Tag: English Paper Piecing

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Monday Morning Star Count 2014/38

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Another busy week juggling work, graduate school, and family….well, and just a bit of EPP 🙂  For some reason my EPP work bin was a wreck and so I spent some time organizing before stitching up a flower.
Here is my newly organized EPP bin:
And here is my lovely flower:
So this week I reallly want to time my stitching.  I am very curious how long it takes to complete one flower.  I don’t think I am very fast 😦 but I do love stitching!  Very happy to be linking up with Jessica at Life Under Quilts! Stop by and see some of the beautiful work and be inspired!
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Monday Morning Star Count 2014/37

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Another busy week….I guess that is not going to change any time soon.  I did not get as much time as I would have liked to work on my EPP project, but at least I finished another flower with background hexagons.  I think I jinx myself by hoping each week I find more time….so this week I am just going to believe I will find more time and see if that works 🙂

Here is what I finished:

I do have to say that the encouraging comments from last week’s post really kept me focused on getting ‘something’ done this week!  Thank you all for stopping by and making me smile!  I am linking up with Jessica at Life Under Quilts for the Monday Morning Star Count.  Thanks Jessica!

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Monday Morning Star Count 2014/36

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Oh my….time flies…I have not stitched or posted in many weeks!  I guess the summer got away from me – lots of time with the children and grandchildren, but now everyone is back to school 🙂 and I can stitch again!  LOL!

I stitched one flower section and cut about 50 background fabric squares.
Looking forward to lots of stitching in the coming weeks!  I am linking up with Jessica at Life Under Quilts for the Monday Morning Star Count!

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Monday Morning Star Count 2014/28

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Crazy busy week!  Lots of time at work and I started a new graduate class and it always takes me a week or two to adjust.  I did manage to finish stitching the two main sections together and determining placement for more flowers.  Trying to make progress, but not get stressed if I just don’t have time.  After all, this is the one thing that is meant to be relaxing 🙂

Linking up with Jess at Life Under Quilts!

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Monday Morning Star Count 2014/27

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I really think that this has been my most productive week to date and it is so rewarding!  I stitched several flowers into a section and then began to join two sections together.  It is really starting to look like a quilt 🙂  It currently measures 52″ at its widest point and has convinced me that I can do this!
Because I keep going between our summer place and home, I decided to keep large piece and all the flower sections  at our summer place.  I seem to have more time there to focus and design.  And I find the ocean so inspiring!  In the picture below, the flower sections that still need to be attached are stacked and sorted by color value.  I have 39 to join at this point.
Also in the picture below is a Ziploc bag of my remaining hexagons that need to be stitched into flowers and have background hexies attached.  I will keep this baggie at home where my time is more constrained.

I am linking up with Jessica at Life Under Quilts for Monday Morning Star Count.  Stop by and check out the wonderful progress or join us and get your own dose of inspiration and encouragement!

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Monday Morning Star Count 2014/26

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Wow!  Are we really half-way through the 2014 MMSC?  Time does fly!  Two of my grandchildren spent the week with us at the beach so I didn’t get as much stitching in as I would have liked, but really enjoyed the time with them 🙂  Although Gracie was a little upset I forgot her EPP kit, she did help me with mine by going through my hexie box and arranging flowers and threading my needle.  Here they are on the beach.

So here is what I was able to get done.  I completed this full section:

I have about 26 more sections to create and here is my stack of 41 sections ready to be stitched:

This is the first section I created along with this one:

At this point I am thinking I may have too many sections, but only time will tell.  I am at my 1 year anniversary of starting this quilt this weekend.  This is my very first project and although I am anxious to see it completed, I am so enjoying the process.  So thankful to Jessica for her knowledge, book, blog, and Monday Morning Star Count.  Come visit her at Life Under Quilts and join the MMSC!  It is a great group of people and if it weren’t for the encouragement, I don’t know if I would be making so much progress!

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Monday Morning Star Count 2014/25

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Another successful week…and I call any week I am able to get some EPP in, a successful week!  Since we split our time each week between our camper and our home, I set up two kits; one for each place. This seemed like a good idea, because then I don’t have to carry everything back and forth.  I am still working out the logistics, but so far it is working pretty well.

While at home this week, I basted 30 background hexagons.  Traveling between places I completed one flower.  While camping, I was able to stitch two sections together.
I have finally settled on my favorite thimble – the Clover Natural Leather thimble.  I have one in each kit now and and could not imagine stitching without it!  Thank you to everyone who made suggestions!  I swear I must own 20 different thimbles!
My latest favorite gadget is the Sewline Needle Threader.  It works great with the smaller size needles and finer threads.  I use a size 10 needle and 50 weight thread.  It works every single time.  I love it and just ordered a second one so I don’t have to carry it back and forth.
I have 25 flowers left to complete and lots of stitching to get it all put together! I will hit one year working on this project next week.  This is my very first project and I am so thankful for everyone who has helped me along the way.  I have learned so much from everyone! 
I am  linking up with Jessica at Life Under Quilts.   Check it out  and  you  may just want to join us!   Also, check out Jessica’s book — Quilting On The Go – it is awesome – full of tips and projects and great for everyone from beginner to experienced!

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Monday Morning Star Count 2014/24

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Another good week, although very busy with work, I still was able to complete 3 flowers and teach someone how to EPP!

Here are the three flowers I completed, which leaves me with 28 left to complete.

So, I was fortunate enough to spend some time with a friend’s daughter (19) and teach her how to EPP!  It was a lot of fun and I taught her on 2″ hexagons so the piece will grow fast.  She did great!  She basted 19 hexagons and sewed 3 of them together.  I forgot to take a picture, but trust me, she did a wonderful job!

What I do want to share with you, is what happens when you are teaching someone and don’t quite pay enough attention to what you are stitching:

Yes, that’s right….the polka dot print is the center of the flower 😉  I helped Jackie with her stitching and then picked up my own stitching and didn’t check the line up…just started stitching!  LOL!  At least it was only one side and was easy to rip out.

Just love linking up with Jessica at Life Under Quilts! 

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Monday Morning Star Count 2014/23

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I must confess…the weather was so beautiful that I was pleasantly distracted and spent some time gardening and camping.  I still found time to complete three flowers and packed a travel kit for our two hour trip home.  I had never tried to stitch during a trip, but Jessica inspired me to try it.  I actually enjoyed it and it was not as hard as I thought it would be.

Here are the three flowers I completed prior to setting out on our journey home.  I used a ziploc freezer bag and packed supplies and extra hexies.

Here is the flower I completed on the road:
So 4 flowers down and 32 left to go!  Oh and I had better getting busy sewing them together!
I am so happy to be linking up with Jessica at Life Under Quilts!  Come and check out everyone’s progress!