Question for fellow glue basters
Hello! I'm new(ish?) to quilting in general, and like those here, I've discovered I really love EPP. :D I'm deterred by the idea of sewing twice, so I've taken to glue basting with a Sewline pen instead of thread basting.
I use an acrylic template with a 3/8" seam allowance (couldn't find a 1/4" one at the time), which leaves big dog ears of excess fabric kind of sticking out on the underside. I thought this was normal, but many of the hexies I see here store nice and flat. Granted, I think most of them are thread basted, but it's hard to tell sometimes. This extra fabric makes my hexies take up more room in their storage box, so they're not as easily portable or as easy to store as I've seen in pictures here.
So, I was wondering: How do more experienced EPPers, especially fellow glue basters, deal with the excess fabric? Do you trim it once the main fabric is secure to the paper? Glue the dog ears down? Put them under a big book for a while? Just don't trim as much extra to begin with (like with a 1/4" template instead of 3/8")?
Thank you! 💙