won't take that long.    

I also have two other packages: one is 3/4" and the other is 1 1/2".  The size refers to the length of one of the straight lines.

The paper is nice and sturdy and can be used multiple times.

The directions said to "leave the tails wagging".  While I appreciated the dog/cat metaphor, I wasn't sure what they meant.  This is my interpretation - no knots, just dangling threads on the outside which will make it easy to remove the basting stitch.

The only problem I can think of is that I'm not going to be sewing these together.  Instead, I'll be appliquéing them onto a background fabric, with white space between each hexi.  How do I get the paper out without ruining the hexagon shape?  I guess I'll iron it nice and flat before removing the basting stitch, then carefully take it out.

If that doesn't work, I'll go look at my Hexa-Go-Go book and see what they have to say.