Monday 21 July 2014

Week 16 EPP - Curves

There is no reason on earth not to use EPP for curves, as long as they are gentle.  I decided to try it after looking at OPQuilt  - Elizabeth has started an interesting monthly QAL of EPP circles. Here's my finished block, which is about seven inches across the circle:
  

  
Not being too good at using a compass, I downloaded Polar Graph Paper from a great free website called Incompetech.   As well as Polar graph paper you can get hexagons, triangles and other stuff here.  You can fiddle around with the settings (colour, line width, number of radii etc).  Useful for foundation piecing as well as EPP.  I just went with the default settings and my circles fitted neatly onto an A4 page. 

I drew my design onto the graph paper and numbered the pieces.



Work in progress.  I found it helped to cut the fabric on the bias where the curve was concave.
..and the back.
I kept the paper pieces in while I did the appliqué, thinking it might help to keep everything flat.  Then I cut the back out to remove the papers. Not sure if that worked - there are quite a few layers of fabric in places. 


It's a bit crinkly.  But I intend to add more crinkles later on in the quilting.  37 pieces to add to my overall total for this project, so I'm now up to 823 for Jessica's Monday Morning Star Count.

14 comments:

  1. I spent a little time last week going through your old posts and they were so inspiring. Curved edges always look scary to me but I'm liking the idea of graph paper and working out new designs. My initial thought was that this would be perfect as a little round cushion or even a set of place mats. looking forward to next week
    Ax

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  2. very pretty - have you ever thought to use Inklingo instead of EPP - it goes pretty fast too.

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  3. Lovely block.

    Greetings, Manuela

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  4. Beautiful work. I love the detail you provide in your photographs.

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  5. Karen @blondieloveshat21 July 2014 at 14:08

    so fun to peek into your site and see what uncharted waters you are sailing through lol! thank you for sharing that concave curves work better cut on bias... makes sense and I will tuck that nugget of info away for 'someday' projects!

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  6. I love how your block turned out...just wonderful.

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  7. Wow!! That's all I can say.

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  8. That is a beautiful piece of work - fantastically done!

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  9. Excellent tip regarding the graph paper! Thank You!

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  10. Beautifully explained and another great block created. Did you know Gutermann now sell and Extra Fine polyester thread which I find perfect for EPP? I shared about it on my blog - http://piecesofcontentment.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/the-perfect-epp-thread.html

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  11. Love, love, love this pattern especially with your color choices! Have not seen all of your work, but this example is exquisite! Thank you so much for sharing!

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