English Paper Pieced Plus+ Quilt - a finished top

Welcome,

Whilst I was unable to get near a sewing machine for months with lack of time and space I did manage to do some hand stitching and completed this Plus+ Quilt top.

I love it, it is made with shot cottons, aren't they gorgeous?

I used 2 inch 'houses' for this project, my templates are available for purchase and download here.

I actually finished piecing the top in about April and then it got put away.

I have now dragged it out of hiding, pulled all of the paper pieces out and have it ready for quilting.

In my sewing down time I have also created some worksheets and a pattern for this quilt ... information to follow

Quilt Stats:
  - 744 English Paper Pieced Pieces
  - 136 Plus' make up the centre
  - 60 x 60 inches finished size 

Thanks for Popping by
Vicki

Paper Pieced Muddled Geese - A finished project

Welcome,

I first introduced my English Paper Pieced Flying Geese quilt here.

I have now finally put the finishing touches to it and can call it a finished quilt.

I used my 6" downloadable Flying Geese English Paper Pieces which can be found on Etsy here along with other sizes including 2", 3", 4" and 5".

Due to my printing error this quilt ended up slightly smaller than anticipated with 5.5" flying Geese ... printing errors happen to all of us at times, I didn't notice until I finished.

I used my flying geese 'Muddled Geese' layout - pattern sheets to follow.

I quilted it with simple straight lines following all of the seam lines (or 'in the ditch') around each flying geese block. This also meant that each goose got a quilting line down the centre and the quilt finished with an all over 5.5 inch grid of quilting.

I backed the quilt with a gorgeous purple fabric.  The selvage doesn't tell me what fabric line it's from unfortunately.

Stay tuned for the Muddled Geese pattern sheets, perfect for planning your Muddled Geese quilt whether you EPP it or use traditional machine piecing methods.

Thanks for popping by.

Vicki

Intoducing English Paper Piecing Plus Pieces

Welcome,

As usual I can't help myself and I have more than one English Paper Piecing (EPP) project on the go at once.

I have been playing with patterns, I'm starting my EPP Plus journey with something simple:

However with just these 3 shapes - 'house', square and half square triangle other patterns can also be created:

Of course, you don't have to stick with the plus, other patterns can be created:

 I have also created downloadable templates for EPP which are avalable from my Etsy store so that you can create some of your own

These are available with a 1 inch house and a 2 inch house (measured across the bottom)

Please share any pieces you create using these downloads.

Thanks for popping by

Vicki

Introducing English Paper Pieced Muddled Geese

Welcome

I've been working on some new English Paper Pieced (EPP) pieces lately, I've been really enjoying doing my hand piecing and relaxing at the end of the day

I've wanted to complete a flying geese quilt for a long time but have been intimidated by the points and decided that I have much more control over that with EPP

I've used large geese for this quilt, each 'goose' is meant to be 6" x 3" finished, BUT ... I printed my own shapes and forgot to uncheck the 'fit to page' option meaning that they were reduced in size ... a rooky error that I haven't made in a LONG time.

I didn't notice until I had finished it - so this quilt is made with 5.5" x 2.25" flying geese, making it a finish of 33 inches square

I've raided my scraps for this quilt trying to choose pairs of fabrics that incorporate a low(ish) and high(ish) volume fabric, but more importantly, pairs that co-ordinated with each other.

I always print and cut my own templates.  

I created downloadables that can be purchased on etsy, I shared information about them here, or you can find them in a variety of sizes in my Etsy store here.

Just remember to uncheck the 'fit to page' option when printing!

Now I have to try and make some time to get back to the machine to quilt it.

Thank you for popping by,

Vicki

Introducing my downloadable EPP Basic Shapes pack

Welcome!

Today I want to introduce you to my new downloadable EPP basic shapes templates with printable pieces for English Paper Piecers that are now available through my Etsy shop.

Each download includes the shown 4 shapes that enable you to make a multitude of patterns based around the flying geese shape
  - hexagon
 - diamond
 - square
 - triangle

There are many possible combinations for these shapes, a few are shown below

There are currently 4 versions available to create your own amazing EPP creations in the following sizes:
 - 1/2 inch
 - 3/4 inch
 - 1 inch
 - 2 inch

Additionally if you require the files with different size shapes I can create these for you - just drop me an email: vicki {dot} isaacs {at} bigopond {dot} com

Please note that these downloadable templates include the SHAPES ONLY, no patterns so that you can be as creative as you like.

I am also working on pattern sheets using these templates and other downloadable templates using other shapes.  Please follow along on here, or facebook to keep updated.

If there is something that you'd specifically like to see, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for popping by
Vicki

Introducing my EPP Flying Geese Downloadable Printable Templates

Welcome!

Today I want to introduce you to my new downloadable flying geese templates with printable pieces for English Paper Piecers that are now available through my Etsy shop.

Each download includes the shown 4 shapes that enable you to make a multitude of patterns based around the flying geese shape
 - large half square triangle
 - small half square triangle
 - square
 - parallelogram

Together the two half square triangle shapes make your traditional flying geese

You can make all of the patterns with just these two shapes, however by adding squares ...

and parallelograms the patterns take on a more seamless look

There are 5 versions available to create finished geese at the following sizes:
 - 1 x 2 inch
 - 1.5 x 3 inch
 - 2 x 4 inch
 - 2.5 x 5 inch
 - 3 x 6 inch
I also offer a bulk lot of all 5 sets of templates.
Additionally if you require the files with different size finished geese I can create these for you - just drop me an email: vicki {dot} isaacs {at} bigopond {dot} com

Please note that these downloadable templates include the SHAPES ONLY, no patterns so that you can be as creative as you like.

I am also working on pattern sheets using these templates and other downloadable templates using other shapes.  Please follow along on here, or facebook to keep updated.

If there is something that you'd specifically like to see, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Finally to celebrate these with me, if you use the coupon code FG0915 you will receive a 20% discount on these downloads until the end of September.

Thank you for popping by
Vicki