Begin by cutting out a ton of paper hexagons. I used card stock to make my hexagons since its stiffer and easier to work with, but you really can use just any paper. Decide your size hexagon and you can google it to find a good pattern to print out. Cut a circle of fabric a little bigger than your hexagon because you will be wrapping it around the paper to sew.
place the hexagon on the wrong side of the fabric and fold the fabric over the flat edges. run a quick whip stitch over the seam to hold it in place. Conitinue doing this until you have covered all edges of your hexagon.
It should be nice and smooth and not baggy on the paper.
Sandwich two hexagons with right sides together matching flat edges. (thats Tux helping me in this photo)
Whip stitch all the way down the edge of the hexagons catching just a little bit of fabric and trying not to sew through your paper.
Once they are joined you should be able to unfold them and not see any of your stitches on the right sides.
Just keep going and joining all your little hexagons together. This is very addicting, but its a great project to take with you, since you can whip together a whole bunch of hexagons and carry them with you and stitch them together when you get bored or have down time. Also, it gets a little harder to stitch the hexagons together when you are on the last few edges, if you need to pop the paper out to make it work, go for it, its outlived its usefulness at this point, just remember to save the paper for the next hexagon you make :)
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