Here's a list of all the English paper piecing supplies you need to get started! If you want to give paper piecing a try, this blog post is the place for you!
These lessons are largely still in their fetal stage, but I've come to understand a few things more fully. I hope you do, too.
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EPP - English Paper Piecing This is a PDF download of a flower design for hand stitching. Shasta Daisy English Paper piecing pattern and templates Finished size of each flower is 5 or 7 3/4 inches. Two different patterns are possible from these templates in two sizes. Fed up with hexagons but love the English Paper Piecing technique, this alternative pattern makes a lovely quilt, table runner or bed scarf, also as a single block it can be used as a motif for a bag, towel, pillow or cushion. Perfect too for a baby quilt as that special present or just applique one flower block to the centre. Use up your scrap fabric left over from a larger project to create your label or create an original project for your home. The download contains coloured examples, the template outlines and then colouring sheets for you to experiment with your fabric choices. The template pages can be reprinted for your needs and those pages do not contain any colour so as not to waste your ink. I suggest you print out the templates onto computer paper or trimmed to size freezer paper before carefully cutting out each one. Then place on the wrong side of your fabric, cut out including a 1/4 inch seam allowance and tack or glue stick the edges over the paper edging. Place right sides together along the edge you wish to join and whip stitch or ladder stitch together. Once stitched all around remove the paper template and use again. Youtube is full of examples for you to see in detail but if you have any problems I can help by email. Once stitched you can add beads and embroidery to your completed flower. Remember you can always resize these templates too. Please note: You are free to sell items made from this pattern on a small-scale basis for charity, providing you are kind enough to credit me with the original design. Please ask if in doubt - I generally say yes. Factory or mass production of items made from this pattern is strictly prohibited. Also, pattern in full or any part of, may not be copied, or reproduced for sale.
Well, my Lucy’s Terrace quilt is finally finished! I started it nearly 2 years ago, and it’s been my quilt to work on here and there, as inspiration struck, my quilt with no deadline. This was my quilt that made me realise that fussy cutting is a slow process for me. Quilts run smooth and fast (as
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One of the great things about English paper piecing is being able to match a variety of different shapes together - just like a jigsaw, to create endless possibilities for design. So that's what we're going to focus on today, and the best way to do that is grab a bunch of EPP shapes and have a play around! This is a design I've been working on recently. I'm calling it the #HexagonSpiralQuilt! It's a really fun design which finishes up in a completed hexagon shape so you can easily create multiple blocks and fit together ;-) This block uses 2" hexagons, 2" equilateral triangles and 2" 6-pointed diamonds. I won't go into detail of what shapes match what, as I discovered the Paper Pieces website have already done all the hard work! You can find the table here. Instead I thought I would share with you a few pattern ideas for you to try. 1" honeycomb / 1" square / 1" 8-pointed diamond 2" 6-pointed diamond / 2" equilateral triangle 1 1/4" hexagon / 1/4" 6-pointed diamond One of the questions I was asked at the beginning of this series was how to deal with tight corners and 'inset seams'. I think I best explained the technical side in this post using diamonds, which follows the same principles. If you struggle with them my best advise is to practice, practice, practice! and try to plan out your route of sewing before diving straight in realising you've left yourself with some tricky inset seams which sometimes can sometimes be avoided. For example, take my Seven Sisters epp project I'm working on. This may look like I had some very deep seams to meet ... … in fact it was quite simple to piece. I joined my stars just as you see in this picture below. Though the fun thing about EPP is there are no 'rules' for sewing sequence, unlike regular machine piecing where blocks are made in stages and a predetermined sequence. So there is no wrong way to sew your designs together! TIP: A general rule is to remove the paper piece templates as soon as that piece is surrounded by sewn units on all sides. This allows you to manipulate the block easier when you are adding more shapes. Though there's no harm in leaving them in while you work, if you have enough papers! How to remove the papers? Easy. Press your block so it's nice and flat to help set everything in place. Turn your block over and pop the papers out with the edge of your finger - nails are great for this! Using the Sewline glue pen can sometimes be a little trickier to remove the paper, so make sure your block is pressed well to keep their shape. If you punch holes in your paper templates, as I recommended on this post you can just pull out the papers with a crochet hook or tweezers! If they're a real nightmare to remove, you may have used too much glue. If you're careful when you remove them, you can definitely re-use your shapes again and again. I like to give mine a quick press to iron out the creases and put them under a heavy book to stop them curving from the heat of the iron. The Lucy Boston Patchwork Of The Crosses quilt is a fantastic design which has become popular to make again in recent years. I know this because lots of my Sew and Quilt customer's are making it! :-) It's got some tight corner's to meander so it's not the easiest of EPP designs, but oh so beautiful! You can make up the entire design in 1" honeycombs and 1" squares. If you don't have the book, I found this free tutorial for the Patchwork Of The Crosses quilt, with diagrams for the 3 basic blocks that make up the quilt and full instructions! Below, is a simple sewing sequence guide on completing the main block for the quilt. The method of joining the pieces allows for lots of continuous stitching. This way you won't have to break threads and start from a new section so often, which will speed up the joining process. Of course, I forgot to photograph the initial stages of putting the centre piece together, so hopefully the diagram with the sewing sequence in numerical order will help. (1) Sew the centre pieces in pairs, and (2) join together to form the X shape (just like we did with the diamonds to make a star shape here). (3) Add the corners, sewing them in a right angle. Sew the next 4 pairs together, and join to the main section. Repeat and sew the final 4 pairs together and join to the block. You may also find that row by row assembly is a more practical to piece. It's a speedy route if you are doing tessellation design. Such as this hexagon flower which will be set on a plain background. I hope this guide has helped you, and perhaps inspired you! Next week - on time! ;-) We'll be covering curves. See you then!
Our Ultimate Acrylic Template set comes with 12 of the most common shapes for making stars, flowers, bloomers, novas, kaleidoscopes and more. These templates are made from a neon transparent acrylic making it easy to fussy cut. Included is a 3/8" seam allowance which is perfect for English Paper Piecing. The quilting possibilities are endless with this set. This set also includes a guide by Cathy Perlmutter with the corresponding paper pieces and a full set of directions for 10 blocks!! You can use these templates as a guide to mark your fabric with a marking pen or cut around the...
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Our Ultimate Acrylic Template set comes with 12 of the most common shapes for making stars, flowers, bloomers, novas, kaleidoscopes and more. These templates are made from a neon transparent acrylic making it easy to fussy cut. Included is a 3/8" seam allowance which is perfect for English Paper Piecing. The quilting possibilities are endless with this set. This set also includes a guide by Cathy Perlmutter with the corresponding paper pieces and a full set of directions for 10 blocks!! You can use these templates as a guide to mark your fabric with a marking pen or cut around the...
I last wrote about this (very long term) English paper piecing project three years ago. I can't believe it's been that long since I worked on it, but that's what the blog record says. I'd forgotten how fun it is to fussy cut scraps for the shapes. I played around with the various effects you can get from fussy cutting stripes, dots, and other motifs on your fabric. You can see lots of individual pictures of the stars in my instagram feed. I am still using the paper shapes from Paperpieces and the Sewline glue pen. Making the jewel stars is relatively quick (I mean, this is hand sewing after all). I can make one, start to finish, including the fussy cutting, while waiting through one gymnastics class (about 45 minutes). It's nice to have a portable sewing project, especially with so many sports practices these days. Now that I have about ten stars made, I'm working on joining them to the low volume background fabrics and sewing them onto the group I made a few years ago. This step is slow going and a bit of a puzzle. Hopefully it won't be another three years before I have more to show you on this project.
English paper piecing is the use of paper templates to create quilting designs. You can either make the piecing templates yourself or buy packages of the shapes you want to use as well as pattern kits that contain everything you need. English paper piecing often uses simple geometric and common shapes, such as hexagons and diamonds. There are two main methods for English paper piecing: using templates or fussy cutting. We will explain both ways to EPP on our page below. We will also go over everything else you've wanted to know about this technique in What is English Paper Piecing? + 10 Free Patterns. The way you baste and sew the paper pieces to the fabric will allow you to remove the paper once you are finished using them inside your design, an important part of the paper piecing process. We will go through everything you need to know about English paper piecing on this page, so take a look at the next few sections to learn all about it and then head to the last section to find some amazing free paper piecing patterns to try! Table of Contents What is English Paper Piecing? Supplies Needed for English Paper Piecing English Paper Piecing Quilting Tutorials English Paper Piecing Patterns
Use bits of scraps and or precious pieces of your most darling fabrics to create gorgeous English Paper Pieced Quilts. Hand stitching is wonderfully portable, so if you want to to stitch on the go, this may be just the technique for you! PS This post is part of the Summer Stash Busting Challenge--
Box pouch pattern - easy technique for two designs.
Welcome to part 2 of my English paper piecing series! In this tutorial, we’ll be joining seven of the hexagon pieces into a flower-shaped quilt block.
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Check out some of my favorite EPP tools and products that I love, use and trust: 1. Paper Pieces: EPP requires paper templates. Fabric is wrapped around the paper templates, secured and then the shapes are hand sewn together. You can find a wide variety of templates and projects at Paper Pieces
What is English Paper Piecing Made Modern? Self-stick templates that eliminate basting/gluing and whip-stitching.
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This is a major scrapbuster for fabric! Scrappy hexagons are a bit tedious, but they will use up your smallest scraps and strips that you can’t bear to just throw away. Plus, how great is it …
How about doing some Motifs to go in the middle of the borders that you made last week!?
Make a handsewn hexie coaster with this simple english paper piecing tutorial. Perfect fabric scrap project, no sewing machine required.
Honeycomb Paper Templates for English Paper Piecing.
EPP - English Paper Piecing This is a PDF download of a flower design for hand stitching. Two different designs can be made from these templates. Fed up with hexagons but love the English Paper Piecing technique, this alternative pattern makes a lovely motif for a bag, towel, pillow or cushion but can also grow into a table runner, bed scarf or even a full sized quilt. Perfect too for a baby quilt as that special present or just applique one flower to the bottom corner. Use up your scrap fabric left over from a larger project to create your label or create an original project for your home. The download contains coloured examples, the template outlines and then colouring sheets for you to experiment with your fabric choices. The template pages can be reprinted for your needs and those pages do not contain any colour so as not to waste your ink. I suggest you print out the templates onto computer paper, the back of waste paper is ideal, or trimmed to size freezer paper before carefully cutting out each one. Then place on the wrong side of your fabric, cut out including a 1/4 inch seam allowance and tack or glue stick the edges over the paper edging. Place right sides together along the edge you wish to join and whip stitch or ladder stitch together. Once stitched all around remove the paper template and use again. Youtube is full of examples for you to see in detail but if you have any problems I can help by email. Once stitched you can add beads and embroidery to your completed flower especially effective on an evening jacket or bag. Remember you can always resize these templates too.
Honeycomb Paper Templates for English Paper Piecing.
Now, there is a couple of options for you to get english paper piecing templates and today I am sharing with you, one of the most accessible ways to prep them is to cut them by yourself. I designed…
*THIS IS A PDF SEWING PATTERN, NOT A PHYSICAL PRODUCT* The Hexagon Reflections book cover was inspired by contemplative moments spent journaling and reflecting. This step-by-step pattern helps you create a beautifully dainty note book cover featuring English paper pieced hexagon details, hand embroidered hexagon quilting and floral and lace embellishments. The cover has narrow quilt binding edges, sleeves for holding the notebook covers in place, a ribbon bookmark and an elastic loop to hold your pen. The pattern also contains a link for the FREE MATCHING BOOKMARK pattern download. With this purchase you will receive: 1 x Hexagon Reflections Journal Cover PDF Sewing Pattern containing a supply list and detailed instructions, accompanied by colour photographs. You will also need an A5 {8 ¼” (21cm) x 6” (15cm)} notebook to fit inside the cover. The pattern includes all the required printable templates. Select either the US letter or A4 sized version to download and save. Finished Size: 9 ¼” (23.5cm) x 13 ½” (34.5cm) when flat Designed to fit an A5 notebook approx 8 ¼” (21cm) x 6” (15cm) Suitable for Beginners. To make this project you will need access to a printer/printing service to print the pattern templates, and a sewing machine. The Hexagon Reflections Journal Cover Pattern is protected by copyright Molly and Mama 2022. *Please note that all the instructions for this pattern are written in English.* If you require assistance, please send me a convo here or contact me (Lauren) at hello(at)mollyandmama.com.au Follow Molly and Mama over on Instagram @mollyandmama or visit the Molly and Mama Blog for project inspiration, tips and tutorials at www.mollyandmama.com.au.
*THIS IS A PDF SEWING PATTERN, NOT A PHYSICAL PRODUCT* The Hexagon Reflections book cover was inspired by contemplative moments spent journaling and reflecting. This step-by-step pattern helps you create a beautifully dainty note book cover featuring English paper pieced hexagon details, hand embroidered hexagon quilting and floral and lace embellishments. The cover has narrow quilt binding edges, sleeves for holding the notebook covers in place, a ribbon bookmark and an elastic loop to hold your pen. The pattern also contains a link for the FREE MATCHING BOOKMARK pattern download. With this purchase you will receive: 1 x Hexagon Reflections Journal Cover PDF Sewing Pattern containing a supply list and detailed instructions, accompanied by colour photographs. You will also need an A5 {8 ¼” (21cm) x 6” (15cm)} notebook to fit inside the cover. The pattern includes all the required printable templates. Select either the US letter or A4 sized version to download and save. Finished Size: 9 ¼” (23.5cm) x 13 ½” (34.5cm) when flat Designed to fit an A5 notebook approx 8 ¼” (21cm) x 6” (15cm) Suitable for Beginners. To make this project you will need access to a printer/printing service to print the pattern templates, and a sewing machine. The Hexagon Reflections Journal Cover Pattern is protected by copyright Molly and Mama 2022. *Please note that all the instructions for this pattern are written in English.* If you require assistance, please send me a convo here or contact me (Lauren) at hello(at)mollyandmama.com.au Follow Molly and Mama over on Instagram @mollyandmama or visit the Molly and Mama Blog for project inspiration, tips and tutorials at www.mollyandmama.com.au.
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