{"id":36081,"date":"2017-03-23T05:05:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T12:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=36081"},"modified":"2021-07-19T19:03:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T02:03:51","slug":"more-epp-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/more-epp-2\/","title":{"rendered":"More EPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36135\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/wp-1490284974716.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36135\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/wp-1490284974716-300x220.jpeg\" alt=\"Half Hexie EPP - late March 2017\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/wp-1490284974716-300x220.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/wp-1490284974716-768x563.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/wp-1490284974716-1024x751.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/wp-1490284974716-1200x880.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Half Hexie EPP &#8211; late March 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>About <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/epp-in-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a week ago, I showed you<\/a> my big English Paper Piecing project. I have been working on it quite a bit and am showing it again with its new and attractive bulge on the lower right. I have thought about EPP a lot in the past week, wondering why I am enjoying it so much. I don&#8217;t suppose I really need a reason, but I do wonder.<\/p>\n<p>What I have come up with is that I enjoy handwork, but something like needleturn applique&#8217; isn&#8217;t really my thing. EPP provides a convenient type of handwork that is pretty different from machine work. Why would I hand piece something I can easily machine piece?<\/p>\n<p>For a challenge?<\/p>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0 a few blocks, however, it is no longer a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>EPP is handwork, but it is different enough in process to fill a hole. It is also strangely convenient and can be the catalyst for creating amazing designs. Have you seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/vforvegemite\/la-passacaglia-quilt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Passacaglia<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>On my half hexie piece, I have been working on making dots on white half hexie stars and I am making progress with my next two rows (one with a white background and one with fabrics prints in colors.<\/p>\n<p>I have to admit being a little sick of this project and wanting it finished. I have a long way to go before it is finished, however. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/guild-merit-hexies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learning something new about basting at the last guild meeting<\/a> reinvigorated me and I can&#8217;t wait to try it with my half hexies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About a week ago, I showed you my big English Paper Piecing project. I have been working on it quite a bit and am showing it again with its new and attractive bulge on the lower right. I have thought about EPP a lot in the past week, wondering why I am enjoying it so &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/more-epp-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;More EPP&#8221;<\/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":[209,504,22],"class_list":["post-36081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-434","tag-english-paper-piecing","tag-half-hexie-star","tag-hand-piecing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36081","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=36081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53599,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36081\/revisions\/53599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}