I recently learned about English Paper Piecing (EPP) from the Minneapolis Modern Quilt Guild and quickly became intrigued. I read several blogs about the method but couldn’t fully understand why I’d ever want to paper piece instead of regular machine sewn piecing. So when a class popped up at my local fabric store, I jumped at the chance to enroll and roped my mom in along with me.
EPP allows you to make very precise, perfect shapes that would be infinitely more difficult simply sewing fabric together. It’s also a really fun hand sewing project that pairs well with Netflix. My sewing machine is currently in our 3 season porch, but with ungodly heat, it’s more like a 2 season porch, so a portable project that I can enjoy near my family in the air conditioning is right up my alley.
During class, our teacher taught us a method of EPP where you only use glue to attach your fabric to the paper. I learned that this is not my favorite method as the paper removal is much more annoying than when you hand sew, BUT glueing is the perfect craft project for my 8 year old! There’s most definitely an EPP transformer in our future.
I decided to gift this pillow to a Dolly Parton lover so I added a sweet quote on the back. I need more practice with embroidery.
