{"id":71509,"date":"2026-07-10T07:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=71509"},"modified":"2026-07-08T14:43:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:43:36","slug":"working-on-the-eppic-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/working-on-the-eppic-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Working on the EPPic Case"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"EPPic<\/a>
EPPic Exterior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gosh! I started this project in 2023! I am really not sure why I didn’t just make it. <\/p>\n

This bag is easier than I expected. The pattern is by a new-to-me designer, as in I haven’t made any of her patterns before. The style of the directions are less hand holding and more “do this any way you want.” This style brings me up short a bit. I know how to do all of the steps, but I am unsure that I am doing it ‘right’. I can see that I encountered that sort of feeling when I worked on cutting out the pieces last year<\/a>. I’ll have to think about that. <\/p>\n

I started out with the exterior, as it said in the directions, and I finished that section pretty quickly. It makes a difference when everything is already cut out and interfaced. <\/p>\n

\"EPPic<\/a>
EPPic interior vinyl pocket<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The next part was an inner vinyl pocket. Here I found that the naming of the pieces, or my understanding of the naming was a little off. I had to be really careful about making sure I had the right pieces. <\/p>\n

I didn’t understand the pleating instructions, so I didn’t sew the pleats down initially. I clipped them and then sewed the top pleats when I sewed the foldover elastic as binding. I kept the bottom ones clipped until I had that AHA moment on how to sew them (horizontal to the edge not parallel to the pleat as I originally thought). I am glad I paused and let the directions simmer a bit. <\/p>\n

I have never made a vinyl pocket with pleats before. It makes sense, but I wonder how the pocket will hold up?<\/p>\n

\"EPPic<\/a>
EPPic Flap in process<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I didn’t really run into any problems until I got to the flap, which is part of the interior. I am not sure I have made a bag with a flap like this before. I didn’t really understand the directions.<\/p>\n

I was able to find a page of video tutorials<\/a> on the Chasing Tigers website. I do appreciate the effort that goes into these videos. It was really helpful to watch the video as one step was missing from the printed instructions – sewing up the sides.<\/p>\n

I added a snap, as you can see. I didn’t have the magnetic snap with the prongs, so I used the SnapSetter and enjoyed hitting the tool with the hammer. LOL!<\/p>\n

\"Cutting<\/a>
Cutting with the Katie’s Korners Radial Rule<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The corners of the bag edges are rounded and the pattern comes with a template for doing that. I didn’t want to use the tissue paper pattern\/template I made. I went rummaging for a couple of corner rulers I have. I found that the Katie’s Korners Radial Rule (wasn’t able to find a link, so if you see one, buy it; very useful) was the perfect size for this project. Again, I was glad to find the exact size that I needed. I think an approximate size would have worked, but since I haven’t made this project before, I wasn’t sure what effect a different sized corner would have.<\/p>\n

One thing I still need to figure out is the what the difference is between the patterns in the bundle. I am sure I knew at one point, but I have yet to figure it out. This is probably where the names of patterns comes in handy.<\/p>\n

I am not sure what is next in the pattern, but I am making good progress and am pleased that this UFO will be finished soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gosh! I started this project in 2023! I am really not sure why I didn’t just make it.  This bag is easier than I expected. The pattern is by a new-to-me designer, as in I haven’t made any of her patterns before. The style of the directions are less hand holding and more “do this … Continue reading “Working on the EPPic Case”<\/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":[558],"tags":[531,362],"class_list":["post-71509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-558","tag-eppic-bag","tag-works-in-progress"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71509","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=71509"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71525,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71509\/revisions\/71525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}