{"id":36800,"date":"2017-05-14T07:32:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T14:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=36800"},"modified":"2017-06-16T14:15:03","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T21:15:03","slug":"epp-travel-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/epp-travel-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"EPP Travel Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EPP Travel Kit – closed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I really like this pattern even though it gave me a few fits before I finished it.<\/p>\n

I found this pattern<\/a> somehow. It is free (for personal use only) from Zen of Making*. I wish I had thought of the name, because there is something zenlike about making and the name is cool.<\/p>\n

Anyway.<\/p>\n

The travel kit is part of a three part series, which includes a lesson on making the hexie flowers. The final piece is making a pincushion<\/a> out of smaller hexies to use with the EPP Kit. I had plans to make that as well, but ran out of time.<\/p>\n

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EPP Travel Kit – open (front)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This travel kit is awesome and the problem I had really had nothing to do with the pattern, but with the supplies I had on hand. I hand on hand, and wanted to use, some sew-in invisible\u00a0 magnet closures. Sara of Sew Sweetness<\/a> uses these in a lot of her patterns and I find I have better success with them than the models with the ‘legs’ used in this pattern.<\/p>\n

The closure is pretty awesome. I love the way the hexie flowers stick together. Very clever.<\/p>\n

Once I figured out how to get the sew-in magnetic closures oriented in the right direction, the assembly went pretty smoothly. There is a lot of handwork in this pattern, which I wasn’t expecting.<\/p>\n

The open look (right, slightly above) is a little odd. I think it might be because of the scrappiness of the whole piece. I think I should have used a backing for the flap hexie flower that matched the hexie flower (the one with leaves and a turquoise center). I do kind of like the scrappy look. I think I will make one that looks like a Dia de los Muertos celebration for a different friend. I definitely want to try different colors.<\/p>\n

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EPP Travel Kit – inside view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Altoids tins fit nicely inside and Haley (blog owner\/designer) calls for two of them for this project. I had to scrounge them up. I put a piece of felt in the bottom of each tin to make them less rattly and a little nicer.<\/p>\n

I cut and added some 5″ squares, and an EPP book to make the kit look full and fun.<\/p>\n

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*It appears that the name of the blog has changed to Red Handled Scissors. Not sure why, but the pattern is still there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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