#epp quilt

[raggednorth]

I am quite proud of this stitching line.

I wish they all looked this nice, but in the end they won't even be seen. I will just enjoy the pretty ones while I can.

[flimberjurbles]

I am starting to put strips of blocks together for the Midnight Feast quilt! The stars are emerging + picture of the back because people are curious sometimes about what that looks like

This is English Paper Pieced (EPP) which means that all of the shapes are pieces of fabric wrapped around pieces of cardstock cut to shape. You take the pieces out once they are sewn in by hand on all sides (12-20 stitches per inch.) I've taken out all of the pieces I can because it gets heavy and unwieldy the bigger it is.

I'm doing this instead of machine piecing because:

A. I hate my wrists and I want their tunnels carpaled

B. sewing machine loud hand sewing quiet

C. The pieces are small and I can take parts of it with me

D. No bias edge shenanigans because it's stabilized by the paper

E. It looked like a challenge

F. Less ironing because the pieces are basically pressed open by default

G. Y seams are easy by hand and the points can be really precise (if you do it right)

[badlydrawnskeletons]

I finished another quilting project, this one is 7 inches square, destined to be a mat for my cat's water bowl so it doesn't scratch the floor. I used the Here Kitty Kitty mini charm pack from Moda, but the backing is something I already owned.

This was mostly done in the car on the way to/back from NJ for a weekend trip, although I basted the paper before we left and finished the edges when we got back.

[arts-and-chaos]

Almost done basting… it’s a slow process but I’m happy with the progress I’m making!

[icterid-rubus]

hi! i really love your bee quilt, and was wondering if you ever finished it or have pictures of the progress??

Hi, thank you! Unfortunately, I haven’t had much time to work on it, every few months I’ll pull it out and assemble some more hexies or cut some fabric. It’s currently 18” across, and at this rate it’ll be several years until I get it done.

I don’t have very many pictures from the process so far, although I did make this rudimentary sketch a bit ago about how I may want to it to come together. I want to incorporate some appliqué bees, but I’m still thinking how they’ll look.

[basketofmooneggs]

I've gone back to working on my hexies quilt as a break from knittjng and I've gotten pretty far in the pattern I originally laid out.

HOWEVER

I did my original math horrendously wrong and if I follow my pattern as written the final quilt will be only 28 inches wide. 😭

I need to add nearly forty columns of hexies and 8 rows of hexies to make the final quilt the actual size I intended. Which also means, I'll have to change my color pattern to accommodate this change and cut out more hexies.

I enjoy the process, which is why I'm making this project to begin with, but this drastic shift in project scope is a lot to handle right now.

[raggednorth]

I am getting somewhere on my epp quilt! This is how wide it will be.

[raggednorth]

just found you in the search results, fellow quilter. How did the hexie EPP honeycomb quilt go?

This is still a work in progress. I have taken a bit of a break from it due to some hand issues, but I hope to get back to it soon!