I have just added to my little e-shop a range of 'peeper' acrylic templates made for some of my favourite English Paper Piecing designs:
To celebrate the new addition to my shop I will hosting a giveaway with my favourite English Paper Piecing gal, Joanne from PBPatch. Joanne supplies a comprehensive array of precision die cut papers and fabric shapes to suit any EPP project. I am so excited about her new "Cut to Order" section of her website where you can mix-and-match any Moda layer cake with any shape/size die-cut and it will be cut for you. Ingenious!
Look at some of the beautiful Rose Stars Joanne has made. Fussy cut heaven.
To win:
- stalk me on my blog ( follow me )
- follow Joanne's blog
- Write a comment telling me about the amazing things you would make if you won.
- or, if you are a seasoned EPPer, share your best tips
Good luck! The winner will be drawn Sunday 2nd September 2012 AEST.
Wow Jane I would love to learn this someday soon... I would buy one if I didn't win...
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness. Is it one post if you do all of those, or one comment per? I do all of them, so I will start with just one post. I would make a lovely full size quilt for on our futon when we have guests over. I would use pinks, and yellows and teal, and light greens, and oranges, and purples in the rose stars.. oh my gosh, I am really excited and thrilled to have a chance in this giveaway.
ReplyDeleteplace mat's and mug mats or a wall hanging would be nice.Drawn the day after my birthday would make a great birthday gift lol.
ReplyDeleteFollowing both blogs :)
ReplyDeleteIf I won I would make a set of cushions for a good friend who's currently renovating her house.
Hello! Beautiful blossoms, indeed! I would make some beautiful blossoming cushions.
ReplyDeleteDeborah
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I follow your blog.
ReplyDeleteDeborah
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I follow Joanne's blog.
ReplyDeleteDeborah
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I follow your blog via email and gfc.
ReplyDeleteLove those templates.
thank you
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I follow Joanne's blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you
sandyb720 at gmail dot com
I would use the templates to make all sorts of designs to make fronts for bags. I also would make quilt tops or pillow tops.
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sandyb720 at gmail dot com
You know that I'm your most avid follower, right? ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd if I won that amazing collection of goodies I would love to try out those Rose Stars.. I've seen them around before and they are just so gorgeous :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I already follow Joanne's blog :) I love her charm pack hexies, and one day aspire to give them a go!
ReplyDeleteEPP is a new love for me ... totally addicted ... I have used Jane's acrylic templates and love them ... so will look at buying a set if I don't win ... Thank you for the chance to win :-)
ReplyDeleteMy tip is use a size 11 Milner's needle and YLI Select thread for both basting and when whip stitching :-)
Happy stitching, P
I'm following you! I'd make pillows!
ReplyDeleteI am a follower.
ReplyDeleteAnd I follow Joanne's blog.
ReplyDeleteMy tip - I've really only done hexagons, but you really don't have to cut out a hexagon shape. You can use a square instead, or better yet a slight rectangle. The back doesn't look as pretty, but it quilts up just fine and s a whole lot easier in the cutting department
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting to make some of those complex EPP blocks for so long. They are just lovely. I think I would start with something small - like a bag.
ReplyDeleteI'm
ReplyDeleteA big time stalker!a
I'm following you via Google Reader/RSS.
ReplyDeleteI am now following Joanne's blog.
ReplyDeleteSigo você no GFC.Obrigada.tiacarminhapezuto@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI also am a big time stalker! lol.
ReplyDeleteI haven't done paper piecing before, so I'm not sure what I'd make, but I think I'd start with hexagons!
ReplyDeleteSigo Joanne no GFC também.Obrigada.tiacarminhapezzuto@gmail.com.
ReplyDeleteI received a lovely surprise recently - Jane sent me a sample set of the new Rose Star acrylic templates! I love them - they certainly make it a lot easier to cut out my fabric pieces. And they match the sizes of the die-cut paper pieces I make!
ReplyDeleteThe finished Rose Star blocks are about 12" by 12" so they are the perfect size for a cushion or bag. Christmas is just around the corner, so maybe a table runner in Christmassy colours?
I have never done any EPP, but an interested in learning. I think these would make cute little table runners.
ReplyDeleteI am a follower of your blog.
ReplyDeleteI am now a follower of Joanne's blog. Thank you for heading me to her blog, by the way. I loved what I saw.
ReplyDeleteI hope this is open internationally as I'd love to win these. Have looked here in the US for them but so far no luck finding them. I already follow you & signed up to get Joanne's blog too.
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog :)
ReplyDeleteI follow Joanne's blog...love her selections!
ReplyDeletei follow you blog!
ReplyDeletei'm planning a hexie quilt using various sized hexies, so thanx for the intro to joanne's blog! had a good time browsing her blog and hexie pax, too.
ReplyDeleteam not a seasoned epp'er, but have tried various methods of basting, and settled on folding and tacking at the points, and am still switching back and forth between a running stitch join and a ladder stitch. am cutting strips just big enough for six hexies for a flower, and using scraps for single hexie flowers. am going to use BIG hexies to machine join them for a background piece out of neutrals. there are so many ways to use hexies!
ReplyDeletei've gfc'd joanne' blog! love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is great! I follow both of you already. My first plan would be to tackle that Ferris wheel rainbow style with some white texty background. I have some EPP tips on my blog currently, but maybe the best tip is to use glue instead of hand basting...
ReplyDeleteI already follow your blog, Winning some of these would be fun and a great on the go project
ReplyDeleteI already follow Joanne and have lusted after what she sells for a long time
ReplyDeleteIf I won, I would make them into cushions, my lounge needs a make over, sew some new pretty, pieced cushions would be great
ReplyDeleteI follow you. x
ReplyDeleteI already follow Joanne and have bought hexies from her... the dreaded addictive hexies LOL. x
ReplyDeleteI was already following your blog! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm doing hexies now after I learned EPP at the Fat Quarterly Retreat in London in June and I'd love to move to other shapes and things after the hexies! The Rose Stars are beautiful. Not sure if I'm eligible to enter (because I'm in Europe) but I would know someone in Australia too who'd love these! (in case I would win, you never know...)
ReplyDeleteFollowing both blogs! I never EPPd so probably would start small with some cusions for our new bed!
ReplyDeleteI already follow you both. I have done a few hexi projects and would love to branch out into other shapes. My best tip would be to tack the fabric without going through the paper - makes the shape very stable (you leave the tacking thread in place) and the papers are really easy to remove.
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower of yours!
ReplyDeleteAnd a follower of Joanne's blog! In fact I have bought papers for my Rose Star (Jazz Hands) block, so these templates would be very handy!
ReplyDeleteI have always wanted to make a Lucy Boston block/quilt!
ReplyDeleteOh wow! I am a happy follower of you blog!
ReplyDeleteAnd I think I would make a quilt. Really love this pattern Rose Star. Looks wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower of Joanne's blog!
ReplyDeleteI already follow your blog!
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog.
ReplyDeleteI follow Joanne's blog.
ReplyDeleteIf I won Id make a quilt with the Rose Star templates...an EPP tip, always start and end with a figure 8 knot.
ReplyDeleteOops I follow Joannes blog too :)
ReplyDeleteI stalk you :o) I love the fussy cutting on those frog prince eyes in that rose star! Thanks for the chance to win :o)
ReplyDeleteI'm really getting into EPP of late for long journeys and the like, and am planning Katy's Spring Carnival set for going to Sewing Summit, which will no doubt turn into a cushion cover
ReplyDeleteNow I stalk Joanne too :oD
ReplyDeletewow very nice patterns
ReplyDeleteI'm following both blogs. I've made a lap quilt with another in process as well as a few zippered bags. I've always admired the fussy cut projects but I haven't done one yet. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteI follow you!
ReplyDeleteMy best tip is to make it portable! I made a luch bag (free tutorial online) and put all my bits in there, I sew at sports days, doctors etc!
ReplyDeleteI follow you.
ReplyDeleteI love EPPing. I like to baste without stitching through the paper, then you can reuse the papers and still leave the basting in to keep the seams in order.
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower of your blog!
ReplyDeleteI'm also a follower of Joanne's blog!
ReplyDeleteOh and I follow Joanne too!
ReplyDeleteI would make an amazing quilt if I won those template's!
ReplyDeleteStalking. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm not yet seasoned but I'm slowly working on hexie flowers which will become a quilt sometime. I'd love to try out more challenging patterns. :)
ReplyDeleteI already stalk you! Jacinta
ReplyDeleteI need to make a quilt for our lounge room for us to snuggle under, so I am up for making something a little more special. Jacinta
ReplyDeleteI have stalked you for a wee bit o' time.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing Joanne's blog. I am now stalking her as well.
ReplyDeleteEven though the patterns you chose are very feminine, I can see my self doing one for my cousin in boy type colors & patterns. Possibly in flannel plaids. Ohh, I am getting all snuggely warm thinking about it.
ReplyDeleteAs for a tip in epp: timing & patience is my biggest tip. That and the ladder stitch. How I love the ladder stitch. It makes everything lie so flat when its done.
ReplyDeleteMind you the only epp I have done is on a 4 foot by 7 foot, 3 quarter inch hexagon gargoyle. Following the colors has been hard-ish.
I'm a happy follower!
ReplyDeleteI follow Joanne's blog!
ReplyDeleteI've only ever done hexagons! I'd love to try some different shapes!
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower
ReplyDeleteI need a new sewing chair cushion. I would make that
ReplyDeleteI am a English paper pieced virgin (even though I am English) so I would start with a cushion. Those rose stars have opened my mind to infinite ideas.
ReplyDeleteIt will make a nice change to be able to spend some time in the same room as my husband and still quilt instead of behind the sewing machine.
I am a English paper pieced virgin (even though I am English) so I would start with a cushion. Those rose stars have opened my mind to infinite ideas.
ReplyDeleteIt will make a nice change to be able to spend some time in the same room as my husband and still quilt instead of behind the sewing machine.
I vollow your blog!
ReplyDeleteI have not ever done EPP so I'm not sure what I'd make. I'll probably try basic EPP flowers.
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower of your blog and enjoy your posts. I've done some paper piecing but would love to try more.
ReplyDeleteLove your blog.
ReplyDeleteI'm now following both blogs.
I would make some double sided snow flakes for Christmas to hang off the beam in our living room.
Tip. Once you have joined some of your epps together, you can remove the papers and starch. This can cut down on the papers required for projects.
Keep up the good work!
I'm a follower!
ReplyDeleteI follow Joanne's blog,too.
ReplyDeleteWell I already stalk you hehe!! So excited for this giveaway!
ReplyDeleteMy best tip for EPP is that I leave my basting in. I HATE basting at the best of times so why baste through the cardboard and then have to cut it all out when I don't have to! I do have a tutorial on my blog on how I do my hexies if you would like to see!
ReplyDeletehttp://aquiltingwewillgo.blogspot.ca/search/label/Hexagon%20Tutorial
I am now following Joannes blog as well! Thanks for making me aware of it! Off to investigate it now
ReplyDeletei follow by e-mail
ReplyDeletei follow her by gfc thanks
ReplyDeletei wont to learn how to do that so it would be great to win this thanks
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower of your blog.
ReplyDeleteI already follow Joanne! That is where I learned about this giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI would make a quilt for my mom who has congestive heart failure and is cold all the time. I have been wanting to try this pattern for a while.
ReplyDeleteI would make square pillows for my bed. I am following both blogs.
ReplyDeleteThank you
Angela Kirby
I would make square pillows for my bed. I am following both blogs.
ReplyDeleteThank you
Angela Kirby
I follow you by e,ail. I want to make the Rose Star. They are just gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI'm already a follower...would love to give EPP a try...thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the brilliant giveaway! I follow your blog :-)
ReplyDeleteI follow Joannes blog too now :-)
ReplyDeleteIf I won, well, I guess thats the kick up the arse I've been waiting for to join in with those fabulous Rose Stars!
ReplyDeleteI am in awe of those Rose Stars . Beautiful . I have just made a similar one for the first time in Rachel's Handstitched class . It was my favourited project . Would love to make more .
ReplyDeleteIm already a follower of your blog .
ReplyDeleteI now follow Possum Blossom Patchwork!
ReplyDeleteWow- I really want to learn English paper piecing. These templates are amazing. I would love to make a quilt for my Mom- out of fabrics that have flowers on them.
ReplyDeleteI follow you & I now follow Joanne as well. I've not tried any EPP as yet but would love to - I imagine I'd start with a fairly easy block or mini quilt. Thanks for the lovely giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog....what a great giveaway!!
ReplyDeleteI am now following Joann's blog
ReplyDeleteI love to EPP....just started it recently and working on my first quilt which is ALL hexies...what I wouldn't give to get my hands on these templates....love them!!
ReplyDeleteThese look like some of the AHHH's that I have been doing. Love the star set. I'd just be making more and more stars. Love them.
ReplyDeleteI am a follower
ReplyDeletequilting[dash]lady[at]comcast[dot]net
I would really love to learn english paper peicing. I would so make a sewing machine cover for myself.
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I follow your blog.
ReplyDeleteI follow Possom BLossom Patchwork
ReplyDeleteI would love to win these. I would probably make pillows.
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower (and a huge fan of yours!)
ReplyDelete...am now a follower of Possum Blossom Patchwork.
ReplyDeleteI have never used a paper piecing template! I'm not sure what I would make - probably something small initially (mug rug?) to try my hand at it.
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog
ReplyDeleteI follow PB Patchwork (Joann's blog)
ReplyDeleteI love EPP, it is a great stress reliever at the end of the day. I would love to try the Ferris Wheel
ReplyDeleteI follow you everywhere. You can't get rid of me, even from overseas ;)
ReplyDeleteI also follow Joanne's blog!
ReplyDeleteI am no seasoned expert. I procrastinate EPP. But I'm needing some good hand sewing while watching TV at night once I've collapsed on the couch, so I'm trying to get back into it! A long term project is what I need, especially when flying back home next Feb for a few weeks! These kinds of EPP are probably more my thing - each piece adds to a bigger picture! Thanks guys!
ReplyDeleteI'm an ongoing follower...I follow by email and enjoy receiving your posts.
ReplyDeleteI'm following Joanne now! Thanks for introducing me to her.
ReplyDeleteI would love to win this one. So far, all I know how to do with EPP is hexies. I love them, but I'd love to expand my skills. Thanks for the generous giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI do stalk you. ;D
ReplyDeleteAnd now I stalk Joanne :)
ReplyDeleteIf I win, I will start to make my OWN awesome fussy-cut rose blocks to drool on in real life. ;D
ReplyDeleteI have been stalking for a while, now I am a follower. I have only done EPP hexies, but would love to try other patterns...the Rose star has been on my to-do list. EPP projects are great to carry-a-round. I would start with a small quilt of Rose stars and of cause I would have to order the papers from Joanne...love both blogs..LindaB
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I now stalk, no now follow Joanne as well :)
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I just starting reading your blog last week (which I found through Joanne at Possum Blossom, who I've been reading and buying from since the start of the year). I was going to buy some of your templates but I think I might hold off until after the drawing date of the giveaway. LOL My tip for EPP is the Sewline Glue Pen for basting fabric to papers, Bottom Line threads for piecing and papers from Joanne at PB Patchwork. These things have changed my EPP life since I found out about them about two years ago. Fingers crossed, Shell
ReplyDeleteI have now staked both of you. Thank you for introducing me to another blogger here in Australia. I would love to make a quilt using the templates is you some of my Kaffe Fassett stash and have the swirling over a bright background.
ReplyDeleteI am a regular follower of both of your blogs! I am not an experienced paper piecer; I have started by doing hexagons, and it is definitely addicting!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jane for telling me about your giveaway. And, as I said to your friend, Joanne....... "Thanks to Pat Sloan, I found Jane's blog and then thanks to Jane's blog, I found your blog. Love the Rose Star blocks!!" I could make lots of beautiful fussy cut projects because I have some "oh, so perfect" fabrics that are just waiting for your templates. :-) Also, I love hand-stitching!
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower to your blog
ReplyDeleteI follow Joanne's blog too
ReplyDeleteI loved EPP . The Rose Star quilt will be my next project :)
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog.
ReplyDeleteI am a follower of Joanne's blog.
ReplyDeleteI had the pleasure of seeing Joanne's hexies being made at Sew It Together in Canberra. They are gorgeous! I'd make some lovely cushion covers for my lounge. I'm definitely not a seasoned EPP-er so I'll take all the tips I can get. Thanks for the chance :)
ReplyDeleteI have been studying how to make these hexies for a week. I'm ready to get my hands on and get some colorful fabric around me :)
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ReplyDeletelove the window templates!
I want all of them!
I'd make a quilt