English Paper Piecing

I have been working on my not-so-secret quilt slowly but surely - but as I am just five weeks away from handing in the first draft of my completed thesis (gulp), time at the sewing machine is limited. Here is a sneak peek.

I have been admiring various EPP projects for ages now. Karyn's hexies, Katy's Spring Carnival cushion and also this latest project she is working on. I really like hand stitching so figured some EPP would be a great way to unwind in the evenings. I decided on making Katy's Spring Carnival cushion, because she has a great tutorial available and you can print out all the paper pieces. I made the first block with paper from my printer but it is hard to get nice firm edges and with the different shapes I find the pieces need to be really accurate. I decided to buy some online (too lazy and pushed for time to buy thicker paper and fluff around cutting them out). I'm really happy with these papers -they are firm and work well with the glue, and they seemed to find their way to NZ very quickly.