🧵 ENGLISH PAPER PIECING BASICS - USE YOUR SCRAPS

[@petermatten3315]

I learnt this sixty years ago, in England with my grandmother, just after the second world war, we used metal templates to cut the papers, old envelopes, or any stiff paper we could lay our hands on, we used every scrap of cloth ,or recycled clothes. We stitch through the papers , enough to secure the fabric however small to the paper, the papers were reused several times, untill they lost their stiffness. Tacking threads were pulled out ,and also reused .squares, diamonds, octogons ,hexagons, triangles, and coffins, were all used.

[@daphnewhite3479]

I learnt to do it watching the children's program Blue Peter in England about 60 years ago. Still enjoying using up my scraps

[@subjectline]

I was shown how to do it at primary school in the early 80's.

[@moniquebrood5441]

Yes Karen, I'd love to see a tutorial how to learn FPP.

[@juliemeanor6531]

I love epp. I learned to use a small hole punch to put a hole in center of small shapes, this makes it easy to use a tool to pop out the paper.

[@libbydavidson3052]

I do the same! Works so well💜

[@veemcg3682]

Thanks for the tip I'm going to try that!

[@kathydobner7203]

Thanks. Watching a demo of how to is good.

[@ArDeeMee]

Great tip!

[@staciebell1532]

Wow that is a great idea, thank you

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

Happy Friday everyone. 🍁🍂Happy to share the first of a series on slow sewing. English paper piecing has given me so much joy over the years. I hope you find the same. Happy Thanksgiving for my fellow Canadians

[@lizagervais8621]

Happy Thanksgiving to you too Karen! 🍁🎃🌻🦃🤝🙏🏻🕊

[@m53goldsmith]

Another brilliant video, very much enjoyed this one. And yes, please, would love to see one on FPP as well, cheers!

[@jennyrojas5597]

Loved your techniques, I'm going have to try using single thread instead of double, and smaller needles. Think you said milliners #10. Gotta look thru my stuff to see if I have any. Thank you again for all of your time and expertise. I always learn something from you. ❤❤

[@errinwellman1960]

Small tip on cotton thread if that's what you have laying around, you can run it over bar soap or beeswax and that makes a big difference in hand sewing. That's what my grandmother taught me when learning to do hand binding.

[@JynxGirl11]

I love thread magic for this too!

[@debedwards1717]

Awesome! I also hand sew and often get knots in my threads and it really annoys me. 👍🏻

[@mrsmcdonald9363]

I run it through chapstick.

[@dorothyyoung8231]

ABSOLUTELY. I like beeswax. It makes the thread stronger and I find the thread tangles less. Thread Magic, which is fabulous, seems not to be manufactured any longer. I love the chapstick idea and will try it.

[@conniejd8046]

I learned the same thing, but from my Mom. She never made Quilts but she made all my clothes when I was at home. She always wanted to know how to Quilt. I have felt I missed out on a lot, not knowing how to Quilt. I love what I have been learning, while I've been Quilting. I can't imagine doing anything else.

[@CheeseheadQuilter]

Like many here I mainly piece with a machine, but I love having my project box for EPP for long car trips, sitting at my MIL’s (need to be conversational but not idle😜), staying awake during commercials and replays on televised sporting events, watching grandkids and sew on….On a 6 week car trip I stopped at quilt shops to buy more fat quarters and used hotel irons, keeping my project box with finished rosettes under the car seat. Made enough for a queen sized quilt!

[@michellecornum5856]

Oh, yes! Foundation paper piecing, please. SOOOO GLAD you covered that blasted Y-SEAM!

[@suecrossgrove]

One of the very best sewing videos on You Tube. Your voice is very clear and reassuring. Thank you.

[@sonjadalglish6544]

Yes, yes on Foundation paper piecing. Please make a video

[@ediedarleneedgmon5301]

YES!!!!!!! Please do a video on FPP!!!! I can’t cut or sew a straight line to save my life but I’m pretty good at FPP; it’s my saving grace. I look for every quilt block in the form of an FPP block. LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@janicewebber5584]

Jenny Doan say's she is all about the machine & so am I! I'm too impatient for hand stitching. That piece you were showing at the end that looks like a kaleidoscope is truly beautiful. But with every hand stitch I take, my mind keep saying, I'm getting older by the second on repeat. I'll leave the EPP to the intermediate quilters & admire their work with awe.

[@laurawindsor1019]

I recently discovered that I prefer hand (slow) sewing to machine sewing, and always wondered what paper piecing was. Thank you for your explanations and tutorials! I’m also loving the videos with the timers, the clutter challenges, and you vlog! I have ADHD, non-hyperactive, so I have a tendency to get distracted, lose interest, or forget completely what I was doing, and you have so many tips I’m using! On the other hand, I can also get so engrossed in a project I lose track of time. Just got the cube timers today! Thanks again!

[@gardnrgrl]

Thank you for breaking this down into simple steps and taking all the mystery out of it, Karen. I would like to see a similar video on foundation paper piecing. I've tried it and wasn't happy with the results. You have such a gift for explaining techniques and making them feel like they're do-able. My piecing has drastically improved after following your 3-step advice, especially on HSTs. My quilts are square without surgery!

[@wendywilson1736]

My daughter gifted a cute little tin with Wonder clips for Christmas one year. Such a finger saver! No more tight gripping!! I used my ScanNCut to cut several hundred of the paper hexies, and cut my scraps into 2 1/2" squares to wrap around the hexie papers.I don't trim. Works for me! I like the machine quilting over rows of hexies. I also like the big stitch quilting between the hexies. I will try different methods on different projects. I'm arranging them in diamond shaped arrangements, some with 4 (2 contrasting colors) and some with 9 with a contrasting center hexie.. Thanks for these tips, Karen!

[@SoulsJourney]

Great video, thanks Karen! I haven't tried this yet, but now I'm less intimidated. Add me to the list of those who would like a video on FPP!

[@JynxGirl11]

Yes, please!!! I love hearing more about different techniques!

[@lizagervais8621]

I second that thought!

[@juliadavis2978]

Would love a FPP tutorial!

[@smathykins]

Karen! You do such an awesome job teaching so many techniques…tips and tricks! Thank you!!

[@corinneethier6049]

Yes please, so a FPP video, love your voice, your humour and your expertise.

[@giselleyoung3248]

Yes, please share your tips and tricks on FPP with us too!🙂

[@giselleyoung3248]

P.S. Love the colors and shapes in your new background quilt in this video.

[@garnettasmith1717]

Agreed! Please do a video on FPP!

[@kristiannelang8545]

Is a relatively young and new quilter I find your videos so helpful. I find a great delight in seeing what you’ve whipped up next.

[@karenkoutsoumbaris6308]

Love your videos Karen, I’m trying to get back my quilting fever 🤒, thankyou

[@petmomful2260]

Excellent video! I started an EPP quilt because we were driving a lot to my granddaughter's basketball games at different colleges. It is a great way to spend time that would otherwise be wasted.

[@CoffeeJo]

Yes, please teach us to FPP!! I always learn something new from your tutorials. Thank you so much!

[@motherhenn8850]

Karen, I would love a part 2 on how to finish EPP projects. How do you finish the edges? How to attach EPP appliqués? I have a table runner made, with hexies and that have no half hexies, but I am at a loss on how to finish it.

[@floralmae]

Those is the most down-to-earth, no-BS EPP tutorial. It's like a tutorial "for the rest of us." Thank you! I feel like I could go start experimenting now.

[@traceycoles1693]

I always find her to be no BS,which is why I love her!

[@rumacostello4514]

I purchased an adorable Liberty of London EPP starter kit on ETSY which came with the fabric already cut out into Hexes. After making a Hexie pillow, I purchased a Walkabout The Stars wall-hanging kit. This came with charm squares and hard plastic templates so I have to lay out how I want the quilt to look and cut out all the fabric. I decided to look at some KZbins to make sure I knew what I was getting into. Thank you, as always, for breaking things down into bite size pieces!

[@betsleeuwenkamp7632]

Thank you for explaining this methode. I look forward to watch your video about FPP

[@dianamay8600]

You are my ‘go to’ person Karen. I’m learning so much from you

[@christinespanu9655]

Bonjour, Je suis française et il n’y a pas de tutos de EPP en français. Grâce à vous, j’ai pu comprendre beaucoup de choses et de techniques. Merci beaucoup. 🥰😘

[@celinedumoulin4485]

You are wonderful, thank you so much. You have helped me so much. ❤️‍🩹

[@cindygreen6900]

I have never done list but find I spend a lot of time on the road. Excellent way to busy myself. love this

[@lisdawson7262]

Yes please, you always add little gems of information.

[@andreabowbrick2016]

Yes please. I'd love to see a video on FPP. And this video was great too!

[@momkr1]

FPP ? Yes, please. Yours are the best tutorials.

[@mariaisabellevit3231]

Yes! FPP is a great idea! Congrats from Brasil!

[@lafranglaise3399]

Hi Karen. If, like me, you lack the confidence to jump into quiltmaking, EPP is ideal. Also, the slow, regular & repetitive stitching is SO therapeutic. I hope one day to start doing a machine quilt but for the moment I'm totally hooked on EPP. P.S I'd love for you to do a video on FPP. Merci from France xxxx

[@inthekitchenwithbubby7724]

Karen, I’m do happy to have found this! I’m a quilt addict and will be having foot surgery next Tuesday! No weight bearing for six weeks! YIKES! I’m worried about losing my mind sitting around. This just might be the answer! Thanks!

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

Definitely the answer. Good luck

[@torirogers1305]

Good luck with your surgery, I hope all goes well. I had foot surgery and was not aware of this process. Hope it helps with the recovery time.

[@blowitoutyourcunt7675]

Long overdue answer to probably long solved problem - zip cord your sewing peddle to your table leg at knee height! Commercial Sewing Machines are made with a knee knocker sewing pedal because that type of repetitive strain on the foot is ridiculous when your sweatshop sewing is your day job! I had ankle surgery on my dominant foot and had to train myself to a knee knocker position to get anything done during those horrible weeks of recovery! Nowadays whenever my foot or ankle is straining I put my sewing pedal back on the table leg and knee knock it! Cheers

[@marleneslichter3472]

This is a fabulous video. English paper piecing is the one type of quilting I haven’t tried.

[@somethingclever713]

Yes! Please do make a video on FPP as well ⭐️⭐️⭐️ your little squirrel is so cute! 🐿🐿🐿

[@canitacampbell-simpson3336]

Wow! Your inspirational, Karen. Thank for making impossible sewing styles appear achievable. Somehow your tutorial seems to be talking.with me. I am certainly going to enjoy exploring fabric patchwork projects or should I say project. Fabulous sharing. I am enjoying early evening craft KZbin exploring. Peace and kindness with prayers. 👌☕

[@conqueringmountscrapmorewi2509]

EPP is such a fun way to express yourself! Thanks for sharing!

[@caroljohnson3899]

Yes please make a video about FPP I don’t know how to do that.

[@marshalindquist5540]

Thank you so much for getting me going on my project. Nice to know I can always re-view your KZbin show.

[@barbaralazier8352]

So I thought why not give EPP a whirl. Now I am totally hooked. Luckily I have so much material I do not have to purchase any more. This will be my way to play with my fabric and now it will be what I take on my future trips

[@laurachase3128]

Thank you, Karen! I'm a visual learner and this was the best explanation of EPP I've seen.

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

Thank you 😊

[@kelseybowe8322]

Thank you for explaining in such detail and all the different options! I'm new to quilting and this is perfect to get started, your videos are all so helpful for those of us who don't have quilters in the family to show us how

[@christielamb2894]

Hi, Your video answered the questions I had about EPP. Thank you, I've subscribed and hit the bell. 😊

[@mariod7473]

Terrific tutorial, I started making Hexies and I love it.....and I have been noticing the container of hexies that you often have in the background of your videos...A big yes for FPP tutorials.

[@PixieStitchs]

Thanks so much for this video! Everything I need to know to get started on my first quilt today 🧚‍♀️💕!

[@patriciagechei8145]

Thank you for such clear and easy-to-follow directions. I loved this video.

[@szelop]

I like big stitches & big blocks & I cannot lie! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 EPP & FPP quilts are gorgeous! I just have too many things on my list to make so I have to do it big & fast ( as fast as I can move at this age) ! Thanks for your great videos!

[@galedutton184]

Fantastic video. Yes, I'd really like to see a Foundation Paper Piecing video. That would be awesome. Thank you for all the fabulous tips.

[@chrisdistelrath9386]

Thank you do much. Moving closer to trying EPP. Love your videos

[@simplynej]

Best EPP basics video I've found. Thank you so much!!!!!

[@deeannhansen1469]

Love your calming voice and instructions!!

[@karensparrow1529]

As always your tutorials ROCK. Thank you so much.

[@paulaneary7877]

KAREN! I don't need more projects, but you are tempting me with EPP, simply because I love the pattern choices! Especially the quilt you have been working on for what did you say? 3 years? JEEZ! You must have some stamina!

[@inaduplessis5312]

Yes please! A video about FPP too please!!! Thanks for this video.

[@jclark1894]

Thank you, Karen, for another great instructional video! Yes, please do the FPP video. Thank you, again.

[@rosaliecovello441]

I use a die cut with my fabric to cut exact shapes plus a die cut to cut out the smaller paper template. I use a Big Shot and it works great. I like not going through the paper most of all when attaching fabric to paper. Plan to start using bright old thread for attaching paper and a better thread for attaching fabric to another piece together. Thanks

[@pywagner]

Yes, please on the foundation paper piecing. Love how you break things down into understandable (for me) elements!

[@wilmasilveira1416]

I would like you to teach FPP from the very basics. I seem to have an issue with reverse sewing. hopefully, you can clear it. You are a very good teacher I seem to be able to follow your instructions very well

[@seankayoden4001]

Several years ago at my guild someone made hexes out of thin plastic, like the lids of butter in a tub, or some template plastic.. Then punching a hole In the center to easily remove. You could use them for a long time

[@redwingedfiber1066]

Such a great primer on EPP! Thanks so much for sharing all the resources. Diving deeper thanks to your inspo. 💗

[@carmenbailey1560]

Thanks Karen, I have a few done,. but at this point collecting is all I’m going to do for awhile. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊

[@sylviethibodeau4308]

Absolutely! Love to get more tips and tricks for FPP

[@lizagervais8621]

Great video as always! Yes please for a video about FPP. Thanks for everything you do.

[@lindahines9314]

I would love for you to do a video on foundation paper piecing. I really enjoy your teaching. Thank you

[@dachsiemomma1725]

I made a grandmother's flower garden quilt (full-sized) and it took me years, but I'm proud of it. I'd never make another one, so I use this method for coasters (to give to members of my Bible study class at Christmas). I'm also working on a table runner using hexagons, and it's work, but nothing like the bed quilt was. I really love English paper piecing!

[@lizbiagi7998]

Enjoyed this! Please do video on FPP. Thanks

[@apiecemaker1163]

Hexie coasters is such a great idea for gifts. Do you do small hexie or one large one? I’d like to make some. Thanks

[@dachsiemomma1725]

@@apiecemaker1163 Mine have 7 pieces, each about 1 1/2" basted. All 7 (1 in center and the other 6 surrounding) together make a nice-sized coaster.

[@apiecemaker1163]

@@dachsiemomma1725 ok thank you. Definitely want to make some.

[@dachsiemomma1725]

@@apiecemaker1163 I really like to make these in the summer with a glass of iced tea by my side!

[@michelebritton2807]

Yes, please! A tutorial on FPP would be awesome! ❤️

[@CatherineDoucette]

Yes! Pls make FPP video. Love be to see the geese in a circle. It has me confused!

[@kimzsewing3917]

I Love EPP and FPP and I love learning off everybody so a video on FPP would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for a great video again…….🤩

[@martialbers3486]

Oh, Karen, Karen - another example of your WONDERFUL way of easing our hesitancy when contemplating just getting out there and doing something new! I've long wanted to get going on an EPP project. Today, watching your video, I am emboldened to just GET IT DONE! Thank you, once again, for your encouragement and excellent tips! Love from South Dakota!

[@lisaroper421]

Woohoo! South Dakota sister, here!

[@janetlopez2861]

Hello Karen. Thank you for the informative video. I would enjoy seeing some information on FPP as well. I look forward to all of your new videos.

[@ashleybrude2846]

Your videos are so well done, informative and fun! Thank you for doing such a wonderful job for us!!!

[@baz80s18]

Yes please for fpp! Always wanted to try it.

[@jenknotsed8]

As you can see from my picture, I love EPP! Thank you for your video with tips and tricks! I can't wait to see a FPP video!!!

[@Boobooks]

Would really like a video on FPP. Please. Really do enjoy your videos here in Western Australia. 💜

[@juliemorrison4348]

Thanks Karen for another very informative video. When I learnt many years ago we tacked through the cardboard all the way round. This tacking is much easier. Hexagons and baby blocks are my usual shapes. Time to do some others. Love your large rosettes and must start another slow project like this. FPP has always left me troubled with sewing on the back of paper and most look like they needed a good press. Would love to see your video to make it all worthwhile. ❤🇦🇺

[@gerrysiebert8639]

Iightbulb moment...have been tacking THRU the cardstock! Tx!

[@MsChris23456]

Ok. Got it. Thank you Karen.

[@michellegagner6543]

Great explaination! I started my project before your video. Wish i had seen it before I started. I figured it out pretty well though.. Another option for templates. I used my Cricut machine! Worked like a charm for customizing to the size I wanted..and because I needed over 250 for the project the template cutting was fast and accurate.

[@toripavlik2730]

The Cricut really does make it 100x easier AND cheaper!

[@musicmom614]

I like bottom line by Superior for my paper piecing

[@mojosbigsticks]

Lovely. Takes me right back to childhood.

[@Dasburyfamily]

Happy 15th Birthday Missouri Star! Love you, your tutorials, shows, events and more. 🌸🩷🌸🩷🌸🩷🌸

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

Wrong family

[@karenkoutsoumbaris6308]

I love epp and I Thankyou for doing this video! Emma Jones is great but she works very small!

[@catherinecearns9002]

Hi Karen from South Aussie-I love EPP - I find it a great way of using “down time” from my machine

[@NEENEEx5]

YESSSSS to the FPP videos and THANK YOU for the beginner EPP vid❤️. I got a sampler as a gift during a shop hop trip. I played with it on the bus on the ride home and I was hooked😂

[@cleargleam8449]

A video on FPP would be excellent! Thanks for explaining the difference.

[@juliaraley9563]

I would love to know more about FPP….what method would be appropriate for a Mariner’s Compass? About 30 years ago I saw the Mariners compass and I was quite intimidated by it. I started my quilting journey and at this point in time I feel as though I can tackle it. Thank you for your help and for your tutorials, I enjoy them so much!!

[@jennystrahley927]

Great EPP information. Your Millefiore hexagon pieces are absolutely gorgeous!!

[@itsjustus5808]

I'd love for you to do a video about FPP. Thanks for sharing your helpful tips and tricks.

[@JynxGirl11]

Now you've done it. I'm having surgery on the 3rd and just laid out the quilt for my husband so I can work on it while I recover. This is going to be so cool!

[@JynxGirl11]

I just realized I can't attach a picture. But I'm making a Settlers of Catan quilt for my husband out of batiks

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

Nice…I want to make one of those myself

[@lindathomas2407]

Years ago I started cutting out a hexagon from each fabric I used in a project, but was not sure what to do next. Your video has really helped me to know how to proceed. Thank you!

[@tpayton2174]

I definitely want to see a video on Foundation PP. Love your work.

[@TheLeela630]

Your videos are sooooo helpful...I started EPP not too long ago and would LOVE a video on FPP. Thank you for all your AWESOME videos....

[@doreensherk287]

This is a great video, I watched Emma Jones and now follow her and have made a pin cushion. Thanks for sharing…..

[@lindawelk2222]

Love EPP! Love your site!!

[@tonistevens2253]

Please do a tutorial on FPP. Thanks for great hints and the explanation on how to do EPP.

[@sandyp2485]

Very interesting. I've never tried this type of quilting. I will give a try on something small like a hotmat. Thanks for explaining it all so clearly.

[@annettehast1790]

Yes paper piecing is something on my list of new things to do. Fpd please. Thanks Karen. Love the tutorial.