Turkey Tracks: February 6, 2016
Megan Bruns’ English Paper Piecing Projects
Some of us at Coastal Quilters (Maine) have gone quite mad over EPP.
But the projects are so intricate and gorgeous–way more involved than my simple hexie project.
Megan Bruns is an EPP “star” in our quilting group.
And an inspiration!
Just off the top of her head, she started making hexie placemats out of modern fabrics. As she has colorful fiesta ware, I asked her to take some pics for me for the blog.
A placemat:
…in use:
Megan is now trying to decide how to back these little gems. Or whether to “float” them on a rectangle or larger hexie…
Time will tell…
BUT, Megan has also taken on the VERY challenging “Millefiori” quilts as shown in Willyne Hammerstein’s book Millefiori Quilts.
Here’s the start of her first “rosette”:
Some progress:
And the finished first rosette:
WOW!
Note that the hanging “flags” on the outer ring disappear when those blocks are attached to others–they just go underneath the quilt.
These “rosettes” of various sizes attach to each other to make the “millefiore” look.
Note: We are using fiber glue pens with refills to put the fabric onto the EPP templates BUT we keep the glue away from the crease edge–as that makes it hard to get your needle through the fabric and the glue.
Another good source for millefiore projects is Katja Marek’s The New Hexagon Millefiore Quilt Along.
The English Paper Piecing Company carries card stock templates, acrylic templates, and can facilitate delivering monthly block projects–such as this year’s project being designed by Katja Marek.
Marek has a nice web site if you want to take a look at completed projects, etc.
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