{"id":36821,"date":"2017-05-21T07:12:32","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T14:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=36821"},"modified":"2021-07-19T19:02:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T02:02:58","slug":"epp-technique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/epp-technique\/","title":{"rendered":"EPP Technique"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently I talked about using the flat back stitch<\/a> for EPP. I have been using it and finding that it works well. I wasn’t always 100% happy with the WonderClips<\/a>, however. It is probably the one time I don’t find the WonderClips gripping hard enough.<\/p>\n

\"Taping<\/a>
Taping and the Flat Back Stitch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have heard that some artists use tape to hold the pieces in place while stitching with the flat back stitch.<\/p>\n

I started out with Scotch Tape. It was ok, but I could only use the tape once. Mailing tape – the clear kind – was a little better.<\/p>\n

I didn’t have any masking tape, which I think would be the best, so I tried blue tape and it works pretty well. I can re-position it about 3 times before it gives out.<\/p>\n

\"Taping<\/a>
Taping and the Flat Back Stitch – back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Still, I am pretty happy with the results. It is easier to keep the stars, or half hexies, in place while I sew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recently I talked about using the flat back stitch for EPP. I have been using it and finding that it works well. I wasn’t always 100% happy with the WonderClips, however. It is probably the one time I don’t find the WonderClips gripping hard enough. I have heard that some artists use tape to hold … Continue reading “EPP Technique”<\/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":[209,504,22,343],"class_list":["post-36821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-434","tag-english-paper-piecing","tag-half-hexie-star","tag-hand-piecing","tag-techniques"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36821","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=36821"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53598,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36821\/revisions\/53598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}