Sunday 7 April 2013

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.




10 comments:

  1. Your hexagons are absolutely gorgeous! Great fabrics

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  2. That's a great top photo!

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  3. I love the top picture as well! The cushion is going to look great!

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  4. Beautiful fabrics for your EPP!

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  5. Love your photography....great top photo! Your beautiful hexagons are tempting me!

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  6. I love the fussy cut centres...great fabric choice.

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  7. Your triangle quilt top is so pretty! Your Spring Carnival blocks are gorgeous! I really like how the centers pop out against the solid background fabric you chose.

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  8. You tease! I love the not-so-secret challenge quilt!

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  9. I LOVE that first picture - gorgeous!!

    Good luck with the thesis - you must be well due for some awesome sewing time once that gets handed in!

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