EPP Update!

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IT IS FINISHED!!!!! And oh, I do love it. When I look at it, I’m reminded of the hard work and enjoyment that sewing and quilting have given me, and that I’ve given myself. It reminds me that I enjoy hand sewing and machine sewing for different reasons, and they both have their place in my creative endeavors.

It was a lot of work, but it was spread out. And very worth it. This project brought me back to college when I was only doing hand sewing, since I didn’t own a machine. It was a slow and relaxing project, which was wonderful – I’d work on it whenever I felt like it, whether that was on the train to the city or sitting on the couch with my cat.

gluing fabric to hexagons

I wanted to keep the quilting really simple and highlight the fabrics themselves, since there are so many fun ones in this quilt! I decided to echo the hexagons, and made three passes across the quilt, echoing two sides at a time (three passes, two sides at a time – all six sides covered!). This allowed me to quilt long, uninterrupted lines, which is most effective. Quilting is pretty AND increases the structural integrity of the entire sandwich, so long lines are preferable to “isolated” designs that require cutting the thread. For a little fun, I added in my “random geometric” design in some hexagons.

Quilting by aligning the ruler against the edge of the hexagon and following it, creating a quarter-inch echo line. You can see here that I’m on my third pass, four of the sides are already echoed and I’m following the last two sides (easiest to see in the light blue heart block or light pink on the left).

I decided that I would keep the hexagons on the border instead of cutting the quilt to rectangular, so I looked up how to apply binding to all the angles. It was a bit fussy, and I realized that I would have to then hand sew the binding to the back, but… it looks really cool. And it was nice to finish the quilt by hand, honoring the work I put in to the top.

Applying the binding with the machine
Hand sewing the binding to the back, with my friendly helper.
scraps from the back
This quilt’s resting place – the analog room / reading chair ❤ It is wonderful and warm and cozy… and a project for me, of me, from me.

Project completed January 9, 2022.

  • Fabrics – so many. Sourced from MSQC, Joann, Bluprint, Etsy, eBay, thrift store, Spoonflower, memory quilt scraps
  • Batting – scraps, mostly cotton and cotton/poly blends
  • I didn’t buy any supplies for this quilt except machine needles. Which!! I figured out why my thread kept breaking all those times. Just need to use a bigger needle. 🙂 But it was a true joy to create something “for free”.

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