How to sew a EPP dresden

Sewing EPP Dresdens

This is my method of sewing English paper pieced Dresdens, you can also sew them in a circle if you wish. 

Papers: 2 inch pointed Dresdens by Sue Daley Designs

This Dresden has 12 blades.

For each blade, you will need a 3 inch x 1.75 inch rectangle. 

Lay the paper down in the center and use a ruler or cut by sight 1/4 inch from the shape

Once you have the fabric trimmed, glue just inside the edge of the paper and fold all the sides over. You do not have do fold the very bottom. 

Lay the blades in a circle.

Start sewing.

Divide the circle into 4 groups of 3 blades. 

Starting with 1 group, sew with the arrows as a guide.

 Start at the top and sew to almost the bottom. bring your needle and thread across the bottom of the middle blade ready to sew the next blade on. 

This is what it looks like from the front.

Add the next blade.

Place on top of the center blade and sew from the bottom to the top. 

You will now have 1 set of 3 sewn. Repeat for the other sets.

Time to sew the circle together. 

Start with the blue like and sew together the two top pieces

Next sew on the bottom right.

Sew the last section in place

Finished Sewing!

Remove papers carefully, I like to use a knitting needle. 

Press with the iron.

Prepare the center circle.

Cut fabric making sure to leave 1/4 inch all the way around.

Glue and fold the edges over.

Press well with an iron and remove the paper. 

Press with the iron again. 

Place the Dresden on where you wish to applique it. 

You can pin it or use some water soluble glue to keep it in place.

Hand stitch in place or use a stitch on your sewing machine. 

Last place the circle in the center to cover up the messy center and sew in place.

Voila!!!  

 

TriPatch Pot Holder

 EPP triangles, some pretty scraps and Voila! Pretty pot holder!

I used the following:

60 x  2 inch triangle papers by Sue Daley Designs

2 inch Sue Daley acrylic template (optional)

Glue Pen

Assorted 2.5 inch scraps

Needle, thread, scissors. 

Batting: 11x11

Backing: 13x13 square

Start by taking 6 of your triangle papers and cut in half  for the edge pieces. Make sure you have 6 in one direction and 6 in the opposite direction. Cut your fabric at least 1/4 inch larger, cut out and glue baste or stitch baste if you prefer to the papers.

Using the 54 triangle papers, cut our fabric triangles at least 1/4 inch larger all the way around. Glue or stitch baste to the papers. 

Collect all your sewing supplies

Arrange them how you want it to look. 9 triangles & 2 edges per row. 

I like to sew these in rows, then sew the rows onto each other. 

Isn't it pretty!

Remove all the papers. I find a 4mm knitting needle helps. If stitch basting remove the basting stitches.

Once all the papers are out, press really well, making sure to press the sides the way they were folded for a nice edge

Place pressed top on the batting. Quilt as desired. I stitched long the diagonal lines. 

Trim the excess batting. 

Place backing wrong side up on your table. Center the top on the backing and trim to have 1 inch of backing all the way around. 

I pin the edges of the patchwork so it stays in place for the next part. 

Press the backing in half towards the front piece all the way around. 

Fold it again, this time onto the patchwork front. Clip or pin in place. 

You can machine or hand stitch the folded binding edges, I prefer hand stitching. 

To finish, I quilted the row of triangles and around the edges of the binding so it was all quilted together. 

Finished!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you would rather sew this by machine, use a 60 degree triangle ruler and machine stitch them together

I used various prints I had in stash from Darlene's Favorites by Darlene Zimmerman, Robert Kaufmann Fabrics for the front. Back is medium dots by RJR. 

Check out www.victorystitches.com for EPP papers, notions and fabrics 

This pattern was written by me, Vall for victory stitches. It can be used for personal use or if you want to sell the finished item. Do not copy my tutorial for print or resale. If making or sharing this pattern, please do the right thing and give credit. Thanks, Vall. 

 

LITTLE FLOWER MAT

This weekends project. English paper pieced hexi flowers and leaves using Sue Daley Papers and Templates. Material is Tilda's Bird Pond Collection

Spring Hexies

                                          

We finally got a fabric shop in town. We used to have a fabricland may moons ago, but they really aren’t modern by any means. Oh Look Fabric is not only an awesome name, but Andreas put together and amazing shop.  Modern fabrics, embroidery kits, local made crafts.. it’s a little piece of heaven. 

I picked up an array of spring prints and happily went to work. Lots of Dresden’s and hexagons. This is the first piece. Best thing about English paper piecing is fussy cutting. Picking out all those sweet images and sewing them together.

I made some half hexies to fill in the top and bottom gaps.  Trimmed the sides to make them straight.

 Hand stitched between them all so they would puff out

Sewed to an envelope style back.

Soooooo sweet!