Episode 40 ~ English Paper Piecing
Listen to the podcast of this postToday we talked about English Paper Piecing. This is way different than foundation paper piecing.
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Topic this Week – English Paper Piecing
Cut out your piece out of a stiff paper. www.paperpieces.com has some wonderful die cut shapes at a very reasonable price. Pin the cut out shape on the wrong side of the fabric and trim the edges leaving 1/4″ seam allowance. Can be generous with the seam allowance.
Fold the fabric over the paper and baste to the paper.
Some directions say that you don’t need to trim exactly and to just use a square. You decide what you like best. At first I did not like the sloppy one, but by the end of making this sample, I wished I had done all of them that way.
Put the two pieces together and whip stitch them. I used a contrasting thread because this was a sample. I would definately suggest using a matching thread. Also, do right sides together. This picture shows wrong sides together. The whip stitch will always show a little bit, but it is much less noticable when you do right sides together.
Continue stitching them together – Note – the marks in the center are from the baste-it glue I used to hold my paper in place instead of pins. I do not recommend this. Pin them or use freezer paper pieces.
This is what the back looks like.
Remove the basting stitches and paper; press. The paper pieces can be reused. This gives you a much flatter look than a running stitch.
Try it out. It is fun and addictive. I liked it because it was mindless. You didn’t need to concentrate too much on what you were doing. the basting can be done while watching TV.
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I love this technique. I have always machine pieced, but this technique makes hand piecing soooooooooooooooo easy. I set about to make a center piece place mat decortaive thingy for the table 16 X 16. and over the span of the weekend I got it mostly done.
Hey, Brye Lynn, I just noticed that you have my blog in your Blogs to Follow list! Thanks very much. I like that you have a list of podcasts and I’m going to do that when I get a chance. Do you really listen to ALL those podcasts!?!?! WOW.
I haven’t had a chance to listen to this episode yet, but wanted to let you know of another way of basting for EPP. Many of us on the Hexagon Quilt A Long blog do it that way.
Instead of basting through the paper, just fold each side and tack down the corner fold to the next side without going through the paper. Easier to do, takes less time, easier to remove the paper and the paper is more reusable. Somewhere on the hexagon blog you can probably find a tutorial.
I enjoyed your paper piecing podcast. I have actually been working on the Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt for about 20 years. It is almost big enough for a queen size bed. It is a project I took when my husband was in and out of the hospital. Very portable and easy to pick up and put down. Of course my fabrics are terribly dated as I started it 20 years ago and used old scrap fabrics that I had at that time. Some year it will get done, LOL. A good project while waiting at appointments. Maybe when I retire I will actually finish it.