Tag: English Paper Piecing

I know many of you sincerely dislike January, but I LOVE it! It is my birthday month, which is awesome. More importantly, however, it feels fresh and new and full of possibilities. Thus, today, February 1, is the end of January for another year and one of the saddest days of the year for me. People have told me to buck up followed by their stories about Fabulous February. I haven’t been able to shake off the sadness of no more January for another year. Thus, I wanted to do something fun and cheerful.

After finishing the binding on Triumphant, I felt the lack of a hand project. I need another big EPP project, but haven’t committed to one yet. I need to finish La Passacaglia, but am at a point where I need to fish or cut bait on an idea. As a result I started another EPP ball. These are pretty fast to make, which isn’t great for my hand sewing needs. It is however, keeping my hands away from an addictive game on my phone.

I pulled a few 5 inch squares from my 5 inch square bin and began sewing. 5 inch squares are one of the sizes I cut when I am scrap processing.

I don’t have a baby to whom to give this one, but I am sure one will show up in my life.

I finished the eighth EPP ball and will send it off to the owner next week.

I had hoped that this would get me back to La Pass, but so far it hasn’t.

The Beanie Baby pellets kind of gathered on one side, so it doesn’t roll very well. I have been trying to move them, but they are proving stubborn. I have to rethink how I fill these in future. I like the Beanie Baby pellets to provide some weight, but be evenly distributed. I am not sure what happened this time.

I do like these little balls and can make them very quickly for friends’ babies. 

It is good to have a small hand project to work on in the evenings. It is keeping me from playing too many games on my phone, which I think was making my hand hurt. I have a few more seams before I can pull out the paper and stuff it.

I have been playing too many games on my phone at night. La Passacaglia is languishing. My needlepoint project is languishing and my hands are hurting. 

It has been awhile since I made an EPP ball. I have two babies that would enjoy them, so I started two new ones. I thought it would be a good way to ease back into EPP and, possibly, La Passacaglia.

I found a few more charm packs while I was searching for the Handbag Sampler last week and decided to use one, Victoria Findlay Wolf’s Play fabric for the two balls. One of the reasons I chose that charm pack is that it included 24 squares, which is how many I need for two of the EPP balls. I didn’t want any leftover charm squares.

I was able to baste all of the pentagons I need for the two projects last night. I can start sewing tonight.