How To Finish English Paper Piecing Quilt | Hexagon Quilting For Beginners | EPP
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- Have you been learning English Paper Piecing? Want to know how to finish an English Paper Piecing quilt? In this EPP hexagon quilt tutorial, Nikki will show you how to finish the English paper piecing hexagons you have spent months sewing together. Learn how to quilt by hand using an English paper piecing basting technique, before learning how to bind your finished quilt.
Nikki will show you:
What you will need 1:00
How to finish the outside edge of your quilt top 6:35
How to join smaller widths of fabric or wadding together to make a bigger size 11:10
How to hand tie or hand baste your quilt 15:43
How to bind the raw edges of your quilt 22:34
If you want to learn how to start hexagon quilting, known as English Paper Piecing, you can watch our complete beginner tutorial (as see some of Nikki's gorgeous finished quilts) here: • How To Do English Pape...
We hope you have enjoyed this tutorial on how to finish English Paper Piecing quilt.
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Thank you so much I am in my very late 60's and your the first person I have found that I can follow. You make it so clear and your such a good teacher.
Thank you so much ❤️
Thank you so much for giving instruction for finishing.Came across you by accident but so glad as,I too , am making a scrappy hexagon quilt.thank you.
My grandma made me a quilt and hand tied it. She brought the tails through on the other side of the quilt (the back side) so the ties were a color that made the plain back of the fabric look more punchy and they didn't detract from the pattern of the pieced side. Thanks for the great tutorial. I need to try this now!
Wonderful demonstration!!!!!
Big stitch hand quilting would look good and is easy and quick. Love the quilt
How would you do it? Quilt around each hexie?
I’m so glad that I finally found your channel. This video is the only one of its kind that I’ve been able to find. Everyone teaches how to EPP but not how to complete this quilt. Finally I know how to finish it. Thank you very much for sharing.
Your very welcome Maria 🥰
Oh my word, I have watched so many of these tutorials and your tutorial is the first one I've come across that is simple to follow and that I feel I could attempt. Thank you so very very much👍 x
Thank you for this amazing tutorial, I said to myself out loud today "Okay got the hexies done now what?" looked on youtube and voila there you were! I have used a single quilt cover that I bought from the charity shop for a couple of pounds, one of my mom's single bed sheets and will now piece it all together and have a memory of her in the quilt. Thank you for giving me the confidence to do the next stage, you're a great teacher.
Thank you so much for your comment. I’m so glad you go it finished and you have that memory of your mum 💓
Best quilt finishing tute I have seen ANYwhere - Thank you! 👏🥰
This is an excellent instructional video. I was surprised when past 10 minutes in I realized there hadn’t been any unnecessary cuts or really any cuts at all; you clearly know the material, you thoroughly explained, then demonstrated it clearly. You are an excellent teacher and I am grateful to you for sharing!
Excellent tutorial, Nikki. I had to laugh when you said your favorite part is the hand sewing of the binding because that’s my favorite too. Relaxing and you know it’s the final touch to your project! Your EPP quilt is beautiful...I admire your tenacity with such a big project.
I love EPP, especially with 1-inch hexagons. I found this video to be very useful. Thank you so much!
You are an amazing teacher! Thank you for taking the time to do this video!
I have not done any quilting for years, thank you for your clear instruction for making and finishing a border.
Spray adhesive is great! We have 101 in Australia. No smell, doesn’t stain the fabric and holds the layers together while you stitch it.
Can spray it from the middle out and it is done! It’s repositionable and you can do it with the quilt thrown over the ironing board. Pin the middle with a few pins and then work each way with the quilt supported by a table behind the ironing board. Keep smoothing as you go . Lots of UA-cam ideas with methods for it. Great for those of us who can’t get down on the floor.
OMG, I started by first EPP quilt after Nikki's video a while ago about EPP, I'm far more of a garment sewer so this is completely new to me. I'm getting to the point where it's all coming together now, but have been concerned that I didn't know what to do next - and then you post this today!!!! Perfection, thank you 😍
hehe i'm very happy to have helped. Great to hear your quilt is nearly finished...make sure to send me a picture !
Beautiful quilt...you must have so much patience.. xx
Wow, your quilt is really beautiful Nikki. I've never done quilting. Thank you muchly for sharing this with us all. Take care, & stay safe too. 😷❤🙂🐶
Thanks Maxi 😘
Oh Nikki, I'm so glad you posted this video! I'm glad you didn't rush through the process either. I am working on making Rachel's five tiered print clashing skirt and listening/watching your video. It always feels like there's a friend in the room with me when I have a Stitch Sisters video playing! 💜 Your quilt is so beautiful and wonderful! Exceptional work! 😍
Thank you Tammy, happy to keep you company anytime 🥰
Thank you!! Thank you!! For this video! I really did not know how to finish it into s quilt!!
I have looked forever for information how to do this !!!! Thank you so much !!!!!
You are very welcome !
Excellent video, many thanks for the clear instructions, it’s been a real help on my very first EPP lapghan. I did have a problem when it came to zig-zagging the ‘sandwich’ around the edges; three times I did it and removed it each time as the three layers were slipping and were decidedly skew at the end. So I gave up and basted it by hand before attaching the bias binding. Then I had a lightbulb moment: some time ago I purchased on one of those Chinese sites a Walking Foot for my sewing machine, so I set it up and had a little practice - and it worked perfectly!! It had cost me peanuts to buy, at the time I didn’t know whether I would use it but it seemed like a good idea, and now I’m really glad I did! Solved the problem of slippage completely!
Thank you so much for sharing about the English paper piecing. I think this might be my kind of quilt! The scrappy quilt look is charming.
It’s my favourite too Molly
Thank you so much for this tutorial, absolutely gorgeous quilt, still working on mine LOL! A year later, collecting cotton fabrics bit by bit! Have a wonderful day! Christine :D
That’s one of the reasons I love these quilts, they take so long to do !
I love your quilt top. It is so colorful and happy. You have put many hours of work into it and it should give many hours of pleasure.
Thank you Susan, I’m looking forward to using it later this year and it’s nice to have it finished.
Thank you for the best finishing tutorial I’ve seen, you simplified the whole process. I was beginning to dread finishing my quilt, not anymore. You are such a great teacher 👏👍🏻x
I have&a super king size I am doing I am lost for best way to quilt it. Love you idea if hand, as I didn’t think quilting as much was a nice idea., sending it away to have it done was so expensive, the quilt has been done in liberty fabric so it would have made the quilt very expensive. So a massive bit of advice thank you.
Thank you thank you thank YOU - I started an EPP quilt four years ago and am desperate to finish it (but didn’t know how) - I’m so grateful for this tutorial! Xx
Thankyou so much for sharing this video.now I can confidently start my quilt.
Wonderful!
What a amazing lady , I have just started EPP , and feel so lucky , to be able to have watched this ❤
When working on the floor, I have found putting my cutting mat under the layers helps me not to pin or tie the quilt to the carpet!
Glad I found this video. I have had my quilt ready for borders but can’t quite take the next step. Deciding to trim off the edging strait or following the hexagon pattern. I do like the idea of tying instead of machine quilting. I have tied baby quilts for years. I usually do not clip my thread but use the long length to help stabilize the embroidery thread as it makes tying quite easy. If you do the first wrap as a double it will hold your tie in place. Take the short end wrap thru circle 2 times and pull closed then wrap again to finish the tie and then clip the ends. I had a doctor show me how to do this when stitch up a cut. (I was a nurse) it doesn’t pull the material as much. Thank you for the video
Brilliant.This vlog was so detailed and really interesting. I loved the way you explained hand knotting.
This was excellent. I've recently become obsessed with English paper piecing (I'm a spinner/knitter/weaver), though I used to build simpler little quilts by hand when I was very young. This filled in the gaps for what I was missing at the end. I can't wait to get started!
Just watched your video I have just bias bound a table runner and its the best one i have ever done thanks to you xxxx
Just decided to try paper piecing with 2-inch hexagons. I was throwing away small scraps before, now I have a plan.
Im new to this working on one from my new favorite Emma Jones from vintage sewing. Thank you so very much for being so detailed im so hooked. New fan Kelly USA,OHIO. Thank you !!!
You are so welcome!
This is such a beautiful quilt
Thanks for showing how to tie the quilt and the final join of the binding. I've always managed the corners but it was the diagonal join I was attempting on the join. No need really. Thanks
Awesome video thanks, even though I am far from being done with my EPP quilt I was wondering how to finish it, and now I know :)
Glad it has helped 🥰
Thank you i appreciate it
I was taught 40 years ago, to pin in the center and smooth as I pinned from the middlebpin out . Much easier to me.
I also work on a table and start the needle at the center quilt safety pin. I bought many pins years ago to use over and again.
I'm about to start my first epp quilt and if mine looks half as good as yours I'll be happy. It's really stunning and a real labour of love
Hello thank you for saying you used polyester wadding, that is all I can afford and I've often had other quilters strongly express their opinions that I should be using more expensive wadding. Thank you for this video.
Your quilt is so beautiful!💗
Thank you
Really clear, many thanks!
Off Topic: Your hair is fantastic!
Thank you 🙏
Chris Hunt North wales lovely Epp!. I alas found the polyester craft wadding lost its loft when put in a tumbler dryer. I now buy 80/20 costs more but doesnt lose its loft.
Soooo pretty
Thank you that was so useful.
Glad it was helpful!
If you didn't cut the ends first you could use 1 inch and the whole length to tie a knot, only wasting around 1/2 an inch per tie. Leaving the long bits is for the method shown on jordan fabrics tutorial, of multi ties set at once.
Nice instructions!!! I am an avid quilter and you have gentle method of exampling that it does not have to be difficult or quilt police saying that you "must" xxxx
I’ve always been a relaxed quilter rather than a rule follower, especially with hand sewing. Life is too short for quilt rules !
@@StitchSisters I so agree with you...do what you can with what you have and your skills xxx
Well done!
I started EPP abt 6 mnths ago then gave up now I've picked it up again after watching lessons on youtube ... wht size Hexagons hve you used in ur quilt? And do you sew them together in a straight line? You explain so clearly 😀
Stunning quilt top 🤘
Thank you so much Nikki, your quilts are amazing. Just rewatched your first video and now I’ll have a new hobby, already sorted my sewing scraps and can’t wait to get started xx
Thats wonderful!
That was awesome. You’re such a great teacher. I’m hoping embroidery thread is the same as floss, as I’m about to embark on using that method to attach my layers of my first ever quilt as you go quilt. 💜🥰💖
Great video but I needed to see the part where you actually cut the ends and even then out. My second time watching. I hope you so more EPP videos.
We are planning a series on other epp shapes and how to sew them
Great video. I enjoyed your hexie video yesterday and this was a great demo of how to complete the quilt. I would have liked to see you actually cut the quilt and how to finish by adding strips of fabric if you don’t want to cut them. Please do more of these hexie quilt videos. Thumbs up. Subscribe.
I've just recently got interested in EPP. I'm trying to work around my disabilities and do alot of hand sewing in my recliner now. Standing is almost impossible. So crawling around on the floor lol. I would never get up. But I was thinking if I could pin all the layers to a design wall I could smooth it down and slowly work my way down the quilt. Really enjoy your channel. Keep up the great video's.
You could also get a friend to help with the trickier bits for you! I have also used a table to layer and pin so that might be easier than the floor. Hope you manage to get something to work for you. Best of luck
Just found you & am so happy I did 👍. I love your EPP hexie quilt. I finished a small hexie square last year for a cushion for my granddaughter & am now ready to start a matching single bed quilt for her. I so wanted to do it with traditional ties & binding so your video has been a big help in preparation. Thanks so much for the great tips & awesome tutorial. Big hugs x
Thank you for this fab video, Nikki. I've been sewing my first hexagon quilt ever since watching your other EPP video and was wondering how to finish it (not that it's anywhere near being finished yet!). With the ties, do you pick a neutral colour and just use the same throughout the quilt or do you use several colours and try to match the ties with the colour of the hexagons?
You could do whichever you choose! I prefer to pick one colour, neutral or clashing and stick with that. Changing colours means rethreading or switching needles which can take time.
I’m currently seeing a solid colour rainbow he is quilt and I will probably have to match the colours on that one 🤣
Good work
Hi 😃
I'm from Sweden and I wonder how do you stitch the back-fabric to the front?
And do you have anything between the two layers?
Love watching you 🥰
That is a stunning quilt! On the pinning, would it be possible to do a long running stitch through the three layers, or would doing that risk wrinkling?
Crochet cotton also works real well for hand tying. It is strong and comes in different colors.
Yes, great idea
Thanks very helpful , would you please give me a bit of advise .
I am using a Ned weight stabiliser instead of paper for the backing of my hexies . It is a 7ft x 7ft quilt I am making . So my concern is if I put a wadding backing in as well it will become to thick . And of course hard to pop into the washing machine . With having two cats that think our bed is theirs I do tend to wash the quilt a lot. Well the one I gave at the moment .
Do you think you could please give me you advise for the finishing on this . The stabiliser is maybe about as thick as hexiform, however to have done in this size the cost would have been very silly
I am unsure if I should complete this as hand tied or take it to a long arm quilter to get best results I would appreciate all the tips you can give me . Thank you .
I just wanted to share that if you tie bf you cut the needle thread, you can save a ton more thread, bc you’re not wasting any length on the second tail. 🌷
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Thanks so much for this video, I have been looking forward to it since I watched your EPP video a few weeks ago and given it a go. I have made a make-up bag with my first small piece of patchwork but would like to give a quilt a go - perhaps one a bit smaller than yours for a first attempt though! I was really daunted by the thought of machine quilting, so I like the hand tie method you use. How long would you say it takes you to hand quilt and bind a quilt of the size you show in this video?
It probably took me a couple of evenings to hand toe it and maybe 2-3 hours to bind (mainly because I choose to finish the binding by hand)
@@StitchSisters oh that's much quicker than I thought it would be! Thanks.
Oh your quilt looks amazing and the instructions are so clear and helpful. I have never done EPP but am going to have a go. I have just bought diamonds and hexagons. Which would you say is the best shape to start with for a beginner x
I would start with hexagons, with diamonds you end up with extra ears of fabric at the points (which is fine but may be more tricky for a complete beginner)
I’m still new to quilting and brand new to EPP. Is wooding the same as batting?
If you mean 'wadding' yes it's the same.
@@suewhitham2387 oh yes, spell check must have changed it. Thanks!
You have a good idea and mine was to do embroidery with the floss to quilt the complete quilt. Not just attached but embroidery. Is that possible?
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Thanks, all good till the binding. Those mitred corners look scary tbh 😬but good idea to try on a small sample. I just wondered Nikki , do the mitred corners stay loose on the reverse, just anchored at the bottom but not sewn along the diagonal at all?
Yes see across the diagonal, just a few stitches on top of one another, grabbing both sides. It’s enough to hold it securely. Practice on a small piece first but I promise it’s not too scary 🥰
I have made a temperature quilt, different pieces for each month so I have 12 blocks to put together. Any advice please
I don’t have a sewing machine…I hand sew everything. Am I able to do that with the first part of the binding?
I'm not as far in my hexie work I'm not even sure how big I want to go. I use mostly scraps but for variety I also have cut some of bigger cotton fabrics. But I don't think I'm going to do a full quilt maybe a pillow case or so for the beginning. I also don't have a lot of different cotton fabrics so there will be quite some repeats.
Are all of your hexes exactly same size? I've make quite a few, but downloaded two different size hexes and would like to use all of them in one pillow cover?
They only fit together if they are the same size. Another option would be to separate areas of different sizes with a boarder perhaps? Or make them into large squares and sew together on the machine?
Thank you! I am trying this for the first time, and Love, Love to watch your videos, with Rachel too, of course!
Thank you for watching Bernadette 😘
Never tried to hand tie a quilt how close do you put your ties apart?
do you have to tie it? I'm not a fan of tied quilts. Can I machine quilt it?
No, you can stitch it with the machine if you like
Could you tell me where those lovely long needles are from? Thank you.
I often use embroidery needles are they are lovely and long.
Did you try the paper from a company from UK that stays inside our hexagon all the time and washable??
Hi, I don’t have a sewing machine, could I hand stitch both sides of the bias binding? If so what type of stitching do you suggest? Many thanks
Yes 👏 of course you can! I would use the same whip stitch on both sides ☺️
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What about hand quilting?
I have done a little bit of hand quilting but nothing on a large quilt - yet!
Why do you remove basting stitches
Did you tie down each of the hexies in your quilt?
Not each one, I usually tie about every 6-10” roughly
You should start in the middle. Polyester wadding will wash well but we be very sweaty to use
Yes I was wondering about that, I live inFlorida so I will need a lighter more breathable wadding than polyester, I was thinking bambou
It’s just a matter of preference on where to start. I’ve done it both ways and prefer my method.
Wadding is obviously dependant on where you live and average temperatures. I’m asthmatic so prefer the polywadding. Use whatever is best for you 🥰
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I loved the first part but was sad to see you use shop bought bias binding Having put so much work into your quilt. using, this, which is made from such poor quality fabric and only a single layer, will result in a binding that will wear out much more quickly than your quilt.
Not in my experience
I’ve made a lot of quilts and always used shop bought binding.
Use whatever makes you happy