After my mother died, I made a quilt a la "Grandma's flower garden" or "epp" to help me cope with my grief, using her blouses and other fabrics (from our children, mother-in-law, travels, etc.) and designed my own picture of a garden with delphiniums, poppies, forget-me-nots, foxgloves, etc. The title I gave this picture was Memories... This was over 20 years ago now, but various things, not least your videos, have inspired me to start being creative with fabrics again!
It's funny how we learn things... My older sis is nearly 80, she is a trained tailor and when I was little she was at college learning her trade... she made me the most amazing clothes. I used to watch her and got all the scraps to make dolls clothes... I was telling her of all the dresses I remember her making and how much I learned from her only last week... she was obviously moved at how much I remembered and appreciated her work... Her hand smocking was exquisite.
My sisters and I sew, it is so lovely and such a blessing to spend time like that. It"s just a wonderful memory. We all watch videos and share them with each other we have. I am the oldest so I used to watch my mom make my clothes (and for my brothers and sisters too, there were 8 of us) .Sewing was fun and came easy so I made lots of my own clothes and my kids clothes. Now I'm retired and my quilting is my joy. One of my younger sisters did beautiful smocking for her little girls clothes too. I hope younger generation can keep this going.
what a wonderful idea using the children's books for your EPP papers! making it a bit more fun! I use heart punch in the center of mine since someone said a hole punch gives you something to grab when removing the papers using a crochet hook.
@KATE- I LOVE the idea of v Usain g children's story book pages for the paper-shaped EPP pattern pieces!! @Sandy Gardner, a hole punch in the center of the shapes is an amazing idea!! THANKS so very much, ladies!! ♡♡♡
Watching your videos makes me feel like I’m with my beloved grandmother. I miss her. Thanks Kate for making a blessedly safe and lovely place for us to escape the world for a while. ❤
Is it okay if I tell you that I absolutely ADORE you?? Listening to and watching you is so calming and enjoyable. I will probably never paper-piece, but I simply love watching you tell us how you do it.
I was a glue baster. To make pulling paper from sewn fabric, I hole-punch the center of the paper. When it comes time to remove the papers, I put a crochet hook ( G or H) into the hole and easily pop out the paper. "Easy Peasy!"
What a wonderful video. I am thinking of Agnes years from now with her treasured quilt being able to watch a video of her Grandmother showing how to make it and how lucky she is.
Found some hexie papers and fabric in my late moms stash and this is how I discovered your channel a few months ago. I love everything you do and is now so fired up about EPP as well as quilting in general. For the first time I can relate to someone else also having multiple projects going at the same time. None of my craft friends understand this. Thank you for sharing your life and passions with us.
For one thing, sometimes switching from one project or craft to another uses different movements and can prevent repetitive strain injuries. Sometimes we need a brain break while we think on how one WIP is going. I hesitate to tell you how many projects I have on the go! They suffice to keep me out of trouble, anyway, heh.
@@heidim7732 I'm the same. I've got a couple of knitting things in progress, an embroidery piece, a visible mending job and of course the gardening. So what am I thinking about? Getting some fabric for some summer tops and sleep shorts! LOL. You're right. When you hit a wall, it's good to turn around and look at something else for a bit. Happy Crafting you you and @Ronel van der Linden! It's lovely to meet others who look at the world the way we do - at least in this regard! :D
Watching you was the reason I got back in EPP. I also bought a Sizzix Big Shot (secondhand off EBay) and the dies as cutting the papers was the thing I hated doing and stopped me from finishing my quilt before. Great tutorial to show the basics and how to start, which is sometimes what people find difficult. My one tip would be when you are threading your needle, thread from the end that comes off the spool, knot the end you cut from the spool. I had no idea there was a direction on a reel of thread, but it makes such a difference with the thread knotting up on itself as you sew. Keep inspiring us.
Dear Kate! I am 45years old and never got taught any sewingskills by my mum or grandmum it is so fantastic watching your video and thinking that maybe I can do this too. I don't know if I have the patience for a really big piece like your quilt but I sure will try something smaller. Thanks for this tutorial and the inspiration you are giving me with it. Greetings from Austria, Dana
You might want to try to make the paper pieced Scotty dog. The pieces are larger. She has a series of videos about how she makes this cute little puppy. She showed some of it in this video. Happy stitching!
Thank you so much for demonstrating this technique. I have been searching for someone who knew how to do it for many years. I remember sitting in my Gran's house during WW11 and being given a hexagon of card and some fabric to sew onto it. That was all I could remember. Now I'm 81 and had almost given up finding what this technique is called and how to deal with it. I knew it was to make warn blankets with anything we had in the house but that's where the memory left me. I learned to make many new items out of old. Hook rugs, braided rugs, newspaper torn up and put on string for the shared toilet down the yard (my special job). All useful stuff as the war went on Now at last I have you to teach me EPP. How wonderful!
Hello! I hope you had a delightful day. I'm having trouble keeping up with all the RUclips Videos that I like to watch with my grandkids popping in and out of this home but they are so much fun to be around. I hope you have a joyful week ahead. Thank you for sharing your time, talent and video!
Hello Kate! 🥰 I first discovered your lovely channel about 6 months ago. I searched RUclips for English paper piecing and fell in love instantly with everything you had to say about this. I now subscribe and am a Patrons member, too. I hit the notifications button also. Every day I watch and listen to you while I sit and sew or knit. You are my new best friend!! Thank you for sharing your world with all of us on the lime green sofa !! 💜💜💜
I did this many years ago when I was at school, i even did a motif called Carolina Lily and turned it into a cushion cover with crazy patchwork on the back and put it forward as an exam piece. I forgot all about it until my mum died and I found it in her drawer….. Happy memories.
Thank you so very much. 🌻 When I hand stitch it’s like honey on my heart- no need for meditation, just give hexagons to stitch and I’m in the zone of full relaxation.
Im speechless. Never heard of this until today. It must take so long to make a quilt. Then id be afraid to use it! The quilt on the wall is absolutely gorgeous.
Just have to say the use of the old childrens' books is brilliant. So much better than putting them in a landfil or recycling center somewhere. It may be hard for me to make the first cut (I have the Accuquilt dies) because I was raised to take such good care of books but obviously some children were not. Thank you for your wonderful suggestions and instructions!
Thank you Kate you did actually inspire me to make a EPP quilt I am in the final stages of making a hexagon quilt for my granddaughter, to be honest it was for myself but she loves it so much I will give it to her ! Of course that’s a given , I love my grandchildren, it’s got a name already, thank you Kate you are an amazing tutor, love your channel and your content.
You've inspired me! After a five year break from sewing you intrigued me with English Paper Piecing. I love doing it. So far ... a little zippered bag for thread, scissors and paper shapes, a work bad for larger projects, a table runner and, a throw for my couch. Now I am ready to start two pillow covers for my bed. Thank you for getting me started on a wonderful hobby.
Thank you Kate for this video on Hexagons. The quilting group which I attend some one donated some Hexagons that she made but did not want to make anything with them. We decided as a group to make a Hexagon quilt for our Macmillan coffee morning in September (plus many more things). I completely agree with you Hexagons are therapeutic and a good why to relax but what a beautiful result you achieve at the end. I am looking forward to the rest of your videos with anticipation. Thank you for the idea of how to make a design board large and small. Blessings Jackie
Hello Kate, I just recently found your lovely cozy videos. They bring back wonderful memories for me of my Grandma. Your one on paper piecing was done so well I could easily understand it. Thank you for taking the time to go into so much detail. I don't have the machine for cutting so I wonder if there is another way to get the accuracy. One memory of my grandmother is how she knotted her thread which is the same way you do it. I also had an Amish neighbor, who taught me how to quilt, she knotted it the same way. Thank you again for inspiring me to get back into sewing again and get lots of color in my surroundings to brighten up gray Winter days
WOW! I am amazed at how this technique pieces fabric together so perfectly. While watching you go through the steps, I couldn't help but think that women, or men for that matter, if engaged in this type of work would never have the time to get depressed. Keeping one's hands and mind busy with such detail is perhaps the best kind of old fashioned therapy for avoiding mental illness! People have so much free time on their hands in our modern world and they often become unhappy and very depressed. I believe that keeping one's hands and mind occupied with such creative endeavors is the secret to being happy and feeling fulfilled in life. Thank you for such a detailed description of this quilting technique. Your mother taught you and with your videos you are teaching a vast number of people who didn't have the benefit of a mother like you did to teach you such creative handiwork.
I wish that was true. For me, right now EPP seems to be the *only* thing I’m capable of doing. It’s not really healing the depression 😢. Guess it’s finally time to make that dreaded medical appointment to address it. 🫤
I hope that you made that appointment and are now recovered? There's clinical depression, caused by a chemical imbalance and usually responds well when you find the right medicine. Then there's a reactive depression which is far more common;a bereavement, difficult circumstances, loneliness,a house move or ill health. It's a rare person who hasn't had a spell of feeling depressed at some point in life because of something that's happened. And the mindfulness that comes from a repetitive task like this is definitely very helpful to many, especially with depression on the second end of the spectrum. Which is why we have mental health occupational therapists 😁
I loved this very detailed video! In school we had a sewing class every week and I loved it, it was basically sewing not any of the quilting or knitting I love your channel. I will watch this again, I wish you were my neighbor! You’re absolutely a lovely lady and your family is so very lucky! Thank you for your time and detailed instructions… 💖
Thanks so much.........wonderful video. So calming and restful watching you stitch. I love visiting with you in your home and garden across the Pond from New England [New Hampshire/Vermont, USA]. So much love seeing the kitties. They add that homey touch. Blessings to you.
Kate, thank you for taking the time to dedicate this week to a complete and comprehensive lesson on EPP. I had learned in bits and pieces from a “ vintage” video of yours as you were making a pentagon ball for your baby Agness. During that tutorial I had to go back a few times to understand because you were making something specific and the focus was more on the ball . But this week , you are dedicating the process to a more detailed explanation just having to do with EPP . Thank you . I like the use of the little machine. I will need to cut by hand carefully but, at least, thanks to your contagious enthusiasm I will give it a try. Never having made a quilt , and desperately wishing to, perhaps I can start with a small paper pieced cushion. All thanks to your inspiration. Love, Marilyn USA
I am watching all your videos on English paper piecing while adding more hexagons that are 1 and a half inches for my daughter and her new husband it's a late wedding present thank you for sharing all your tips very useful.! Howdy from Northeast Texas USA
Dear Kate! We have some things in common...we are the same age, I worked Labor and Delivery for 40 years as an R.N. and am retired for one year. My Mom just passed a month ago and I have much time on my hands. I have dabbled in quilting and in EPP over the last 5 years but have never completed the two quilt tops I have made into actual quilts, or bound them. The EPP that I initiated is still in pieces! But, your love for all things fabric-craft inspires me to continue on to completion! Thank you for sharing your love and your life with us all! ❤️ (Posted from Michigan)
I was searching for a hexagon “Quilt as you go” quilt pattern and stumbled across your channel. You took me all the way back to the 70’s and my first quilt, I started in Secondary Modern school. My best friend introduced me, to EPP hers was 1” templates mine was a bit bigger, and we used cardboard. I like your idea better with the children’s books paper. I did eventually finish my quilt after moving to America, but it took 20 years.😂
People don't realize how much engineering there is in functional handmade items. This is awesome! I found a set of cutting pads still in the packages at the thrift store this week and I am thinking of getting the machine.
Thank you for this video. You make EEP look so relaxed and meditative. And may I compliment you on your hands. They look like they could tell so many interesting stories of gardening, crafting, cooking and petting cats. They are hands that are very clever, able and beautiful.
Thank you. I appreciate your time and generous heart. You filmed the up-close bits just right for me to see how to baste and sew the corners and edges.
I love to watch your video's. We were stationed in Australia for 3 years with the Australian Navy. (we were Yanks and newly married) Learned the alternate words for all things Aussi/English - cotton for thread, wadding for batting etc. Son even named Matthew Flinders!. Now that we are retired and have the computer I am watching you on you-tube. I like the EPP as well, it is so concise. Thank you for this wonderful instruction. (We also visited London when our daughter was stationed there.) Pat -in the Pacific Northwest
What a fantastic video! Not just the information but your voice and your laugh are so very lovely! Now I want to go buy children’s books for my papers! They are so fun! I have 3 flower garden quilts that I inherited and one I thrifted that I’ve been repairing. My mother passed last year and while going through her stash I found many partially finished bits of flower garden quilts. Wish I knew where they were from. As a quilter she was given quite a bit of quilting fabric and such from church members.
Excellent tutorial, Kate. I appreciate that you have taken us from template suggestions (and why) to knotting off our thread (which I love the way you do that). A few years ago, I started a grandma's flower garden. I loved the process, but I didn't care much for the design. Then I watched you creating Agnes's quilt and realized that I liked your way of sewing them together in rows better and your way of marking their order was brilliance. There is a lot to like about EPP. So relaxing. Really inspiring to pick them up again. Looking forward to part 2. Thank you again, Kate. Enjoyable week to you.
I'm working on my first piece ever, because a few months ago Agnes's quilt showed up randomly in my suggested videos and was just so beautiful... I now spend most of my free time making scrappy little hexies and binging your videos 😊
Thank you so much Kate for this inspiring and informative video. I just love your videos. I really enjoy sitting in your green sofa, having a cup of coffee and crocheting while I listen to you.
This is probably one of the best videos I've seen on EPP. You made it very easy to understand and your demonstration and tips were spot on. I look forward to viewing the other videos in the series.
Many moons ago, I worked in one of the Laura Ashley shops........Heaven!!! I used to use the rolls of discontinued wallpapers for my paper templates. Watching this today has rekindled the stitching fire in me. Thank you Kate x
Cut your charm squares in half (2.5”) and then in half again. Or get a mini charm pack which are all 2.5” squares. Genius!! This video actually makes me want to attempt to do this for the first time. Thanks SO much for your in depth tutorial. ❤
Dear Kate, congratulations to 70.000 subscribers right when I watched the video 🎉🎁🎉 They are well deserved for your wonderful channel. Thanks a lot for this Video. I saved it just in case I need to come Back to it later 😉 I started with EPP a while back and I really like it so I am looking forward to and plan some projects there. I use a Fiskars Hand Punch and 1/2 Inch hexies. As Paper I mainly use "spam" mail that we receive, paper scraps or old calendars. Fabric is fabric scraps in all colors currently. Just want to give everything a good use. xoxo from Germany Stephanie
I loved watching this, I have been making a hexi quilt for a few years, adding bits every now and again. I hope to finish it this year and have been thinking of ideas for quilting it. An elderly lady I knew had a beautiful one on her bed, all 1930's and 1940's fabrics. She had backed hers with a cotton sheet and tie quilted it. It was so beautiful it was the reason I started mine. I love the colours of Agnes's quilt, she is a lucky little girl!
Thank you Kate for putting together all this wonderful information in one place! You have the patience of a saint! I know you have done this all before, but it is great as a review! 🥰
I've only recently discovered you, but I sure could have used you a long while ago! I love to sew. I got my first taste of it when I was in high school in home economics. I understand that has gone by the wayside in many school systems. Terribly unfortunate. I love watching your videos because you settle me. I love to hear the paper scratching while you're doing EPP, your voice of instruction and stories, the hum of your machine as you sew, and even the creaking of your chair as you change positions. I'm usually too busy and distracted by everything around me to notice what I notice in your videos. Thanks to you, I will now try my hand at EPP! Incredibly excited about it actually. I thank you for sharing your knowledge with us bc you do beautiful work and it's inspiring! ❤
Just rewatched this after the Arne & Carlos episode in which they used your gift of paper hexagons with their collected vintage embroidered linens. Fun! Thank you.
Sooooo great full for your tutorial. I’m visual in my learning but love the combined method u teach. Have made quilts for 30+ years, have kept my scraps cus i just couldn’t get rid of them. U are a answer to prayer. Have started making Civil War reproduction(fabric) quilts recently and just learned the small shapes were the remnants from shirts, which is why the designs are so small. Now I can make quilts to remind my family of our heritage. My great grandfather was a drummer boy in the Civil War for the North at about 14 years of age. Quilts are “our” part of our Heritage/ History. Vancouver, Wa.USA.. Our children and grandchildren need the link of heritage thru quilting, to realize who they are in this busy,wild, and at times out of control world. The basics is still staying warm and loving family.
I am just starting a hexagon quilt and found this video to help refresh my memory of the basics. Thank you for teaching me your method of thread basting! I have only done glue baste, thinking that thread baste would be too difficult. I just thread basted along with your video, so simple! The thought of glue basting an entire hexagon quilt may seem like the easy way out, but it is much more costly and I have a lifetime supply of thread already!
Kate, thank you so much for this great tutorial. The filming was so clear and perfect, I was able to see every stitch you took. I've watched a ton of EPP videos and yours is absolutely the best. I appreciate you so much!
I thought maybe you were going to make a mini-quilt for Agnes so that her dollies could have a matching quilt. Hilarious when Rita appeared! That John! Sounds like something that a mischievous son would do! 😂
Thank you for this 'refresher' course. My great aunt did paper piecing, and I learnt from her as a child. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching you. I have been subscribed for a while, but now I have 'rung' the bell. Thank you once again, I sew, knit and crochet, shall soon be adding a new skill if I coul get one of those criccut machines. At 75 I don't think my poor arthritic fingers could struggle cutting out all those little pieces. Thank you once again for bringing back some very lovely memories. X
Kate it's a wonderful tutorial! You are so clear and your camera work is fantastic. Agnes is going to cherish this quilt and it will also be so lovely for her her to see Grandma making her quilt when she is old enough. I can't wait to see your your next vid each week. I wish I lived next store so we could sew and have tea in the pavilion. Have a wonderful week!!! PS hide those from John, he is a lovely man even though he's a bit mischievous.
For making the paper pieces i can recommend last years calendars. I love to buy art calendars, big and small. And i actually hung on to them long after the year turned new, because i thought it was such a shame to throw away all those beautiful pictures. But now i have very good use for them and get the pleasure of seeing details in a new way as well. And the pleasure of knowing that reuse before recycle is even better than just recycle too. 😊
You’re an amazing teacher. Your plain each process so well and this makes it so simple to follow your instructions. I’m going to start to do some paper piecing - hexagonal. Thank you so much for the inspiration to begin. My Mum did quilt making when we were little.
This was Great. I’ve been try to figure out if I should glue or baste. And if i baste do I go through the paper or not. You’ve answered all my questions. My Best friend, Emma, in Illinois-USA steered me on to you and I’m so glad she did. I live in Florida-USA. Thank you. I’ll be looking for the next RUclips on how to finish the Hexagons.
I am so grateful for the clear instruction and fabulous UP-CLOSE camera shot, of basting the hexagon, and especially !! the fine stitching together of the two hexagons… to create the perfectly fitted pattern that perfectly stitched hexagons can make! I’m starting a Grandmother’s flower garden and with much more confidence having seen this excellent tutorial. So glad I found you!!
Hello Kate I'm originally from North Yorkshire but have lived in Germany for the past 30ish years...I found your channel many moons ago whilst I was trying to explain to my daughters what a proddy or clippy mat is:-) My granda was a coal miner in county Durham and used to make them. He also taught me to make hooky mats .! Anyway, your you tube posts have been my Sunday evening treat for years now. It's so lovely how you let us all pop into your home and allow us to get to meet of your family . You share your skills so generously and always say "thankyou for watching" Kate..THANKYOU!...it's a great pleasure🙂 PS..I have the same dress from Gudrun Sjoden !
Please don’t apologize for being so detailed. I found your site a couple of days ago and am so glad. Your detail on the English paper piecing and sewing them together really helps. Thank you so much. 😊😊
Had been lamenting the loss of Norma..... Missing her appearances and Voila! Delighted to see Rita make a grand entrance. Really enjoyed being with you. Inspitational as usual. Thankyou!
That was Great,,,Kate!!!love slow stitching,,,,very slow,,,, Started some hexagons years ago,,,,must get them back out ,,,and get thinner needles,,!!!! Thanks you,,your a great teacher!!!! Elaine🏡🏡 Love the sound of thread going thru the cotton,,,,🏡🏡🏡
I love watching you. Reminds me of when I was young and watched my mom embroider. I learned my love of sewing from her and have embroidered myself... cross stitched... hand quilted... made clothes and doll clothes. What joy it brings me. I loved reading the posts and all the special memories. So glad I found your channel. ❤
Wow - no 'quilts in a day' with this technique, but look at the quality of the work!!! Agnes may very well hand that down to her own child or grandchild one day! Since we've watched that quilt from concept to almost finished product, it's been quite enjoyable to learn your methods for choosing colors and design and methods and more. Now I'm fascinated to see the next bit. Thank you Kate.
You know, when you get a thought to learn something new, go to RUclips! Someone will be able to teach you what you need to know! I decided to learn how to EPP hexies and make a Grandmother’s Garden quilt. I’ve watched quite a bit of different videos and tutorials and landed on your page. I can hear a lesson, replay it and something just doesn’t stick. Kate, I would like to say thank you for your patience and details while explains this process. It stuck with me. Gathering my supplies, drawing a design on Hexie graph paper but still deciding which fabric I am going to use, leaning towards Laundry Basket fabrics. No reply needed 😉, just wanted to say thank you.
I am so glad I found you! I broke my non dominate humerus bone with surgery 5 weeks ago. I do a lot of quilting, not much hand sewing but a bit. Watching your you tubes makes me feel like I am sitting in your sewing room with you. You have a wonderful way of explaining things I detail and I am learning. Not sure I can use my arm yet, I see the ortho tomorrow for a follow up. Perhaps English paper piecing is in my future. Thank you so much for all your efforts and the wonderful things you make!
I love your numbering the blocks idea and taking the picture and using the styrofoam…all brilliant ideas. My dear mother would love this even though she was a maker of wedding gowns she love crafts also. I swear there was nothing she couldn’t do.
This was such a lovely roundup of how you make your hexies. Even after years of doing this craft I learnt some things from you and really enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing.
Love the tip about using paper from old books. A final use for them and far better than letting them go to landfill. I'll be heading to the charity shops tomorrow!
After my mother died, I made a quilt a la "Grandma's flower garden" or "epp" to help me cope with my grief, using her blouses and other fabrics (from our children, mother-in-law, travels, etc.) and designed my own picture of a garden with delphiniums, poppies, forget-me-nots, foxgloves, etc. The title I gave this picture was Memories... This was over 20 years ago now, but various things, not least your videos, have inspired me to start being creative with fabrics again!
I wish I could see it . Bet it’s beautiful ❤
It's funny how we learn things... My older sis is nearly 80, she is a trained tailor and when I was little she was at college learning her trade... she made me the most amazing clothes. I used to watch her and got all the scraps to make dolls clothes... I was telling her of all the dresses I remember her making and how much I learned from her only last week... she was obviously moved at how much I remembered and appreciated her work... Her hand smocking was exquisite.
My sisters and I sew, it is so lovely and such a blessing to spend time like that. It"s just a wonderful memory. We all watch videos and share them with each other we have. I am the oldest so I used to watch my mom make my clothes (and for my brothers and sisters too, there were 8 of us) .Sewing was fun and came easy so I made lots of my own clothes and my kids clothes. Now I'm retired and my quilting is my joy. One of my younger sisters did beautiful smocking for her little girls clothes too. I hope younger generation can keep this going.
How lovely that you could share that with your sister.
what a wonderful idea using the children's books for your EPP papers! making it a bit more fun! I use heart punch in the center of mine since someone said a hole punch gives you something to grab when removing the papers using a crochet hook.
@KATE- I LOVE the idea of v Usain g children's story book pages for the paper-shaped EPP pattern pieces!! @Sandy Gardner, a hole punch in the center of the shapes is an amazing idea!! THANKS so very much, ladies!! ♡♡♡
Thank you for sharing your story about your sister teaching you to love sewing. Great way to build kind memories.
The way your mom taught you to make a knot in your thread is how my grandma taught me. I couldn’t help but smile.
Watching your videos makes me feel like I’m with my beloved grandmother. I miss her. Thanks Kate for making a blessedly safe and lovely place for us to escape the world for a while. ❤
Is it okay if I tell you that I absolutely ADORE you?? Listening to and watching you is so calming and enjoyable. I will probably never paper-piece, but I simply love watching you tell us how you do it.
I agree. So calming! I love her teaching style
Me too!
Me too Jullaine! If i need calm i look for Kate. I watch her videos over and over again.
I was a glue baster. To make pulling paper from sewn fabric, I hole-punch the center of the paper. When it comes time to remove the papers, I put a crochet hook ( G or H) into the hole and easily pop out the paper. "Easy Peasy!"
What a wonderful video. I am thinking of Agnes years from now with her treasured quilt being able to watch a video of her Grandmother showing how to make it and how lucky she is.
Found some hexie papers and fabric in my late moms stash and this is how I discovered your channel a few months ago. I love everything you do and is now so fired up about EPP as well as quilting in general. For the first time I can relate to someone else also having multiple projects going at the same time. None of my craft friends understand this. Thank you for sharing your life and passions with us.
For one thing, sometimes switching from one project or craft to another uses different movements and can prevent repetitive strain injuries. Sometimes we need a brain break while we think on how one WIP is going.
I hesitate to tell you how many projects I have on the go! They suffice to keep me out of trouble, anyway, heh.
@@heidim7732 I'm the same. I've got a couple of knitting things in progress, an embroidery piece, a visible mending job and of course the gardening. So what am I thinking about? Getting some fabric for some summer tops and sleep shorts! LOL. You're right. When you hit a wall, it's good to turn around and look at something else for a bit. Happy Crafting you you and @Ronel van der Linden! It's lovely to meet others who look at the world the way we do - at least in this regard! :D
Watching you was the reason I got back in EPP. I also bought a Sizzix Big Shot (secondhand off EBay) and the dies as cutting the papers was the thing I hated doing and stopped me from finishing my quilt before. Great tutorial to show the basics and how to start, which is sometimes what people find difficult. My one tip would be when you are threading your needle, thread from the end that comes off the spool, knot the end you cut from the spool. I had no idea there was a direction on a reel of thread, but it makes such a difference with the thread knotting up on itself as you sew. Keep inspiring us.
Me too !!!
I knew there was a thread direction. Thanks for telling me and others. Makes a BIG huge difference
Oh thank you so much, I had no idea!
Me too the die cutter is a game changer for me.
It keeps your thread much more agreeable as you stitch. Learned this the hard way 😄
Dear Kate! I am 45years old and never got taught any sewingskills by my mum or grandmum it is so fantastic watching your video and thinking that maybe I can do this too. I don't know if I have the patience for a really big piece like your quilt but I sure will try something smaller. Thanks for this tutorial and the inspiration you are giving me with it. Greetings from Austria, Dana
Go for it Dana. Whatever you make will be beautiful.
@@mandie3049 Thanks for cheering me on, Mandi e 😄
I began learning to knit at 60 from videos like Kate's! My Kate inspired 'hexi' quilt is about ready to be stitched up! You're never too old!!!!
You might want to try to make the paper pieced Scotty dog. The pieces are larger. She has a series of videos about how she makes this cute little puppy. She showed some of it in this video. Happy stitching!
@@judithburke1539 thanks for the idea, Judith 👍
Thank you so much for demonstrating this technique. I have been searching for someone who knew how to do it for many years.
I remember sitting in my Gran's house during WW11 and being given a hexagon of card and some fabric to sew onto it. That was all I could remember. Now I'm 81 and had almost given up finding what this technique is called and how to deal with it. I knew it was to make warn blankets with anything we had in the house but that's where the memory left me.
I learned to make many new items out of old. Hook rugs, braided rugs, newspaper torn up and put on string for the shared toilet down the yard (my special job). All useful stuff as the war went on
Now at last I have you to teach me EPP. How wonderful!
I am making a epp jacket whilst watching you on RUclips. You make me happy.
This video is lovely and a great reminder that we do not always need to be in a hurry.
Hello! I hope you had a delightful day. I'm having trouble keeping up with all the RUclips Videos that I like to watch with my grandkids popping in and out of this home but they are so much fun to be around. I hope you have a joyful week ahead. Thank you for sharing your time, talent and video!
Hello Kate! 🥰 I first discovered your lovely channel about 6 months ago. I searched RUclips for English paper piecing and fell in love instantly with everything you had to say about this. I now subscribe and am a Patrons member, too. I hit the notifications button also. Every day I watch and listen to you while I sit and sew or knit. You are my new best friend!! Thank you for sharing your world with all of us on the lime green sofa !! 💜💜💜
I did this many years ago when I was at school, i even did a motif called Carolina Lily and turned it into a cushion cover with crazy patchwork on the back and put it forward as an exam piece. I forgot all about it until my mum died and I found it in her drawer….. Happy memories.
So generous of you to share your tips and tricks, of your hexagon paper piecing. Takes the mystery out of it all.
Thank you so very much. 🌻 When I hand stitch it’s like honey on my heart- no need for meditation, just give hexagons to stitch and I’m in the zone of full relaxation.
Im speechless. Never heard of this until today. It must take so long to make a quilt. Then id be afraid to use it! The quilt on the wall is absolutely gorgeous.
Just have to say the use of the old childrens' books is brilliant. So much better than putting them in a landfil or recycling center somewhere. It may be hard for me to make the first cut (I have the Accuquilt dies) because I was raised to take such good care of books but obviously some children were not. Thank you for your wonderful suggestions and instructions!
Thank you Kate you did actually inspire me to make a EPP quilt I am in the final stages of making a hexagon quilt for my granddaughter, to be honest it was for myself but she loves it so much I will give it to her ! Of course that’s a given , I love my grandchildren, it’s got a name already, thank you Kate you are an amazing tutor, love your channel and your content.
This is such a wonderful tutorial. Thank you so much. Your quilt is as lovely as you are.
You've inspired me! After a five year break from sewing you intrigued me with English Paper Piecing. I love doing it. So far ... a little zippered bag for thread, scissors and paper shapes, a work bad for larger projects, a table runner and, a throw for my couch. Now I am ready to start two pillow covers for my bed. Thank you for getting me started on a wonderful hobby.
Thank you Kate for this video on Hexagons. The quilting group which I attend some one donated some Hexagons that she made but did not want to make anything with them. We decided as a group to make a Hexagon quilt for our Macmillan coffee morning in September (plus many more things). I completely agree with you Hexagons are therapeutic and a good why to relax but what a beautiful result you achieve at the end. I am looking forward to the rest of your videos with anticipation. Thank you for the idea of how to make a design board large and small. Blessings Jackie
Always looking forward to Sunday evening with The Last Homely House!
Kate, you are such a great teacher. Thank you! 💚
Hello Kate, I just recently found your lovely cozy videos. They bring back wonderful memories for me of my Grandma. Your one on paper piecing was done so well I could easily understand it. Thank you for taking the time to go into so much detail. I don't have the machine for cutting so I wonder if there is another way to get the accuracy.
One memory of my grandmother is how she knotted her thread which is the same way you do it. I also had an Amish neighbor, who taught me how to quilt, she knotted it the same way.
Thank you again for inspiring me to get back into sewing again and get lots of color in my surroundings to brighten up gray Winter days
WOW! I am amazed at how this technique pieces fabric together so perfectly. While watching you go through the steps, I couldn't help but think that women, or men for that matter, if engaged in this type of work would never have the time to get depressed. Keeping one's hands and mind busy with such detail is perhaps the best kind of old fashioned therapy for avoiding mental illness! People have so much free time on their hands in our modern world and they often become unhappy and very depressed. I believe that keeping one's hands and mind occupied with such creative endeavors is the secret to being happy and feeling fulfilled in life. Thank you for such a detailed description of this quilting technique. Your mother taught you and with your videos you are teaching a vast number of people who didn't have the benefit of a mother like you did to teach you such creative handiwork.
I wish that was true. For me, right now EPP seems to be the *only* thing I’m capable of doing. It’s not really healing the depression 😢. Guess it’s finally time to make that dreaded medical appointment to address it. 🫤
Your right . I attended a day psychiatric hospital and learned patchwork . Very helpful to calm the mind and stop spinning like a rat in a wheel .
I hope that you made that appointment and are now recovered? There's clinical depression, caused by a chemical imbalance and usually responds well when you find the right medicine. Then there's a reactive depression which is far more common;a bereavement, difficult circumstances, loneliness,a house move or ill health. It's a rare person who hasn't had a spell of feeling depressed at some point in life because of something that's happened. And the mindfulness that comes from a repetitive task like this is definitely very helpful to many, especially with depression on the second end of the spectrum. Which is why we have mental health occupational therapists 😁
I loved this very detailed video! In school we had a sewing class every week and I loved it, it was basically sewing not any of the quilting or knitting I love your channel. I will watch this again, I wish you were my neighbor! You’re absolutely a lovely lady and your family is so very lucky! Thank you for your time and detailed instructions… 💖
I ALMOST want to make a hexagon quilt!! Your instructions were SO good today, Kate!! Thank you!!
Thanks so much.........wonderful video. So calming and restful watching you stitch. I love visiting with you in your home and garden across the Pond from New England [New Hampshire/Vermont, USA]. So much love seeing the kitties. They add that homey touch. Blessings to you.
The joy of quiet time at the same time getting something done.
Kate, thank you for taking the time to dedicate this week to a complete and comprehensive lesson on EPP. I had learned in bits and pieces from a “ vintage” video of yours as you were making a pentagon ball for your baby Agness. During that tutorial I had to go back a few times to understand because you were making something specific and the focus was more on the ball . But this week , you are dedicating the process to a more detailed explanation just having to do with EPP . Thank you . I like the use of the little machine. I will need to cut by hand carefully but, at least, thanks to your contagious enthusiasm I will give it a try. Never having made a quilt , and desperately wishing to, perhaps I can start with a small paper pieced cushion. All thanks to your inspiration.
Love,
Marilyn USA
I am watching all your videos on English paper piecing while adding more hexagons that are 1 and a half inches for my daughter and her new husband it's a late wedding present thank you for sharing all your tips very useful.! Howdy from Northeast Texas USA
Dear Kate! We have some things in common...we are the same age, I worked Labor and Delivery for 40 years as an R.N. and am retired for one year. My Mom just passed a month ago and I have much time on my hands. I have dabbled in quilting and in EPP over the last 5 years but have never completed the two quilt tops I have made into actual quilts, or bound them. The EPP that I initiated is still in pieces! But, your love for all things fabric-craft inspires me to continue on to completion! Thank you for sharing your love and your life with us all! ❤️ (Posted from Michigan)
waving to you in Michigan Diane! xxx
I read your message to Kate , wondering if you have completed your quilt ( hexagons )
Kate: you enjoy so much of life...and you're teaching us to do the same...God bless you
I was searching for a hexagon “Quilt as you go” quilt pattern and stumbled across your channel. You took me all the way back to the 70’s and my first quilt, I started in Secondary Modern school. My best friend introduced me, to EPP hers was 1” templates mine was a bit bigger, and we used cardboard. I like your idea better with the children’s books paper. I did eventually finish my quilt after moving to America, but it took 20 years.😂
People don't realize how much engineering there is in functional handmade items. This is awesome! I found a set of cutting pads still in the packages at the thrift store this week and I am thinking of getting the machine.
Thank you for this video. You make EEP look so relaxed and meditative. And may I compliment you on your hands. They look like they could tell so many interesting stories of gardening, crafting, cooking and petting cats. They are hands that are very clever, able and beautiful.
Oh thank you so much! they are busy hands! xxx
Thank you for doing this video. I didn't understand anything about paper piecing. You have explained it very well.
Thank you. I appreciate your time and generous heart. You filmed the up-close bits just right for me to see how to baste and sew the corners and edges.
I love to watch your video's. We were stationed in Australia for 3 years with the Australian Navy. (we were Yanks and newly married) Learned the alternate words for all things Aussi/English - cotton for thread, wadding for batting etc. Son even named Matthew Flinders!. Now that we are retired and have the computer I am watching you on you-tube. I like the EPP as well, it is so concise. Thank you for this wonderful instruction. (We also visited London when our daughter was stationed there.)
Pat -in the Pacific Northwest
What a fantastic video! Not just the information but your voice and your laugh are so very lovely! Now I want to go buy children’s books for my papers! They are so fun! I have 3 flower garden quilts that I inherited and one I thrifted that I’ve been repairing. My mother passed last year and while going through her stash I found many partially finished bits of flower garden quilts. Wish I knew where they were from. As a quilter she was given quite a bit of quilting fabric and such from church members.
Excellent tutorial, Kate. I appreciate that you have taken us from template suggestions (and why) to knotting off our thread (which I love the way you do that). A few years ago, I started a grandma's flower garden. I loved the process, but I didn't care much for the design. Then I watched you creating Agnes's quilt and realized that I liked your way of sewing them together in rows better and your way of marking their order was brilliance. There is a lot to like about EPP. So relaxing. Really inspiring to pick them up again. Looking forward to part 2. Thank you again, Kate. Enjoyable week to you.
First time watcher!!
You are a beautiful teacher!! What an amazing gift to give to your grand daughter!!!
This is my very first exposure to this technique and I ended up watching the whole video. Thank you for making it accessible to novices!
I'm working on my first piece ever, because a few months ago Agnes's quilt showed up randomly in my suggested videos and was just so beautiful... I now spend most of my free time making scrappy little hexies and binging your videos 😊
Thank you so much Kate for this inspiring and informative video. I just love your videos. I really enjoy sitting in your green sofa, having a cup of coffee and crocheting while I listen to you.
Thanks, I have hexies from my grandmother she never finished. Now I know how!
Another great video, I have been wanting to start this craft for a while, thank you!
This is probably one of the best videos I've seen on EPP. You made it very easy to understand and your demonstration and tips were spot on. I look forward to viewing the other videos in the series.
Lovely!❤❤ No question is silly. Love you slow stitching! Thank you.❤❤🎉🎉😊
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Many moons ago, I worked in one of the Laura Ashley shops........Heaven!!! I used to use the rolls of discontinued wallpapers for my paper templates. Watching this today has rekindled the stitching fire in me. Thank you Kate x
Awesome learning, Thankful for helping Me Remembering 😊 Enjoying from childhood memories creating, What fun Thank U ❤😊
Cut your charm squares in half (2.5”) and then in half again. Or get a mini charm pack which are all 2.5” squares. Genius!! This video actually makes me want to attempt to do this for the first time. Thanks SO much for your in depth tutorial. ❤
That was just so interesting Kate, you’re a great teacher, many thanks, have a good week x
Dear Kate, congratulations to 70.000 subscribers right when I watched the video 🎉🎁🎉 They are well deserved for your wonderful channel. Thanks a lot for this Video. I saved it just in case I need to come Back to it later 😉 I started with EPP a while back and I really like it so I am looking forward to and plan some projects there. I use a Fiskars Hand Punch and 1/2 Inch hexies. As Paper I mainly use "spam" mail that we receive, paper scraps or old calendars. Fabric is fabric scraps in all colors currently. Just want to give everything a good use. xoxo from Germany Stephanie
I loved watching this, I have been making a hexi quilt for a few years, adding bits every now and again. I hope to finish it this year and have been thinking of ideas for quilting it. An elderly lady I knew had a beautiful one on her bed, all 1930's and 1940's fabrics. She had backed hers with a cotton sheet and tie quilted it. It was so beautiful it was the reason I started mine. I love the colours of Agnes's quilt, she is a lucky little girl!
Thank you Kate for putting together all this wonderful information in one place! You have the patience of a saint! I know you have done this all before, but it is great as a review! 🥰
I've only recently discovered you, but I sure could have used you a long while ago! I love to sew. I got my first taste of it when I was in high school in home economics. I understand that has gone by the wayside in many school systems. Terribly unfortunate. I love watching your videos because you settle me. I love to hear the paper scratching while you're doing EPP, your voice of instruction and stories, the hum of your machine as you sew, and even the creaking of your chair as you change positions. I'm usually too busy and distracted by everything around me to notice what I notice in your videos. Thanks to you, I will now try my hand at EPP! Incredibly excited about it actually. I thank you for sharing your knowledge with us bc you do beautiful work and it's inspiring! ❤
Just rewatched this after the Arne & Carlos episode in which they used your gift of paper hexagons with their collected vintage embroidered linens. Fun! Thank you.
Sooooo great full for your tutorial. I’m visual in my learning but love the combined method u teach. Have made quilts for 30+ years, have kept my scraps cus i just couldn’t get rid of them. U are a answer to prayer. Have started making Civil War reproduction(fabric) quilts recently and just learned the small shapes were the remnants from shirts, which is why the designs are so small. Now I can make quilts to remind my family of our heritage. My great grandfather was a drummer boy in the Civil War for the North at about 14 years of age. Quilts are “our” part of our Heritage/ History. Vancouver, Wa.USA.. Our children and grandchildren need the link of heritage thru quilting, to realize who they are in this busy,wild, and at times out of control world. The basics is still staying warm and loving family.
I am just starting a hexagon quilt and found this video to help refresh my memory of the basics. Thank you for teaching me your method of thread basting! I have only done glue baste, thinking that thread baste would be too difficult. I just thread basted along with your video, so simple! The thought of glue basting an entire hexagon quilt may seem like the easy way out, but it is much more costly and I have a lifetime supply of thread already!
LOVE LOVE LOVE the whimsy and fun and recycling use of the kids’ books. 📚
Kate, thank you so much for this great tutorial. The filming was so clear and perfect, I was able to see every stitch you took. I've watched a ton of EPP videos and yours is absolutely the best. I appreciate you so much!
Just lovely Kate! What a talented artist and marvelous teacher you are!Thank you for sharing your talents with those of us wanting to learn!
I thought maybe you were going to make a mini-quilt for Agnes so that her dollies could have a matching quilt. Hilarious when Rita appeared! That John! Sounds like something that a mischievous son would do! 😂
Thank you for this 'refresher' course. My great aunt did paper piecing, and I learnt from her as a child. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching you. I have been subscribed for a while, but now I have 'rung' the bell. Thank you once again, I sew, knit and crochet, shall soon be adding a new skill if I coul get one of those criccut machines. At 75 I don't think my poor arthritic fingers could struggle cutting out all those little pieces. Thank you once again for bringing back some very lovely memories. X
I started a project like this years ago and you've inspired me to dig it out of the attic and give it a try to finish!! Thank you!
Thank you Kate, you have encouraged me to try a hexie quilt using my precious Kaffee. I loved your patchwork dog also ❤️
Kate it's a wonderful tutorial! You are so clear and your camera work is fantastic. Agnes is going to cherish this quilt and it will also be so lovely for her her to see Grandma making her quilt when she is old enough. I can't wait to see your your next vid each week. I wish I lived next store so we could sew and have tea in the pavilion. Have a wonderful week!!! PS hide those from John, he is a lovely man even though he's a bit mischievous.
For making the paper pieces i can recommend last years calendars. I love to buy art calendars, big and small. And i actually hung on to them long after the year turned new, because i thought it was such a shame to throw away all those beautiful pictures. But now i have very good use for them and get the pleasure of seeing details in a new way as well. And the pleasure of knowing that reuse before recycle is even better than just recycle too. 😊
Lovely work Kate 21 stitches from start to finish you are a very talented lady and very interesting, you also have a lovely home and family.
You’re an amazing teacher. Your plain each process so well and this makes it so simple to follow your instructions. I’m going to start to do some paper piecing - hexagonal. Thank you so much for the inspiration to begin. My Mum did quilt making when we were little.
This was Great. I’ve been try to figure out if I should glue or baste. And if i baste do I go through the paper or not. You’ve answered all my questions.
My Best friend, Emma, in Illinois-USA steered me on to you and I’m so glad she did. I live in Florida-USA. Thank you. I’ll be looking for the next RUclips on how to finish the Hexagons.
Thank you so much, Kate. I always enjoy watching your videos. They are so calming and inspiring.
I am so grateful for the clear instruction and fabulous UP-CLOSE camera shot, of basting the hexagon, and especially !! the fine stitching together of the two hexagons… to create the perfectly fitted pattern that perfectly stitched hexagons can make! I’m starting a Grandmother’s flower garden and with much more confidence having seen this excellent tutorial. So glad I found you!!
Hello Kate
I'm originally from North Yorkshire but have lived in Germany for the past 30ish years...I found your channel many moons ago whilst I was trying to explain to my daughters what a proddy or clippy mat is:-)
My granda was a coal miner in county Durham and used to make them. He also taught me to make hooky mats .!
Anyway, your you tube posts have been my Sunday evening treat for years now.
It's so lovely how you let us all pop into your home and allow us to get to meet of your family .
You share your skills so generously and always say "thankyou for watching"
Kate..THANKYOU!...it's a great pleasure🙂
PS..I have the same dress from Gudrun Sjoden !
THANK YOU FOR BEING THE BEST TEACHER EVER...JILL FROM NY WESTCHESTER XX OO
Please don’t apologize for being so detailed. I found your site a couple of days ago and am so glad. Your detail on the English paper piecing and sewing them together really helps. Thank you so much. 😊😊
Had been lamenting the loss of Norma.....
Missing her appearances and Voila!
Delighted to see Rita make a grand entrance.
Really enjoyed being with you.
Inspitational as usual.
Thankyou!
Эмне деген сабырдуулук,албетте керемет иш,анык эмгек!Ден соолук,узун омур,ишинизге ийгилик!
That was Great,,,Kate!!!love slow stitching,,,,very slow,,,,
Started some hexagons years ago,,,,must get them back out ,,,and get thinner needles,,!!!!
Thanks you,,your a great teacher!!!!
Elaine🏡🏡
Love the sound of thread going thru the cotton,,,,🏡🏡🏡
What a terrific teacher. Enjoyed this tutorial soooooo much. Thank you.
I am a knitted and chrocheter and hand spinner, now you drew me to EPP 😊
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
Puzzles finished. Who wants that? You're the best Kate!
I love watching you. Reminds me of when I was young and watched my mom embroider. I learned my love of sewing from her and have embroidered myself... cross stitched... hand quilted... made clothes and doll clothes. What joy it brings me. I loved reading the posts and all the special memories. So glad I found your channel. ❤
Wow - no 'quilts in a day' with this technique, but look at the quality of the work!!! Agnes may very well hand that down to her own child or grandchild one day! Since we've watched that quilt from concept to almost finished product, it's been quite enjoyable to learn your methods for choosing colors and design and methods and more. Now I'm fascinated to see the next bit. Thank you Kate.
I love hexagons. Beautiful quilt for Agnes. Such harmonious colors!
You know, when you get a thought to learn something new, go to RUclips! Someone will be able to teach you what you need to know! I decided to learn how to EPP hexies and make a Grandmother’s Garden quilt. I’ve watched quite a bit of different videos and tutorials and landed on your page. I can hear a lesson, replay it and something just doesn’t stick. Kate, I would like to say thank you for your patience and details while explains this process. It stuck with me. Gathering my supplies, drawing a design on Hexie graph paper but still deciding which fabric I am going to use, leaning towards Laundry Basket fabrics. No reply needed 😉, just wanted to say thank you.
I love these quilts and their gorgeous colors, like a plethora of exploding blooms. ❤ Monet-like delight!
I am so glad I found you! I broke my non dominate humerus bone with surgery 5 weeks ago. I do a lot of quilting, not much hand sewing but a bit. Watching your you tubes makes me feel like I am sitting in your sewing room with you. You have a wonderful way of explaining things I detail and I am learning. Not sure I can use my arm yet, I see the ortho tomorrow for a follow up. Perhaps English paper piecing is in my future. Thank you so much for all your efforts and the wonderful things you make!
I love your numbering the blocks idea and taking the picture and using the styrofoam…all brilliant ideas. My dear mother would love this even though she was a maker of wedding gowns she love crafts also. I swear there was nothing she couldn’t do.
This was such a lovely roundup of how you make your hexies. Even after years of doing this craft I learnt some things from you and really enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing.
I smiled each time you said "my Mom taught me to do..." because my Mom taught me the same things the same way. Loved video.
Wonderful demonstration and complete explanation of EPP.
Totally brilliant Kate - totally brilliant - thank you 👏👏⭐️
Thank you for such thorough, clear instructions!
Each time I see Agnes’ quilt on your board I just love how the border colour is perfect!
I love listening to you speak... You're a great instructor! Also loving this hair cut... Best one yet! ❤🇨🇦
Love the tip about using paper from old books. A final use for them and far better than letting them go to landfill. I'll be heading to the charity shops tomorrow!