{"id":36000,"date":"2017-03-12T05:13:58","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T12:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=36000"},"modified":"2017-03-10T17:25:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T00:25:42","slug":"improving-my-epp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/improving-my-epp\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving my EPP"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven’t been happy with the right sides together method of whip stitching my EPP pieces together. I don’t like the stitches showing on the front. No matter how careful I am, I seem to always get a few stitches showing. ERGH!!!<\/p>\n

\"Finished<\/a>
Finished star using flat back stitching<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I mentioned recently<\/a> that I had heard about the Flat back stitch for sewing EPP shapes together. I watched the video thoroughly, eventually, and tried it. I like the technique, although it isn’t without hassle and have modified my stitching accordingly.<\/p>\n

One thing the video shows is starting inside a seam. The idea is to slip the needle between the fabric and the paper, catching the knot on the inside. I never thought of that!<\/p>\n

\"Flat<\/a>
Flat back stitch using WonderClips<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have been using WonderClips<\/a> to hold my pieces together. It is imperfect at best despite the fabulousness of WonderClips. The video shows using regular transparent tape. Another great idea.<\/p>\n

There are a couple of other good things about the flat back stitch. First, you don’t have to bend the paper\/card pieces when you insert a piece (Y seam idea). This makes the card last longer. Second, the stitches don’t show at the beginning of the line of stitching, which they can if you are even a tiny smidge not careful. DIY Addict has some info about this after the 2:50 minute mark on her video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This technique takes me longer, but I like the look and really am not in a rush to get another star attached to this piece.<\/p>\n

It is a good day when I learn something new.<\/p>\n

Other resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

DIY Addict video: flat back stitch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I haven’t been happy with the right sides together method of whip stitching my EPP pieces together. I don’t like the stitches showing on the front. No matter how careful I am, I seem to always get a few stitches showing. ERGH!!! I mentioned recently that I had heard about the Flat back stitch for … Continue reading “Improving my EPP”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[209,22,331,252],"class_list":["post-36000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-434","tag-english-paper-piecing","tag-hand-piecing","tag-piecing","tag-project-quilt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}