{"id":60172,"date":"2023-09-04T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=60172"},"modified":"2023-09-02T18:19:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T01:19:01","slug":"more-on-epp-balls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/more-on-epp-balls\/","title":{"rendered":"More on EPP Balls"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_60173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60173\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230823_201847_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-60173\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230823_201847_wm-sm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"EPP Ball #3 Open\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230823_201847_wm-sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230823_201847_wm-sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230823_201847_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">EPP Ball #3 Open<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This project went way too fast. Not that I want to spend my life on one project, but I do like projects that I can grab and go.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, I have only the gap to stitch closed. I have the clips on the edges, because I wasn&#8217;t sure how else to keep them under control. I really have to look up how to work with the edges of the an EPP quilt or project. This research will be good for the <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/half-hexie-start-top-finished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Half Hexie Star project<\/a>, which is waiting for a back.<\/p>\n<p>I just used regular <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/45L7KLD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fiberfill<\/a>** to fill it. I was pleased to see that the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/45L7KLD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fiberfill<\/a>**, brand name Poly-fil, was made from recycled materials. I didn&#8217;t stuff in any <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3snyXFE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beanie Baby pellets<\/a>** in case one of the kids decides to chuck the ball at their parents. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3snyXFE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beanie Baby pellets<\/a>** are actually called Poly pellets or &#8216;weighted stuffing pellets&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>**N. B. : Obviously, you should shop at local quilt shops and small businesses. However, if you are too busy or can\u2019t find what you need there, I use Amazon affiliate links and may be paid for your purchase of an item when you click on an item\u2019s link in my post. There is <em>no additional<\/em> cost to you for clicking or purchasing items I recommend. I appreciate your clicks and purchases as it helps support this blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This project went way too fast. Not that I want to spend my life on one project, but I do like projects that I can grab and go. As you can see, I have only the gap to stitch closed. I have the clips on the edges, because I wasn&#8217;t sure how else to keep &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/more-on-epp-balls\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;More on EPP Balls&#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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[519],"tags":[209,316,22,268],"class_list":["post-60172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-519","tag-english-paper-piecing","tag-gifts","tag-hand-piecing","tag-toys"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60172","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=60172"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60194,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60172\/revisions\/60194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}