this was my very first quilt I ever made back in my early 20's...I worked as a bus chaperone for a disability centre and I was able to use my time on the bus to join sections...I only went so far with each piece..once they were to big to be putting together in my seat I joined them all at home..I'm about to turn 60 this year and I still use my quilt..mind you, I've had to repair it a few times since, AND every stitch in it was sewn by hand, no sewing machine...it's big enough to cover a queen size bed..
@@knitpiks587 EPP is like the best quilting project for people who don't like actual quilting. (Unless you don't like the sewing part of it.) Get it all assembled & put it on anything. Pin it to the wall. Wrap some chair seats. Make pillows. And if you want an actual quilt, it's easy to throw a back on it, sew like a GAINT pillow & you basically have a duvet cover.
It was so much fun to hang out with you!! The addictive acquisition of new crafts never ends… 👀 Also, the ending was super epic and unexpected. How I laughed. 😂😂😂
"Shannon Makes: The Chronic Crafter" 🙂 I, too, like the IDEA of many things! (That I will never do!) This is a FANTASTIC project. Also, the seagull and Canelle and circus edits are AWESOME! 🙂
When I watch The sewing, I speed up the "playback speed" and when I watch the circus interludes, I s-l-o-w-e-d it down A LOT! You live such an interesting, fascinating life! I truly do enjoy the vicarious pleasure watching your varied endeavors! The first thing I do when I wake up on Friday morning is to reach to the phone to see if you have posted a new video. If you have, it is the high point of my whole Friday! How delightful it must have been to meet with Christine Vike. I hope she invites you to her house (if you get a chance to take a break.) Her "set design," her voice, and her cat really contribute to what is a very calming experience as a voyeur. Are you anywhere close to Marlena, (a vintage youtuber?) She has a totally different quirky personality. She has a delightful dog named Winnie who I'm sure would get along great with Canal
My mom used to sew lots of rag dolls and doll clothes, as well as some of my dresses shen I was smaller. When I was in my teens, I took her scraps and made a hexie blanket with it. It holds many good memories now some 40 years later.
Hi, paper piecer here, I use recycled paper but I use a cutting press! You can get various shapes and sizes of punch and it’s so helpful. If you use smaller pieces you can also find like scrapbooking stamp cutters, I have a couple for my 1/2 inch and 1 inch shapes. They are available for larger shapes but can be a bit of a pain to track down
Since everyone else has praised your project, I’m going to tell you how impressed I am that you got to hang out with Kristine and that you can bring your sweet doggo on international tours!
As a fellow reuser and frugal crafter, buying the templates is such a good choice. I tried to cut some - all different sizes. If you don’t have a machine to cut them, premade paper is the only reliable option
I don't need more projects..... But I am sincerely tempted to try this with one hexagon of of fabric from every project I work on. I used to have sashes of fabric tied around a table leg as a reminder of the things I had made, but that became a bit of a hassle. This might be too perfect to make a kind of 'remembrance' blanket.
In my fantasy world, I make a crazy quilt with scraps from my various sewing projects throughout the years. This application seems much less overwhelming. For example, I still have scraps of fabric from when I had to make shorts that fully opened on each side for my son when he was in a body cast when he was three. He is 32 years old now.
Totally a good application for this! Could make a nice wall hanging, or placemat, or something small of that sort, but it is pretty easy to constantly add to it as you get new projects!
@@ShannonMakes In a way your idea of room divider was a nice inspiration for that as well, have it hang in the background of videos, where it becomes larger and larger over time
Thoroughly enjoyed this!! Love the sneak peeks of rehearsals and the cameo appearance of the seagulls was delightful! 😅 I also vote that Phil sings all the rest of your outake outros 😉🙌🏻🤪
Life is short; use the colors that make your heart sing. Do it unapologetically. Hobbit colors are great. Most of my projects involve purple or something purple adjacent because it’s just me. 😄
Bahaha that final shot with the Star Wars theme in the background gave me a much-needed cackle. 😆 Anyhoo, can't wait to see your final project when the time comes!
My jaw dropped when you held up what you had pieced together, it’s so stunning. I had always thought wrapping fabric around paper seems odd, but no longer after watching your video.
Great idea as room divider. I have never heard of English paper piecing, but I love the look. I love that it is self contained and helps us small pieces of fabric.
I run victorian days at a local museum in the Uk and we're doing something like this for one of the examples of sustainablity in the weaver's community. Excited to watch this to see if there are any other ideas we can add in!
Yes! THIS is what I was expecting years ago when Ms. Banner announced that she was going to make a video on what to do with the leftover odds and ends from tailoring one's own clothes, and she ended up suggesting it mostly be used as stuffing!
@@wyw876 we do quilting, rag rug making, use it in various miscellaneous crafts and even after all that, the rag and bone man would pick up any last bits and sell it to make into paper which I'm tempted to give a try. I love how absolutely nothing gets wasted!
Ooooh, which museum is that! I love finding out all the ways that materials were reclaimed in the past. I work at some of the museums in Birmingham, including the Museum Of The Jewellery Quarter, and finding all the different ways that precious metals were reclaimed from the workshop is just mind bending!
@@creepycutiecrafty ooh! That sounds ace. If I get over to Birmingham, I'll have to check it out. My first job was working in a working jewellers, learning to repair simple bits and bobs, so I've always wanted to visit the jewellery Quarter in Birmingham
I love that you dive into a new project without all the “professional” instructions. I tend to do the same because I love the learning/creative process. I am now going to have to give paper piecing a try because your project is so beautiful and inspiring. Thank you for sharing. ❤
Not me pausing the video multiple times to see if my fabric made the cut....and then not remembering what I sent you! You've inspired me to try out paper piecing with my scraps (eventually)!
This is fun. I especially like the music. You might enjoy The last homely house. The lady who sews, crafts, quilts, knits and talks. She quilts in a way like you...go with the flow.
I love English paper piecing, but I am English 🤣🤣 I have 3 EPP projects on the go at the moment. Love your channel Shannon,no matter what you vlog about. Thank care K🇬🇧❤️
Yay, I sort of managed to watch you in the middle of a U.K. forest. I would love to catch up as I have some skills at EPP and quilt as you go. Love what you have done so far Shannon. Love your vlogs, you remind me of me in my younger years K🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️❤️
PS micarah tewers and Rachel Maksy have also posted but they will have to wait until I have thoroughly enjoyed your masterpiece of English paper piecingxx
I loved EPP when I was traveling a lot for work for the same reasons you enjoy it. For what it’s worth, the term you were looking for when you were talking about randomly-ish picking what hexi goes next is usually called scrappy. (I love scrappy projects too!)
Interesting. To me (personally) "scrappy" conveys simply that it was made using scraps, and doesn't convey any info about the way in which it was pieced together/the level of planning that went into it. Interesting that this is the chosen term for the technique
I inherited the EPP quilt that my mum’s birth mother had been working on when she died almost 60 years ago when she died and I have been teaching myself how by looking at what she had done. I have found some techniques which work better for me in the process so I have really appreciated the way you have approached EPP as well😊
But of course you know Kristine lol! Love her channel. Thanks for the introduction to this craft - I can really see how it's the perfect "traveling" project. Also, I can't see a time that I would tire of "Hobbit colors". They're like a big hug...
You don't need to apologize for having a "comfort palette". I think we all have one. Mine would be described as Peacock colors, but I do enjoy Hobbit Core as well.
I love this! I may have to try it out for a late summer/fall project :) Also, quilt-as-you-go actually refers to stitching the blocks together while *at the same time* affixing them to the batting and backing layer.
This is so cool! I happen to be working on making basically a crochet version of this, stash-busting all of my old half-skeins from old projects by making a million little "granny-hexagons" and stitching them together into a big crochet quilt. It is so relaxing. Maybe I'll try this next 😊
My first creative sewing was English hexagon patchwork, and my Gran joined in and we used to sew together on Sunday mornings. She loved it. 50 years later and I am taking patchwork up again to make a quilt.
English paper piecing is so portable. I took some to the hospital with me to do after my surgery. They were a bit smaller than yours . I printed the hexagons from a page online but I did mine almost 20 yrs ago . You were much smarter getting the precut. Mine are still in a bag somewhere , unfinished. lol
Yes! That colorway is gorgeous and super suited for you. Very hobbity indeed. I really like your friend's color choices too. Simple, clean, elegant. Kate at The Last Homely house hand quilts hers but of course she's making blankets - yours might not need quilting as it won't get much handling. Regardless, it's going to be very beautiful. Can't wait to see the backing!! Love your little wagon and your caravan is a nice comfy home away from home. Good for you. I love Denmark - so glad you enjoy it too.
lol I have not done this in many years mainly because its a lot of work , making the patterns cutting the cloth and sewing it on to said pattern then hand sewing it all together .I am glad there are easier ways these days .
LOL that's hilarious that this is what I do to relax, and one of the easiest moments in my day, and that it's also something you don't do because it's a lot of work. Humans are so varied and interesting!!
I love your hexagon project! Of course, I love hexagons too, but I think my love of hexagons started when my Mom showed me how to sew them together to make flowers for a Grandmother's Garden quilt. Great fun!
I did my first English paper piecing this year too. I was pleasantly surprised, and I really enjoyed making one flower. Not ready to tackle a whole quilt yet, but thinking about making placemats.
It's so cool that you're taking up English paper piecing. I love it for its portability the same as you do, I started a project also with one and a half inch hexagons during the beginning of the pandemic when I didn't have access to my sewing machine but I really wanted to sew. I keep all my supplies in a little coin purse the size of my palm and pull it out whenever I'm waiting. The one thing I found that made the most difference in how enjoyable the sewing is is to use a really good quality hand sewing thread. I've been using Aurifil 50 wt and it glides so smoothly through the fabric.
I'm so with you about needing a hand project for when I'm sitting/waiting/queueing/idling for something! More often than not it's knitting for me, unless I have some finishing work to do on a sewing project. But second to that, you TOTALLY have to strategically match your project to the situation - ie no intricate lace or cable work if I'm at a social gathering, lest I end up having to frog back all my progress 😅😅 similarly no colorwork while waiting in the grocery line! 🤣 Very excited to see how your privacy screen turns out in the end! 🎉🎉🤓 I bet it's gonna be STUN-NING 😍
I made my second paper pieced quilt 31 years ago when we spent a year living in Ireland…for all the reasons you are! It was super smart of you to order the paper templates, because it is most important that they are a consistent heft and weight…in the olden days, I found the pages of the Laura Ashley catalog to be just right. Not too flimsy, so easy to get a sharp edge and very reusable, but not so stiff that it was painful to pierce the card stock. I found a thimble very necessary.
Dang it! I did not need a new crafting hobby and new project to pick up but when you said what you were going to make with the panels of EPP I was super inspired and now have so many ideas. Why did you have to be so inspirational and give me the desire start yet another project. Curse you, lol! But honestly I can’t wait to see the finished dividing screen when it’s done. I bet it’s going to look amazing! I was giggling at the end with the SW theme as you soared over the hexagons. Love your videos and can’t wait to see what other crafty thing you brought with you while your on contract.
I'm planning some crazy quilt style projects right now, and wasn't looking forward to piecing together fabrics in a way where all the perimeters match up according to my geometric vision without awkward corners or ripples ... And this just solved that for me! I can draw any geometric pattern of my dreams on a single paperboard piece, cut it out, and then use this method to shape and join all the sections before embroidering them down onto the backing fabric! Heck yeah! Thanks for the inspiration and of course the characteristically delightful video!
I definitely agree with you; give me just enough info to get started on a new type of project, and then as I need help, I will look for additional information. When I made my first quilt (pre-Internet), I did all the piecing on my own just from looking at quilts, and only looked at a book when I needed to find out how to put the layers together. Of course, I did already have basic sewing skills in place so I didn't have to learn from the ground up.
Omgosh! Shannon, your EPP project is turning out so AMAZING! You have reignited my interest in this craft. I tried it years ago using old jeans. I made 2 - 3 row pieces and ended up stitching them together, back to back, resulting in a fun trivet or hot pad. Lol! I had no idea, what so ever, what I was doing. I just did it. Lol! I think if I were to use denim again for this type of quilting, I would use larger hexagons. And, I think I might turn them into a lined project bag for my knitting/crochet projects. Until next time, my friend, safe travels and happy crafting! ✌️💜🧵🪡
Your hexagon pattern is beautiful and will look great as a screen in those frames. I can't wait to see you put it all together and then use it as a backdrop in your future crafting videos.
Hi Shannon. Your channel, and your life, are both so interesting! It fascinates me to see someone filling their life with so much 'living'. Your work, travel, multiple crafts, fossicking, gorgeous pup, house renovating, second hand sourcing, decorating, and I'm pretty sure I've left stuff out, is all so interesting! I love that you're making the divider different on each side. The fact that you're using different weights of material for the EPP, I think makes it more fun and more as it would have been made originally. It's looking fabulous🎉. Thankyou for the vid and that wonderful scenery. PS Can't wait for the next instalment on the house. Loving it all!! Have a great day from Esperance, Western Australia💛👋
buying the templates was smart! it's the only chance you have at consistent hexies. you made a smart investment in your project as well as your sanity! :)
Inspiring to see how so many disparate fabrics can work together successfully! Thanks for the great tip about interlining fine or stretchy fabrics - this opens up a lot more possibilities 🎉
I tend to glue my fabric to my papers with EPP! They make special glue sticks, but you don't really need them. I also cut my papers on my cricut, and you can use almost any geometric shape!
I made a ball for my little niece and nephew from English paper pieces. It's perfect for when they take trips. It's soft, so no breaking anything in the hotel room. And machine wash and dry. It's a favorite!
Wow! Your timing is amazing 👍👍👍 I've had this on my mind for about a week but haven't got to go down that rabbit hole because of the time I would spend down it, and I haven't had that time to spend buuuut...... HERE YOU ARE with exactly what I'm looking for!!! Thank you Shannon 😁🤩🥳 Wishing you all the best for life, love, performance, sewing and crafting, and of course the furballs in your life 🙃🥴🤗 Love your channel, all the best from Australia 🇭🇲🦘🦘🇭🇲
What a beautiful peaceful looking place. I hands down thought it's gonna be a bed quilt. Pleasantly surprised. What a brilliant idea. How very exciting. Well done again Ms. Shannon beloved bless yall.
I have never heard of EPP. Now since I saw your video, I rushed to order these paper pieces. I love being able to watch TV and carry this. Project with me. I love being able to use my fabric squares/ scrapes. I got the same shape you have. I love your channel.
I have a whole bin of large-ish scraps intended to be cut into quilting squares for a rag quilt so I guess this my inspiration to get on that 😂 This is such a nice cozy stitching session, just what I needed to work on stuff today!
Crafting should be sustainable, but it also needs to be accessable. Accessable physically, mentally, and in terms of time. I think you made the right choice buying the paper hexes 💜
I love the concept. My girlfriend and I are currently working on a big quilt that we're making out of fabric samples we found in an abandoned mall. This technique seems very similar to what we're doing with that, except we're just kinda eyeballing the whole thing. No paper to make sure it's perfectly shaped and aligned. I definitely think we'll try this out at some point.
I love EPP. I started last year and it's so easy to get into and experiment just like you talked about. I had a very lovely friend use her cricut to cut out hundreds of hexagons for my current project. Your method is also very similar to mine. I love that everyone does it slightly differently because it's important for it to be comfortable for you while you're doing it.
What an awesome job you have that takes you so many different places around the world, and you can even take your dog. How cool is that. Regards Helen. Oh and by the way love your style of crafting, always good to watch your channel
I absolutely love your video on paper Piecing. ❤I did it years ago and it was very soothing. I love how you are going to use it in the screen.What a fabulous idea, You will have the end product for your life.🎉
I did find that I could tell pretty well when I was sewing through paper. However, the better I got at only grasping two threads of each fabric, the less I had to worry about it. Also, it doesn’t matter if you go through the paper, when you pull them apart it just comes out.
You are adorable, Shannon! It's such a joy watching your videos. I love, "Hobbit colours are my sewing comfort blanket". I'll have to give the English Paper Piecing a go, too!
Shanon, your video just gave me the perfect inspiration for sewing while traveling! Never thought of Quilting, but you just planted the right idea in my head! Thank you for that and your multicraftualy videos. Have a lot of fun in beautiful Norway
Inspired by You, I am acquiring fabric to add to my very small collection, to make a quilt or pillow or something.. Received those fabrics today, and then watched this, your most recent video. Great timing, Shannon.
I started EPP after finding a pack of 1000 of those hexagon paper templates in a charity shop for £2! It's great for using those little fabric scraps that are too small for anything else, as well as those little bits of thread left over on bobbins after a project. I'm hoping to make a large blanket that will showcase my sewing journey with bits of fabric from all my makes over the last few years.
That is so lovely!!! That will be a super cute room divider! You could even stain the wood differently on each side to have it have two different vibes! I love love love love the hobbit colors!!!
I started EPP a few months ago and really enjoy the hand stitching, which I have almost no experience doing. Also, what a fun job you have as a performer. Looks so cool (and so difficult).
When you said last winter on tour on the bus you wanted a good hand held craft to take with you l said “EPP” I knew you would see the meditative nature of this craft!
I think it would be perfect as a paravent ! It could also match and tie nicely with the other patchwork project you have for the house (like the sofa/chair you want to cover). I wanted to try quilting and patchwork for a very long time and I think that English paper piercing could be the best starting point so thank you for the inspiration. Oh and, as everyone else, I loved to see some bits about your circus job.
I've had an EPP project on the go for several years. It was originally going to be a lap quilt for my mum but she died a couple of years ago so it doesn't have much of a purpose at the moment. It's handy to turn to in between other stuff or when I want something less brain taxing. Yours looks great and will make a lovely interesting backdrop. The screen frame was a really lucky find. Also enjoy Kristine's channel her voice is so soothing.
@ShannonMakes I call improv EPP “Design as I go” rather than “Quilt as I go”. I also tend to work out how to do things my way now I’m medically blind… it’s more adapting my techniques I already had with over 50 years of hand sewing, and about 45 years of machine sewing experience before I lost so much of my sight
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Hur tänker man bort the paper backing
Thanks for the code! 🖤
You’re welcome!!
Hands raised if Shannon just unlocked a new craft for you to start asap 🙋🏼🙋🏼🙋🏼
No hands, but 60 👍
🤣🤣 #sorrynotsorry
this was my very first quilt I ever made back in my early 20's...I worked as a bus chaperone for a disability centre and I was able to use my time on the bus to join sections...I only went so far with each piece..once they were to big to be putting together in my seat I joined them all at home..I'm about to turn 60 this year and I still use my quilt..mind you, I've had to repair it a few times since, AND every stitch in it was sewn by hand, no sewing machine...it's big enough to cover a queen size bed..
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I have to keep reminding myself that I don't enjoy quilting. Love the people who do. Love the end product. Hate the process.
@@knitpiks587 EPP is like the best quilting project for people who don't like actual quilting. (Unless you don't like the sewing part of it.)
Get it all assembled & put it on anything. Pin it to the wall. Wrap some chair seats. Make pillows. And if you want an actual quilt, it's easy to throw a back on it, sew like a GAINT pillow & you basically have a duvet cover.
It was so much fun to hang out with you!! The addictive acquisition of new crafts never ends… 👀
Also, the ending was super epic and unexpected. How I laughed. 😂😂😂
LOL Phil, always bringing the unexpected and (usually) delightful!
"Shannon Makes: The Chronic Crafter" 🙂 I, too, like the IDEA of many things! (That I will never do!) This is a FANTASTIC project. Also, the seagull and Canelle and circus edits are AWESOME! 🙂
Oh thank you!
Love seeing the circus interludes!!! 🎪
Thank you! 🫶🎪🧵🪡
When I watch The sewing, I speed up the "playback speed" and when I watch the circus interludes, I s-l-o-w-e-d it down A LOT!
You live such an interesting, fascinating life!
I truly do enjoy the vicarious pleasure watching your varied endeavors!
The first thing I do when I wake up on Friday morning is to reach to the phone to see if you have posted a new video. If you have, it is the high point of my whole Friday!
How delightful it must have been to meet with Christine Vike.
I hope she invites you to her house (if you get a chance to take a break.) Her "set design," her voice, and her cat really contribute to what is a very calming experience as a voyeur.
Are you anywhere close to Marlena, (a vintage youtuber?)
She has a totally different quirky personality. She has a delightful dog named Winnie who I'm sure would get along great with Canal
I was literally just thinking this morning, “I wonder how English paper piecing works, I should look for a video on it.” HOW DID YOU KNOW.
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My mom used to sew lots of rag dolls and doll clothes, as well as some of my dresses shen I was smaller. When I was in my teens, I took her scraps and made a hexie blanket with it. It holds many good memories now some 40 years later.
I love that!
Hi, paper piecer here, I use recycled paper but I use a cutting press! You can get various shapes and sizes of punch and it’s so helpful. If you use smaller pieces you can also find like scrapbooking stamp cutters, I have a couple for my 1/2 inch and 1 inch shapes. They are available for larger shapes but can be a bit of a pain to track down
Thanks for sharing!!
Since everyone else has praised your project, I’m going to tell you how impressed I am that you got to hang out with Kristine and that you can bring your sweet doggo on international tours!
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As a fellow reuser and frugal crafter, buying the templates is such a good choice. I tried to cut some - all different sizes. If you don’t have a machine to cut them, premade paper is the only reliable option
I wonder if a hexie cookie cutter and a press of some kind would allow for cutting out the shapes uniformly from the paper that's on hand.
@@helenaalexandra4197 It would at least serve as a fine-line stamp that could perhaps be used with ink to create precise consistent cut guides!
I don't need more projects..... But I am sincerely tempted to try this with one hexagon of of fabric from every project I work on. I used to have sashes of fabric tied around a table leg as a reminder of the things I had made, but that became a bit of a hassle. This might be too perfect to make a kind of 'remembrance' blanket.
In my fantasy world, I make a crazy quilt with scraps from my various sewing projects throughout the years. This application seems much less overwhelming. For example, I still have scraps of fabric from when I had to make shorts that fully opened on each side for my son when he was in a body cast when he was three. He is 32 years old now.
My thoughts exactly! And it could be added to as future projects are completed!
Totally a good application for this! Could make a nice wall hanging, or placemat, or something small of that sort, but it is pretty easy to constantly add to it as you get new projects!
@@ShannonMakes In a way your idea of room divider was a nice inspiration for that as well, have it hang in the background of videos, where it becomes larger and larger over time
Thoroughly enjoyed this!! Love the sneak peeks of rehearsals and the cameo appearance of the seagulls was delightful! 😅 I also vote that Phil sings all the rest of your outake outros 😉🙌🏻🤪
I shall run the idea by him 🤣
“Calmez vous, eh?!” Classic. 😂 I can’t wait to see how the screen turns out!
Life is short; use the colors that make your heart sing. Do it unapologetically. Hobbit colors are great. Most of my projects involve purple or something purple adjacent because it’s just me. 😄
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Red and pink are my favorites in crafts!
Bahaha that final shot with the Star Wars theme in the background gave me a much-needed cackle. 😆 Anyhoo, can't wait to see your final project when the time comes!
oh good! Glad you enjoyed it!!
Already liked, shared and now commenting! Up the algorithm! We need more artsy circusy corgi butts!
❤❤ I agree!!!
I second that!
Same here!
So I'm into table top roleplaying games and this just gave me the idea to make fabric battle maps
I LOVE that you and Kristine Vike got together and crafted.
oh, but of course!!!
My jaw dropped when you held up what you had pieced together, it’s so stunning. I had always thought wrapping fabric around paper seems odd, but no longer after watching your video.
Thank you! 🤗
So excited! I'm not sure if I see any of the scraps that I sent you in the thumbnail, but I'll be looking out for them 👀
Hope you can spot them!!
Happy to know that I'm not the only one to look for my fabric scrap in the video! 😂
@@ShannonMakes I think I did, but there were several that looked similar to what I sent! I guess a lot of us have similar hobbity taste in fabrics. :)
Great idea as room divider. I have never heard of English paper piecing, but I love the look. I love that it is self contained and helps us small pieces of fabric.
Yes, exactly! 🎉🎉
Your "F around and find out" way of figuring out English paper piecing is also how I figured out quilting 😅
I run victorian days at a local museum in the Uk and we're doing something like this for one of the examples of sustainablity in the weaver's community. Excited to watch this to see if there are any other ideas we can add in!
Yes! THIS is what I was expecting years ago when Ms. Banner announced that she was going to make a video on what to do with the leftover odds and ends from tailoring one's own clothes, and she ended up suggesting it mostly be used as stuffing!
@@wyw876 we do quilting, rag rug making, use it in various miscellaneous crafts and even after all that, the rag and bone man would pick up any last bits and sell it to make into paper which I'm tempted to give a try. I love how absolutely nothing gets wasted!
Ooooh, which museum is that!
I love finding out all the ways that materials were reclaimed in the past. I work at some of the museums in Birmingham, including the Museum Of The Jewellery Quarter, and finding all the different ways that precious metals were reclaimed from the workshop is just mind bending!
@@creepycutiecrafty Colne Valley Museum in Huddersfield. I love it!
@@creepycutiecrafty ooh! That sounds ace. If I get over to Birmingham, I'll have to check it out. My first job was working in a working jewellers, learning to repair simple bits and bobs, so I've always wanted to visit the jewellery Quarter in Birmingham
I love that you dive into a new project without all the “professional” instructions. I tend to do the same because I love the learning/creative process. I am now going to have to give paper piecing a try because your project is so beautiful and inspiring. Thank you for sharing. ❤
You are so welcome!
Not me pausing the video multiple times to see if my fabric made the cut....and then not remembering what I sent you! You've inspired me to try out paper piecing with my scraps (eventually)!
That moment when you realize you are one of the friends Shannon sucked into this hobby.
-- DPC, writing from a cottony beehive of fabric hexagons
eeeee!!! Yes, you have been bequeathed the EPP stashbusting obsession and I have NO apologies!!!
This is fun. I especially like the music. You might enjoy The last homely house. The lady who sews, crafts, quilts, knits and talks. She quilts in a way like you...go with the flow.
Love the Last Homely House! Shannon and Kate do have similar characteristics. I like to call it organic.
I love English paper piecing, but I am English 🤣🤣 I have 3 EPP projects on the go at the moment. Love your channel Shannon,no matter what you vlog about. Thank care K🇬🇧❤️
Wonderful!
Yay, I sort of managed to watch you in the middle of a U.K. forest. I would love to catch up as I have some skills at EPP and quilt as you go. Love what you have done so far Shannon. Love your vlogs, you remind me of me in my younger years K🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️❤️
PS micarah tewers and Rachel Maksy have also posted but they will have to wait until I have thoroughly enjoyed your masterpiece of English paper piecingxx
Nice!
I loved EPP when I was traveling a lot for work for the same reasons you enjoy it.
For what it’s worth, the term you were looking for when you were talking about randomly-ish picking what hexi goes next is usually called scrappy. (I love scrappy projects too!)
Interesting. To me (personally) "scrappy" conveys simply that it was made using scraps, and doesn't convey any info about the way in which it was pieced together/the level of planning that went into it. Interesting that this is the chosen term for the technique
I envy you so much, being in Norway! It’s a place I have always wanted to visit.
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I inherited the EPP quilt that my mum’s birth mother had been working on when she died almost 60 years ago when she died and I have been teaching myself how by looking at what she had done. I have found some techniques which work better for me in the process so I have really appreciated the way you have approached EPP as well😊
Shannon, I'm glad you didn't use the cardboard to cut out pieces. Extra bulk and hard work. Looking forward to seeing further successes.
Love.the fox hexagon!
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Phil is right! It looks fantastic! Well done Shannon🎉❤
Thank you!
But of course you know Kristine lol! Love her channel. Thanks for the introduction to this craft - I can really see how it's the perfect "traveling" project. Also, I can't see a time that I would tire of "Hobbit colors". They're like a big hug...
They really are like a big hug!
You don't need to apologize for having a "comfort palette". I think we all have one. Mine would be described as Peacock colors, but I do enjoy Hobbit Core as well.
peacocks ARE lovely!!!
I love this! I may have to try it out for a late summer/fall project :)
Also, quilt-as-you-go actually refers to stitching the blocks together while *at the same time* affixing them to the batting and backing layer.
I love the organic look of your paper piecing.
Thanks 🤗 Me too!
This is so cool! I happen to be working on making basically a crochet version of this, stash-busting all of my old half-skeins from old projects by making a million little "granny-hexagons" and stitching them together into a big crochet quilt. It is so relaxing. Maybe I'll try this next 😊
Love that!!
My first creative sewing was English hexagon patchwork, and my Gran joined in and we used to sew together on Sunday mornings. She loved it. 50 years later and I am taking patchwork up again to make a quilt.
English paper piecing is so portable. I took some to the hospital with me to do after my surgery. They were a bit smaller than yours . I printed the hexagons from a page online but I did mine almost 20 yrs ago . You were much smarter getting the precut. Mine are still in a bag somewhere , unfinished. lol
Fabulous, my mum used to make these, and I wasn't interested to find out how....but now I am...thank you very inspiring.
Yes! That colorway is gorgeous and super suited for you. Very hobbity indeed. I really like your friend's color choices too. Simple, clean, elegant. Kate at The Last Homely house hand quilts hers but of course she's making blankets - yours might not need quilting as it won't get much handling. Regardless, it's going to be very beautiful. Can't wait to see the backing!! Love your little wagon and your caravan is a nice comfy home away from home. Good for you. I love Denmark - so glad you enjoy it too.
LOL, those birds at the end of your video, I was waiting for "ta gueule!" 😂
There were plenty of those too 🤣
lol I have not done this in many years mainly because its a lot of work , making the patterns cutting the cloth and sewing it on to said pattern then hand sewing it all together .I am glad there are easier ways these days .
LOL that's hilarious that this is what I do to relax, and one of the easiest moments in my day, and that it's also something you don't do because it's a lot of work. Humans are so varied and interesting!!
I love your hexagon project! Of course, I love hexagons too, but I think my love of hexagons started when my Mom showed me how to sew them together to make flowers for a Grandmother's Garden quilt. Great fun!
I love how you did minimal research, then plunged in! This is amazingly inspirational for me, a recovering perfectionist. Thank you for the great vid
I have a video on the channel for recovering perfectionists! 😉
Oh my goodness. I think you just helped me figure out how I'm going to make my Halloween quilt!
Perfect!
I absolutely love it! ❤ I need a new hobby like I need a splinter in my foot 😅 So much fun and I’d definitely like to try this sometime!!
LOL it is really fun tho!!
I have my Nana’s English Paper Pieced quilt that she made in the 40’s. I cherish it. ♥️
Love that!!
I did my first English paper piecing this year too. I was pleasantly surprised, and I really enjoyed making one flower. Not ready to tackle a whole quilt yet, but thinking about making placemats.
It's so cool that you're taking up English paper piecing. I love it for its portability the same as you do, I started a project also with one and a half inch hexagons during the beginning of the pandemic when I didn't have access to my sewing machine but I really wanted to sew. I keep all my supplies in a little coin purse the size of my palm and pull it out whenever I'm waiting. The one thing I found that made the most difference in how enjoyable the sewing is is to use a really good quality hand sewing thread. I've been using Aurifil 50 wt and it glides so smoothly through the fabric.
I'm so with you about needing a hand project for when I'm sitting/waiting/queueing/idling for something! More often than not it's knitting for me, unless I have some finishing work to do on a sewing project. But second to that, you TOTALLY have to strategically match your project to the situation - ie no intricate lace or cable work if I'm at a social gathering, lest I end up having to frog back all my progress 😅😅 similarly no colorwork while waiting in the grocery line! 🤣 Very excited to see how your privacy screen turns out in the end! 🎉🎉🤓 I bet it's gonna be STUN-NING 😍
I'm so glad I watched ALL the way to the end!! Phil and you singing the Star Wars theme, while doing the "run over" of the project - LOVE IT!! LOL
One should always watch to the end of the video... that's where I put the best parts!
I made my second paper pieced quilt 31 years ago when we spent a year living in Ireland…for all the reasons you are! It was super smart of you to order the paper templates, because it is most important that they are a consistent heft and weight…in the olden days, I found the pages of the Laura Ashley catalog to be just right. Not too flimsy, so easy to get a sharp edge and very reusable, but not so stiff that it was painful to pierce the card stock. I found a thimble very necessary.
Dang it! I did not need a new crafting hobby and new project to pick up but when you said what you were going to make with the panels of EPP I was super inspired and now have so many ideas. Why did you have to be so inspirational and give me the desire start yet another project. Curse you, lol!
But honestly I can’t wait to see the finished dividing screen when it’s done. I bet it’s going to look amazing! I was giggling at the end with the SW theme as you soared over the hexagons. Love your videos and can’t wait to see what other crafty thing you brought with you while your on contract.
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I actually laughed so hard at the final scene I dropped the stitch marker I was holding between my lips! Thanks for sharing this project with us!
🤣🤣🤣 you're welcome!
I'm planning some crazy quilt style projects right now, and wasn't looking forward to piecing together fabrics in a way where all the perimeters match up according to my geometric vision without awkward corners or ripples ... And this just solved that for me! I can draw any geometric pattern of my dreams on a single paperboard piece, cut it out, and then use this method to shape and join all the sections before embroidering them down onto the backing fabric! Heck yeah! Thanks for the inspiration and of course the characteristically delightful video!
You're very welcome!
Love this! Stirred up a childhood memory of a blanket and pillow on my Aunt Pearl’s couch.
awww, lovely!
I definitely agree with you; give me just enough info to get started on a new type of project, and then as I need help, I will look for additional information. When I made my first quilt (pre-Internet), I did all the piecing on my own just from looking at quilts, and only looked at a book when I needed to find out how to put the layers together. Of course, I did already have basic sewing skills in place so I didn't have to learn from the ground up.
Omgosh! Shannon, your EPP project is turning out so AMAZING! You have reignited my interest in this craft. I tried it years ago using old jeans. I made 2 - 3 row pieces and ended up stitching them together, back to back, resulting in a fun trivet or hot pad. Lol! I had no idea, what so ever, what I was doing. I just did it. Lol! I think if I were to use denim again for this type of quilting, I would use larger hexagons. And, I think I might turn them into a lined project bag for my knitting/crochet projects. Until next time, my friend, safe travels and happy crafting!
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Thank you!
Your hexagon pattern is beautiful and will look great as a screen in those frames. I can't wait to see you put it all together and then use it as a backdrop in your future crafting videos.
Thank you!!
Thank You Shannon !! For the great offer on Craftsy !! Love watching You and Phil !!
My pleasure! Any time!
Hi Shannon. Your channel, and your life, are both so interesting! It fascinates me to see someone filling their life with so much 'living'. Your work, travel, multiple crafts, fossicking, gorgeous pup, house renovating, second hand sourcing, decorating, and I'm pretty sure I've left stuff out, is all so interesting! I love that you're making the divider different on each side. The fact that you're using different weights of material for the EPP, I think makes it more fun and more as it would have been made originally. It's looking fabulous🎉. Thankyou for the vid and that wonderful scenery.
PS Can't wait for the next instalment on the house. Loving it all!!
Have a great day from Esperance, Western Australia💛👋
Thank you!!
The room divider is a great idea.
Loved the Star Wars song with the fly over!
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buying the templates was smart! it's the only chance you have at consistent hexies. you made a smart investment in your project as well as your sanity! :)
Very true!
Inspiring to see how so many disparate fabrics can work together successfully! Thanks for the great tip about interlining fine or stretchy fabrics - this opens up a lot more possibilities 🎉
Glad it was helpful!
I tend to glue my fabric to my papers with EPP! They make special glue sticks, but you don't really need them. I also cut my papers on my cricut, and you can use almost any geometric shape!
(and before I got my cricut, I had a hexagon paper punch! I could send it to you if that would help. I don't NEEED it anymore, even if I do like it!)
Annnd for my third reply, I kinda learned from the Tula Pink videos, here on UA-cam!
I used my Sissix and a hexagon die set bought from Amazon to cut my hexie templates from scrap paper/card. Gamechanger!
I made a ball for my little niece and nephew from English paper pieces. It's perfect for when they take trips. It's soft, so no breaking anything in the hotel room. And machine wash and dry. It's a favorite!
What a great idea!!❤️🤗🐝
So fun! Great great idea, and you inspired at least one other person in the comments to try something similar!
Wow! Your timing is amazing 👍👍👍 I've had this on my mind for about a week but haven't got to go down that rabbit hole because of the time I would spend down it, and I haven't had that time to spend buuuut...... HERE YOU ARE with exactly what I'm looking for!!! Thank you Shannon 😁🤩🥳 Wishing you all the best for life, love, performance, sewing and crafting, and of course the furballs in your life 🙃🥴🤗
Love your channel, all the best from Australia 🇭🇲🦘🦘🇭🇲
Perfect! Glad it was helpful!
What a beautiful peaceful looking place. I hands down thought it's gonna be a bed quilt. Pleasantly surprised. What a brilliant idea. How very exciting. Well done again Ms. Shannon beloved bless yall.
I too thought "what else could it possibly be?"😂😂😂
You have seen my crazy patchwork apron. I was wondering what to do next. It looks like I have found it. Thank you Shannon.
I have never heard of EPP. Now since I saw your video, I rushed to order these paper pieces. I love being able to watch TV and carry this. Project with me. I love being able to use my fabric squares/ scrapes. I got the same shape you have. I love your channel.
I love that! ♥️💙💜💚🧵🪡
I have a whole bin of large-ish scraps intended to be cut into quilting squares for a rag quilt so I guess this my inspiration to get on that 😂
This is such a nice cozy stitching session, just what I needed to work on stuff today!
Yes, do ittt!!!
Crafting should be sustainable, but it also needs to be accessable. Accessable physically, mentally, and in terms of time. I think you made the right choice buying the paper hexes 💜
I love the concept. My girlfriend and I are currently working on a big quilt that we're making out of fabric samples we found in an abandoned mall. This technique seems very similar to what we're doing with that, except we're just kinda eyeballing the whole thing. No paper to make sure it's perfectly shaped and aligned.
I definitely think we'll try this out at some point.
I love EPP. I started last year and it's so easy to get into and experiment just like you talked about. I had a very lovely friend use her cricut to cut out hundreds of hexagons for my current project.
Your method is also very similar to mine. I love that everyone does it slightly differently because it's important for it to be comfortable for you while you're doing it.
Wonderful!!!
What an awesome job you have that takes you so many different places around the world, and you can even take your dog. How cool is that. Regards Helen. Oh and by the way love your style of crafting, always good to watch your channel
Thank you!
I loved seeing glimpses into your work. The English paper piecing looks amazing. Yah for doing it your way.
Thank you so much!
I absolutely love your video on paper Piecing. ❤I did it years ago and it was very soothing. I love how you are going to use it in the screen.What a fabulous idea, You will have the end product for your life.🎉
Thank you so much!
I did find that I could tell pretty well when I was sewing through paper. However, the better I got at only grasping two threads of each fabric, the less I had to worry about it. Also, it doesn’t matter if you go through the paper, when you pull them apart it just comes out.
You are adorable, Shannon! It's such a joy watching your videos. I love, "Hobbit colours are my sewing comfort blanket". I'll have to give the English Paper Piecing a go, too!
Excellent!
Oh my gosh!!! The green looks like moss in a forest! I love it!
Shanon, your video just gave me the perfect inspiration for sewing while traveling! Never thought of Quilting, but you just planted the right idea in my head! Thank you for that and your multicraftualy videos. Have a lot of fun in beautiful Norway
You're very welcome!
I have to remember to do my German lesson afterwards. I don’t want to miss a minute of this!
I did, indeed, both finish the new amazonite decade and my German lesson!
However, your observations on the craft are spot on. Thank you for being an incredible explain-er!
You are very welcome
Inspired by You, I am acquiring fabric to add to my very small collection, to make a quilt or pillow or something.. Received those fabrics today, and then watched this, your most recent video. Great timing, Shannon.
Wonderful!
Those clips saved my life when I started EPP!
I started EPP after finding a pack of 1000 of those hexagon paper templates in a charity shop for £2! It's great for using those little fabric scraps that are too small for anything else, as well as those little bits of thread left over on bobbins after a project. I'm hoping to make a large blanket that will showcase my sewing journey with bits of fabric from all my makes over the last few years.
That is so lovely!!! That will be a super cute room divider! You could even stain the wood differently on each side to have it have two different vibes! I love love love love the hobbit colors!!!
Yes, was totally thinking the same thing!!
Great job. Looking forward to seeing the room divider when done. Love your creativity!
Thank you!
I started EPP a few months ago and really enjoy the hand stitching, which I have almost no experience doing.
Also, what a fun job you have as a performer. Looks so cool (and so difficult).
When you said last winter on tour on the bus you wanted a good hand held craft to take with you l said “EPP” I knew you would see the meditative nature of this craft!
Thank you for the suggestion!
I think it would be perfect as a paravent ! It could also match and tie nicely with the other patchwork project you have for the house (like the sofa/chair you want to cover). I wanted to try quilting and patchwork for a very long time and I think that English paper piercing could be the best starting point so thank you for the inspiration.
Oh and, as everyone else, I loved to see some bits about your circus job.
You're very welcome!
I've had an EPP project on the go for several years. It was originally going to be a lap quilt for my mum but she died a couple of years ago so it doesn't have much of a purpose at the moment. It's handy to turn to in between other stuff or when I want something less brain taxing. Yours looks great and will make a lovely interesting backdrop. The screen frame was a really lucky find. Also enjoy Kristine's channel her voice is so soothing.
im like buzzing with excitement and like !!! energy to try it asap!!
Enjoy!
@ShannonMakes I call improv EPP “Design as I go” rather than “Quilt as I go”.
I also tend to work out how to do things my way now I’m medically blind… it’s more adapting my techniques I already had with over 50 years of hand sewing, and about 45 years of machine sewing experience before I lost so much of my sight