Although I love the creations that I have seen online that were drawn on the hexagonal Relaxagon tiles sold by Marguerite Samama, I prefer to draw on the smaller standard 3.5 x 3.5 inch tiles. Also, the hexagon tiles are too big to fit in my tile storage box. I could cut out hexagons from standard square tiles but they would come out a little too small. So, I decided to try making octagon tiles and they work great because all I have to do is crop off the corners of a square tile to make them.
Today's tile was my first experiment with an octagon tile. Inspired by Marguerite's "Square Button Delft" technique, I drew some faux flaps around the outside edge and filled the inside with various fragments in shades of blue. I blogged about this technique HERE.
I created a PDF file with outlines of octagons in various sizes which you can download HERE. The largest octagon template will fit a standard 3.5 x 3.5 inch square tile. The smaller ones can be traced onto your tile to use as guides for drawing tangles inside the octagon tile similar to a mandala grid. I suggest printing them out, gluing them onto heavy card stock and cutting them out for reusable templates.
If you're interested in buying some of Marguerite's Relaxagon tiles, click HERE to visit her Etsy shop
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