Category Archives: English Paper Piecing

The First Hexie Flower

March 23rd, 2015

It’s been well over a month, and that’s how long it’s taken me to piece the 37 hexies that make up one of the five large flowers in my Not My Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt.

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A little EPP bragging

February 23rd, 2015

And no, it isn’t about me and my 1,100 EPP hexagons. This time it is about that amazingly talented niece of mine!

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A growing Rhapsody quilt. And a “little” hand sewing.

February 17th, 2015

My niece Ana Lía is on a semester break, so last weekend she came down for a visit and to finish the applique on her Rhapsody quilt.

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After my last post I recalled I have worked with a slightly different concept for pieced hexies before. Actually, they are even more complex than those Mickey Depre teaches in her Pieced Hexies class on Craftsy.

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Pieced Hexies

August 4th, 2014

Like many of you, I’m addicted to English Paper Piecing. And, yes, hexagons still are my favorite shape to work with, although every now and then I do enjoy breaking away from them a little, and incorporating other shapes.

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Hexagon Craze

October 20th, 2013

In doing some housekeeping over at Angie’s Bits ‘n Pieces I found some book reviews we decided to remove from the website a while back. Since they deal with some of my favorite books, I thought I would share them here. I hope you find them useful. 🙂 Here goes the first.

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Christmas sewing and knitting revealed

January 2nd, 2012

You will recall that during December there was very little I was able to share in the sewing/quilting/knitting department, as I was working on “top secret” Christmas presents. I am happy to say that not only was I able to make all the presents on my list, but I actually finished them on time, with […]

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English Paper Piecing Tutorial

October 4th, 2011

Way back in July I promised my friend Pearl I would put together a little video tutorial on how I do English Paper Piecing. I didn’t think it would take this long, but I’ve finally done it. (I guess that means we have finally gotten into a routine around here, and I am actually getting […]

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Hexagon Critters

January 4th, 2011

Hexagons continue to be a craze. And it looks like they are here to stay. These days I see quite a variety of techniques being shared. I always look into them, but sad to say (am I too rigid?)… I’m still sticking to my own. It just what works the best for me.

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A little machine quilting

April 22nd, 2010

I haven’t had much time to sew these last few days. And it was almost two weeks ago that I sandwiched Jamie’s quilt and then had to set it aside. It seems there are just never enough hours in the day to get everything I want done. Sigh.

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Last finished Dove and a fun day of sewing

April 17th, 2010

This past Thursday our friend Luchita brought her finished Dove wall hanging to share. I just love the way each wall hanging turned out so differently because of the different fabrics each of my friends chose. Isn’t this a cheery Dove?

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Quiet weekend

April 3rd, 2010

One of the nicest things about holiday weekends living in the city is… the silence. It seems everybody has taken off for the beach, and the city has been abandoned. Which means it is quiet, without the normal traffic noise. I’m spending the weekend in silence, too. A good time to do a little laundry, […]

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Thursday Sewing Circle

March 20th, 2010

Another week… and more busy sewing in our little circle of friends. And progress, too, as we finish projects. Luchita has finished her dove quilt. All that was left (and which she finished now) was the binding.

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