EPP Linky Party

Well, not much happening Down Under. Did not continue on my TV project other than looking at it...

However, I did come across some more fabric on my regular exploration of the offers at the fabric shop. Have a look what I found in one of the sales bins.

Yep, another stack of Fat Quarters that matches the Fat Quarters that I already had. I paid $1 for this...can you believe it?

While that fabric has a more modern design to it, I think I can use some of those pieces to extend my hexagon project. You never know, I might want to make it bigger!

Am really busy at the moment with a host of other things, amongst them I also started a Dresden Plate project that turned out a bit more work intensive than I thought as I am stitching the Dresden Plate on by hand.

Also got side tracked with looking into the Accu quilt system...will attend a demonstration around this at the local sewing shop in April. So I am spending a lot of time researching this on the computer at the moment. As luck has it a friend lend me her Accu quilt Go Baby cutter (thanks Mhairi!) over the weekend to give it a try.
She has the hexagon die cutter. Comes in 3 different sizes and so I tried the smallest hexagons on some leftover strips of a jelly roll.

Look at these

I cut a stack of them in about 5 minutes. They will come out as 1"hexagons...this is very easy indeed and very accurate. I am quite impressed. However the whole affair is quite expensive if you want to acquire a collection of dies and I do think that for this to be useful you will need quite a collection. I am a bit undecided at the moment and will ponder re this little machine  a while longer.

Anyway, I am linking up to the EPP Linky Party at Splish Splash Stash. Hopefully I have got a bit more to share next time.

Karin

EPP Linky Party

Excited to find out about the EPP Linky Party at Splish Splash Stash.

I am relatively inexperienced with paper piecing and have only ever done one other project.

This table runner was completed in 2012 and came about when I saw a demonstration at the Melbourne Quilt Show some years ago...a lady was sewing these tiny elongated hexagons and squares together (into full sized quilts!)...looked all pretty simple and the fabric she had on offer was just divine. Needless to say, I bought the whole kit and caboodle.

Started very excitedly but soon realised that this was not for the faint-hearted. Initially put it away, but then in 2012 took it out again and finished it...and got hooked on it! This was by far the most relaxing thing I have ever done and while it did give me some anxious moments here and there as I had literally not got a clue on how to do any of this, the end result was so worth it.


So, this year I started another one...wisened up though and bought bigger hexagons! I described my method of doing them in an earlier post (see HERE).  As you will notice, I do not sew the fabric to the paper but just glue the fabric on with a fabric glue pen (saw this at the quilt show and thought this was ingenious). Also just recently realised that I do not need a template but can just cut around the hexagons adding the 1/4in seam allowance...was very impressed with this as it makes the process even quicker, if you can talk about quick in EPP.

Finished hexagon - edge length 2in

This is how far I got just watching TV, cutting, and making the hexagons...so therapeutic!

Not sure what this will become (currently is called the TV project). Not much planning going on ...I only have a limited number of squares (I think 64) and I have not really thought about it on how to arrange them or what dimensions I am going for.  Let's see where this will take us...for the moment I am really happy to just sit here and making them. Looking forward to sewing them together.

Linking up to the EPP Linky Party to see what other EPPers are up to and am hoping to pick up some ideas and tips. Click also on the beautiful button from Splish Splash Stash on the right sidebar to go to the main page to see the schedule of the link ups...and maybe also have a look at the January link up...some beautiful work going on over there.

Until next time

Karin