Progress

I have been on a snail pace at the moment with my quilting journey due to the demands of work and studies.  It has been hard finding the time to do some quilting but... Here are some photos of the progress since starting this project in February.

I figured that every little time I have, no matter how slow and long it takes to piece these together, the closer I am to having it finished.

I must say I am happy with the progress with no deadline attached to it

Thank you for stopping by and Happy quilting!

Happiness is...

Chocolate &

English paper piecing over the long Easter break.

Happy Easter!

Paper + Fabric

Who would have thought using paper and fabric together would result in a lovely quilt?  That's right, I am talking about English paper piecing (EPP).  I have seen some lovely examples in the blog world and have always been in oohs and aahs about them.  So I thought I would give it a go myself.  It was not as daunting as I thought it would be once I figured out the size of the diamond template I want, go through the tutorials and Viola! I have made my very first star EPP.

The fabric combination are endless and I think it is a good way to experiment on different fabric colours, designs and texture that you never thought could look good together, or to use up your scraps from other projects.  I found a few great blogs that has really good tutorials on EPP and some really beautiful EPP quilts for inspiration.

Tutorial links:
EPP Tutorial - selfsewn
EPP Graph & Tutorial - My Bear Paw

Inspiration links:
EPP Inspirational Quilts -selfsewn
EPP Rose Star WIP Quilt - Sewing Over Pins

Happy Quilting!

p/s: Clare @ selfsewn is giving away a star quilt - all you have to do is follow her blog and leave a comment.