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What To Put In An EPP Travel Kit and Studio Happenings
Do you EPP? English paper piecing or EPP as it is affectionately known to quilters, is a fabulous way to to make fun appliques using scrap fabric and small templates. One of the most popular shapes to create is the hexagon. It’s definitely my favorite and I love to make flowers out of them. One […]
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Antique’ish Birthday And A Finished Top
I finished the camo quilt top a few minutes ago!!! Ahhhhh, feels good to have that done. Next will be backing it with a camo fleece and quilting it. So today I join Club 45, otherwise known as my 45th birthday! The kids actually went back to school […]
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Counting Hexies
Yesterday I spent two hours in the waiting room of the dentist while Amanda had her appointment. I brought along my Earlene Fowler book and my little box of hexagon English paper piecing. The waiting room was very quiet, a bit too warm, a bit dim and quietly playing on the TV was Caribbean House […]
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Projects In Progress…
I had a really productive weekend mixed with lots of fun! My husband was away so I decided to pull out my scrapbooking and see if I could get any of my California trip album done. I have a gazillion photos and I usually take a long time with each page but this weekend I […]
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Finished English Paper Piecing Table Topper!
Just in time to give as a Christmas gift, I finished the table topper! I have truly enjoyed my first adventure with EPP (English Paper Piecing). I also found an interesting website yesterday that specializes in EPP and has lots of paper patterns, notions, and free downloads including a yardage calculator. It is http://www.paperpieces.com. My […]
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English Paper Piecing Adventure
I worked on my English paper piecing project last night and I was able to complete 4 of the hexagons. I also skipped ahead to whip stitching a few of them together while the directions were still fresh in my mind. In going over some of my notes from the dvd, I realized my whip […]
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English Paper Piecing
I received a free dvd in the mail from Creative Crafts Group (publishers of many quilt magazines including McCalls and Quiltmaker). It is called the Inspire – Design – Create Quilting DVD Collection. It’s one of those deals where you can sign up and receive future dvd’s every few months for a fee. I popped […]