{"id":72806,"date":"2026-11-02T07:10:50","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=72806"},"modified":"2026-10-23T17:50:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T00:50:04","slug":"epp-ball-16-purple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/epp-ball-16-purple\/","title":{"rendered":"EPP Ball #16: Purple"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EPP Ball #16 side 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have been working on this EPP Ball on and off for a few weeks and was able to finish it last week. Honestly, I try to keep one of these on the go at all times. I love EPP, haven’t gotten back into the groove of La Passacaglia<\/a> and always want a little hand work to do in the evenings.<\/p>\n

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EPP Ball #16 side 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I use the 5 inch squares I cut from scraps for these balls – not exclusively, but when I want to make one I go digging in those containers first. I often find fabrics I love like the big purple dots above and the purple Chrysanthemum print, right. It is an older Philip Jacobs print and this might be the last bit of it.<\/p>\n

I chose two pieces of that red-violet batik and used them as the center of the cup<\/a> I make first before putting the two halves together. It means that the same fabrics will not touch each other.<\/p>\n

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EPP Ball #16 side 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I also tried to keep the purples similar in value, but had to add another Philip Jacobs print. Despite the beige, I love his prints.<\/p>\n

This ball came out really well. The purple fabrics really went together well. <\/p>\n

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EPP Ball #16 side 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I tend to want to keep the ‘good’ fabrics for the perfect project. I am finding that projects are better when I use fabrics, all the fabrics, including the ‘good’ fabrics. The Tula hexie print above adds a smaller and more geometric print to the overall combination of fabrics.<\/p>\n

I also used a last bit of Asbury Park ice cream cones and a Martha Negley carrot print. Both are favorites as well. <\/p>\n

I added a label later by hand as I seem to forget to do it by machine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been working on this EPP Ball on and off for a few weeks and was able to finish it last week. Honestly, I try to keep one of these on the go at all times. I love EPP, haven’t gotten back into the groove of La Passacaglia and always want a little hand … Continue reading “EPP Ball #16: Purple”<\/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":[128,209,22,268],"class_list":["post-72806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-558","tag-completed-project","tag-english-paper-piecing","tag-hand-piecing","tag-toys"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72806","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=72806"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72830,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72806\/revisions\/72830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}