How To Do English Paper Piecing | What is EPP? | Patchwork Tutorial For Beginners

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Ever wondered - what is epp? Wondered how to start epp? Do you want to learn English Paper Piecing? Want to know how to start your first English Paper Piecing hexagons? In this hexagon quilt tutorial, Nikki will show you how to start the English paper piecing hexagons and how to sew them together to start your first hand-sewn patchwork quilt.
In this patchwork tutorial for beginners, Nikki will show you some of her finished English paper piecing quilts and give you step-by-step instructions on how to quilt by hand yourself.
You can download your own hexagon templates from www.printablepaper.net/
If you have already sewn your hexagon quilt and you want to know how to finish it with wadding, backing, and binding, you can watch the next steps here: • How To Finish English ...
We talk you through the correct epp template, epp stitches and epp fabric. EPP is perfect for making scrap quilts if you don't know what to do with cotton scraps.
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@amypratt9718 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched this video 10+ times! I’m just starting EPP and yours are so beautiful! Completely inspiring 😍

@lhenryritchie 3 жыл бұрын

I am hooked... I've been making masks and have lots of scrap, and am making good progress

@ellabella8506 Жыл бұрын

I was taught this way about 30 years ago in Patchwork class - I thought it was the only method. Nice to know it has a name.

@shaunastitches 2 жыл бұрын

I like your relaxed attitude and minimal rules! Those are some beautiful quilts.

@williamdavidhalbert5695 9 ай бұрын

Wonderful tutorial! I prefer the glue method but this method works very well. Great that You brought up the ecological point as well!!

@maryoconnor1396 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed your video very much thank you to both of you

@jennifersisk6588 2 жыл бұрын

Such great info for a beginner like me! And I love your accent too! Thanks again.

@mariamarfil1620 2 жыл бұрын

I am mesmerized! By hand, unbelievable! You are a pleasure to watch! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤️

@bonnielindsey8663 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. You made it very clear and easy to do.

@paulohlsson27 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Bonnie, how's your day going with you?

@vickiseals9742 6 жыл бұрын

Love hand quilting. So relaxing. Thanks for sharing your beautiful quilts.

@alisonblyth9482 2 жыл бұрын

I only just watched this as tempted to give it a go; odd thing is I just dreamed about a big floppy 70s style sun hat made out of scraps just like this!

@nimuenorth6295 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the detailed and easy to follow instructions! EPP is fascinating me and given how much I enjoy hand sewing and using up scraps, I'll definitely give it a try in the future and then refer back to this video.

@sarahosmari7870 5 жыл бұрын

EPP fantastic work Nikki I love the colours you are so right use all your small pieces of fabric to create something just like you have. Waist nothing thsnk you for sharing stitch sisters 😊 😊 ❤ ❤

@nickytaylor1784 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful quilts! Obviously all made with love. I must admit I use the sewline fabric glue pen to attach the fabric to the card, as the fabric peels off later when you want to remove the card and you can still re use it. Love all your videos, thanks! x

@jackieboyd7506 5 жыл бұрын

Love your quilts Nicky..I love purple too and just about to start my journey into PEP.. thanks for sharing x

@rhondaziman562 6 жыл бұрын

Squeak. You have made me want to make a quilt! I love your scrappy ones and especially the random nature. Yay you! Also marvellous because I share your need to use ALL the fabric! I take my small unuseable scraps to our charity shops, who sell them as rags, I think they end up as insulation. So absolutely none of my fabric goes in the bin. Some of my nicer scraps I give to my daughters school for the kids art projects. Thank you for this, I may start my first quilt on our family holiday!

@annlenthall9657 6 жыл бұрын

Nikki you should be so proud they are beautiful xx all of them. Thank you girls.

@HandmadeByDitsyTulip 6 жыл бұрын

You have just prompted me to get my hexi quilt back out that I started last year, I love how relaxing it is to Hand Sew them and the small Hexi’s are my fave too. I use freezer paper to do the paper piecing as it presses to temporarily fuse to the fabric and a role goes a very long way ☺️ great video thankyou 💖

@akabga 2 жыл бұрын

My mother inherited her great-grandmother's hexagonal quilt, which was made from old cotton ties and boxer shorts. I'm a block quilter and was always fascinated at how these quilts are pieced together. I would stare at the pieces trying to reverse engineer those beautiful corners! In America, this is type of quilting is out of vogue, so I could never find a book in any library craft section with instructions. I didn't even know what this type of quilting was called until I stumbled upon this video today! I'm so grateful to you for creating this video. I'm so grateful to finally know how to do this. But, at the same time, it's a bitter sweet moment, because I mourn over all the EPP quilts I could've made over the last 25 years.

@joannewilliams9428 6 жыл бұрын

So enjoyed this video; im a dressmaker but wondered for a while how to go about quilting... Nikki you have inspired me and Im going to have a go!! X

@Hannah-pk9tv 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video!! I got into sewing a year or so ago and have quilted two tops by machine. I’m plucking up the courage to try FMQ on them. I only tried dress making this year after finding Tilly and the buttons patterns in John Lewis. Think I’ll give EPP a second go after watching your video as the basting stitch looks easier than I ever imagined

@HeartlandKnitsAndSews 6 жыл бұрын

Loved this! Your quilts are absolutely stunning. Excellent tutorial, too. Think I might need to give this a try.

@laurajones4088 6 жыл бұрын

Nikki, it was such a lovely treat to see your beautiful quilts! Thank you for sharing them and for showing how EPP is done. Enjoyed seeing you both on That Sewing Blab!

@StitchSisters 6 жыл бұрын

Laura Jones thanks Laura and thanks for tuning into That Sewing Blab, it was such fun !!

@judithredd6677 2 жыл бұрын

I am brand new to EPP and so far I love it. Thanks to you two I have enjoyed watching the video and learning something new. :)

@katysuemarfil2148 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you ladies!!! Can’t wait to try! Just got a great idea for a gift for my brother who loves the settlers of catan game which is all hexagons!!!

@joannajp7811 6 жыл бұрын

thank you for this epp tutorial, beautiful work!

@ronnidoggett2333 3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou nice to know there are people as mad as me on hexagons, I wish i had found you a long time ago, great instructions thank you x

@paulohlsson27 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Ronni, how's your day going with you?

@sharonaliza8984 6 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic tutorial!! Sara Lawson, from Sew Sweetness, also does EPP and makes small pouches with them. Love the idea of combining bag making with EPP!!

@jach9980 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. It bought back so many memories of making quilts with my mum & sisters & I've been wondering for ages how to recreate one. I never knew it was called EPP!! So glad I've now got a use for my scraps xx

@StitchSisters 6 жыл бұрын

Jac H that’s fantastic, I hope you have a go at it 😘

@kelposch2839 6 жыл бұрын

I like that you tied these quilts when finished instead of quilting them. Really great quilts and great explanation on how to EPP

@christinebell8980 6 жыл бұрын

So thrilled to see how you do English paper piecing. I am going to give this a go. Thanks.

@beckytheobsessedstitcher1170 6 жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC!!! I have seen other tutorials but I love your specific method!!! Gorgeous!!

@beecrafty4u472 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Ladies Thank you so much for this tutorial x I have been wanting to have a go at EPP and your video has given me the confidence to have a go. With the winter ❄️ coming on I can’t wait to give it a go and being a bee 🐝 keeper the winter is a great time to try it out 😊I have so many bee 🐝 fabric scraps that I’m going to use them 😌thank again 🧵✂️🧵

@robynjury4403 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, these are beautiful, I'm in awe of your patience too! I also quilted prior to garment sewing but I went the machine way. I always loved handsewing the binding on however and did find hand sewing very relaxing. I know what you mean about wanting to do something with all the scraps which are generated from sewing clothes, when I first started sewing clothes I felt horrified about how not every last piece of fabric is used!

@user-pv7rv4ob6f Жыл бұрын

Great video Nikki. Thanks for sharing it.

@lindaodle3952 5 жыл бұрын

Loved learning how to piece the flower garden together! Thanks! Great

@StitchSisters 5 жыл бұрын

your welcome Linda - happy sewing !

@carolhill1338 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Nikki, I usually machine quilt but am now very interested in trying EPPx

@gingermccafferty9572 3 жыл бұрын

Loved seein the order you sew them in! Great video. Thank you

@kathrynsweetzer7438 6 жыл бұрын

That was brilliant, Nikki. Never thought about quilting as being so easy. I imagined it'd be complicated machine sewing. I may even be tempted to try it, on a small scale 😬, to see how I go. Love you two and your vlogs! 💕

@StitchSisters 6 жыл бұрын

Kathryn Sweetzer aww thank you. Start out small Kathryn, just aim to make a cushion cover or a small table runner....after that you’ll be addicted !!

@kathyn3978 4 жыл бұрын

I am just starting a hexagon quilt. I have lots of scraps from all the masks I’ve made in the last few months and when I need more, I’ll look for a jelly roll that’s already 2-1/2” wide. I’m also using squares like you (lot less cutting) but my basting is not going through the paper and it’s holding very well. And I love that you’re not using glue. Thank you for sharing your techniques and I can’t wait to see how to finish a quilt like this!❤️

@riverunner9978 4 жыл бұрын

Just beautiful quilts! I’m just starting on this paper piecing journey! Thank you!

@StitchSisters 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoy !

@elainethomas54 2 жыл бұрын

Really helpful thank you. 👍

@meletiawike3766 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely gorgeous!

@sewlolita8845 6 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy this video popped up when I was sewing. My friend from church found out she and her husband are having a baby girl and I wanted to make a quilt but was afraid it was going to be to overwhelming. You explained it amazingly. I'm going to give it a try. Thank you so much

@sangitapai 11 ай бұрын

Very nice explanation 🎉,I am about to get ready for EPP now!

@becauseimcrafty 6 жыл бұрын

Those are beautiful!!! Love the idea, skill.....and patience needed to create those hexagons :)

@kayallan1547 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic - thank you - it must be 40 years since I made a cushion cover and about to do another - lockdown here we come!

@loriannpayne4483 6 жыл бұрын

What was the most fun about watching/learning you EPP technique was the sparkle in your eyes about how much you enjoyed making the hexagons/quilts! How wonderful to make a beautiful quilt from scraps. From what I can see, you likely put batting (I think you call it wadding) and a backing fabric and tied the quilt in intervals to hold it together rather than quilting it on a long arm machine. BTW - I just LOVED to see your interview on That Sewing Blab. Love your videos. Go ahead - keep inspiring me!

@StitchSisters 6 жыл бұрын

Loriann Payne thank you so much! Yes my quilts are always finished with backing, wadding and binding and then hand tied. 😊

@veemcg3682 Жыл бұрын

Traditionally here in Ireland we baste our fabric around our paper shapes without stitching through the paper.... Greetings cards are great to use for cutting out the hexagons.

@macdaiddavidson8051 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative. I’ve been wondering how it all went together. I’ve made a log cabin quilt but have wondered about this type of quilt. Now I will be able to give it a try. Thank you for your careful instructions.

@madebyclairemichelle4581 6 жыл бұрын

These are amazing! You are so talented. Love Love Love xx

@friedahaubourdyn3184 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Nikki, beautiful quilt 's 😊

@elizabethwilson5349 3 жыл бұрын

Such beautiful workmanship! They are all gorgeous pieces of art! Thanks for sharing!

@StitchSisters 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

@16Table 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful Quilts, it brought back many memories of when I was 12, making a bag and purse from the hexagons and paper. I don’t make quilts but I sew lots now, I guess we always carry our creativity with us, throughout of lives, thanks for showing us 😊

@paulohlsson27 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Liz, how's your day going with you?

@LisaLisa-zl9vu 9 ай бұрын

So pretty!

@Milovaig 4 жыл бұрын

Great video - thanks very much!! Am off to have a go!

@macdaiddavidson8051 3 жыл бұрын

I just printed and fussy cut my first hexagons. Tomorrow I will start collecting scraps of 100% cotton to start my first English Paper Piecing project!

@melindaert3677 2 жыл бұрын

I love this video. Just discovered you two. Beautiful quilting.

@carolineduncan1674 4 жыл бұрын

Just discovered you both and your channel ,have subscribed as defnatley will want to watch more ,I'm just starting paper piecing x

@Eva-dy9qy 6 жыл бұрын

Oh wow you might have converted me - I always stayed away from quilting as it looked so fiddly but Nikki made it appear genuinely enjoyable, I might give it a go some time!

@StitchSisters 6 жыл бұрын

thats great, you won't regret it !!

@Kate98755 3 жыл бұрын

making my first one, i feel like this is like pulling weeds, which i find therapeutic...probably not a good analogy for others, but i find this a quiet activity that allows me to daydream, so relaxing, like embroidery.

@SewAndCher 6 жыл бұрын

That quilt is beautiful!

@edelmirarios5916 4 жыл бұрын

Wow I loved them, they're so beautiful. You convinced me to start on one.

@StitchSisters 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic !

@mindsetandmusic 6 жыл бұрын

I love your quilts you have inspired me x

@shirleybowles6661 5 жыл бұрын

We called that pattern a bow tie pattern. Beautiful quilts!

@StitchSisters 5 жыл бұрын

thank you very much

@tammymasson2343 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! I always wondered how this kind of quilt was created! Fascinating! And such lovely quilts you've made!!!

@StitchSisters 4 жыл бұрын

Hope you decide to give it a go Tammy x

@MsHighpeaks 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!!! I love EPP. 🐕👍😍

@jeanettedemosthenous2685 6 жыл бұрын

What an excellent video - I am looking forward to trying this and maybe for starters, will make a large table mat. Thanks for sharing - love you guys !

@StitchSisters 6 жыл бұрын

Sewing Jenny Demos starting small is a great idea. A cushion or small table runner is a great idea. ❤️

@soniatriana9091 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! What very beautiful quilts you’ve made!! And, you’re both very easy to listen to, so this was great fun watching this video!! I hope to watch more of your channel!! Thanks!!

@StitchSisters 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@kiztorres3218 3 жыл бұрын

I loved your tutorial. Very clear explanation. I save the light pieces of cardboard that stockings come wrapped around to make paper pieces. You can buy hexagon/ pentagon/ square/ triangle... Templates online. To hold the fabric while your sewing you can also use little "sew tite magnets" on Amazon too. Please let Macy's be on camera! Fluffy babies are wonderful !❤️

@eloisegoshert9234 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful thank you for sharing

@ohjoannabanana 5 жыл бұрын

This was an excellent tutorial. I think I will give this a try.

@madwitch9977 3 жыл бұрын

really helpful tutorial and i love your quilts, subbed and will enjoy watching while I quilt!

@bettygentry9672 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Looks like a great project

@maryoconnor1396 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed your videos very much keep stitching

@purdeyblackcat 6 жыл бұрын

Wow this is so inspiring. Thanks for another great video ladies. I love your channel.

@StitchSisters 6 жыл бұрын

purdeyblackcat thank you so much 😘😘😘

@kellyhipkins5616 3 жыл бұрын

OMGOSH that was wonderful im new to epp. Thanks so much for sharing

@StitchSisters 3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@romeoromeo1211 4 жыл бұрын

great tutorial!! thankyou!..

@sandrasaddleman581 8 ай бұрын

Enjoyed this tutorial

@raquelseydewitz203 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! This is so timely! Fb to cut some hexagons!💠

@StitchSisters 4 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@slg3417 4 жыл бұрын

Totally enjoyed your very detailed and informative video. I am ready to start!

@StitchSisters 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah !!!! Enjoy your sewing

@maureencullen1008 6 жыл бұрын

A brilliant explanation.Would you,please, be able to show how you finish the whole quilt.They were beautiful and it's lovely to think future generations will enjoy them-history in a quilt.

@StitchSisters 6 жыл бұрын

Maureen Cullen yes that’s a great idea. Maybe once I’m finished the one I’m working on I’ll do a tutorial on how to finish it.

@StitchSisters 3 жыл бұрын

Maureen just wanted to make sure you had seen our video on how to complete your epp quilt kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gLqZabt7ubK3qHk.html

@maryoconnor1396 4 жыл бұрын

The purple one is grandmothers flower garden I a doing the same one you do beautiful work

@paulohlsson27 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mary, how's your day going with you?

@melissasponseller2693 3 жыл бұрын

Thank so many great tips

@fatinerainey3095 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful Quilts

@ginawells8230 3 жыл бұрын

Lots of good hints 🇨🇦❤️

@YorkshireKaren 6 жыл бұрын

Oh Nikki thank you SO much for explaining properly how to do EPP. I never even knew how to cast off my threads like that until I watched you, either! I’ve wanted something to do in the evenings for ages where I can sit in the same room as my hubby lol! This is perfect, in fact I’m just finishing a blouse and guess what the scraps are going to become very shortly! Thanks again, this video was fab and I’ll look forward to seeing how you finish your quilts soon x

@StitchSisters 3 жыл бұрын

Karen, just wanted to make sure you had seen our new video on how to complete your epp quilt kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gLqZabt7ubK3qHk.html

@paulohlsson27 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Karen, how's your day going with you?

@maeganschaefer8217 6 жыл бұрын

I love EPP!!! I made a king size one and have been iching to start another on...now just to figure out where all my papers got out

@beajannis9928 5 жыл бұрын

Your quilts are soooooo beautiful. 🥰

@bellepoupee61 6 жыл бұрын

Wow I always was wondering how to make those, now I have to start attacking my pile of cotton scraps! You have magical fingers! Thank you so much for this vlog! I have a quilt in process but my hubby said it is to noisy in the living room LOL! Imagine a little featherweight too noisy! But now I can give this a go! Christine ;-)

@StitchSisters 6 жыл бұрын

Christine Lafleur 😀. Hope you enjoy it 😘

@ksannini9128 6 жыл бұрын

What a fabulous tutorial! I’m definitely going to try this and so excited to give it a go. Your quilts are so beautiful 😍 The red white and blues my fav xxx

@janspenno2241 6 жыл бұрын

oooh well good for you but I cannot contemplate the paper piecing. I started quilting a few years ago and love it but not the paper piecing. UGH. good that you have the patience. Love quilting and nice to see your quilts Nikki

@juliadroy1179 6 жыл бұрын

That was such a beautiful video I have never done any quilting it looks such fun.

@paulohlsson27 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Julia, how's your day going with you?

@marielawlor435 6 жыл бұрын

Love this! Thank you for the tutorial- you may just have started off a new obsession! ...what type of needle do you use? There are so many types!

@arvelallison2149 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!!!!

@dischaderscully7775 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@susanmazzanti5643 6 жыл бұрын

The grandmother's flower garden usually has one round of background fabric around the flowers. During the early part 9h the 1940's I was old enough to remember and too young for school and I played under the quilting frame while my grandmother quilted. I learned a lot during that time but I have only made one quilt and it was done on an overlooked and machine quilted. It was a larger baby quilt for a granddaughter who was expecting her first child.

@sandraobrien8705 4 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed seeing the quilts Nikki. Could you show us how you finish them with backing and so on? I think I will have a go at one of these.

@StitchSisters 3 жыл бұрын

Sandra, just wanted to make sure you had seen our new video on how to complete your epp quilt kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gLqZabt7ubK3qHk.html

@hannievanballegooy7180 6 жыл бұрын

Its beautiful Nikki great quilts .👌

@paulohlsson27 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Hannie, how's your day going with you?

@josephineanderson6957 6 жыл бұрын

So clever well done you

@TheAntiDoteNZ 6 жыл бұрын

Well that was just fabulous. TBH I have not had the enthusiasm for quilting as I much prefer to wear my sewing, but this was exciting to see and I am now conflicted as to whether I sit by son's bedside for 7 days in hospital next week knitting a cardy (my new found hobby for chillaxing on the sofa in front of tv) or whether I now be the obsessed lady cutting little hexagons out and wrapping them up in fabric as I have a couple of big bags of scrap fabric that I had no idea what to do with and chucking them in the bin seemed so sacreligeous, obviously I was waiting for this video! Thanks ladies for this visit into quiltmania.

@StitchSisters 6 жыл бұрын

Julie Halligan thanks Julie ! Let me know if you decide to go down the EPP route.....I guarantee you won’t regret it.

@ellyfitzgerald9794 5 жыл бұрын

As I can see others have asked I would love to know how to finish it as I know that seems to be quite an involved process. Thank you so much for this video. It was so clear and your tips were very helpful. Elly.xxx

@StitchSisters 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Elly, just wanted to make sure you had seen our new video on how to complete your epp quilt kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gLqZabt7ubK3qHk.html

@paulohlsson27 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Elly, how's your day going with you?