EPPing..........

"Edwardsia"..............its official..............i've started my newest EPP..........because it needed  a name to start with since it will take some time I had to think of something............I'll explain the meaning at another time but it got me thinking..........have i ever showed you one of my EPP tins............what's the essentials in it..........what comes with a Lucy Block from Shiralee Stitches and what supplies you might need if you want to start English Paper Piecing (and yes you need to add the word English as foundation paper piecing is a whole different thing)

Here is one of my tins...........I love tins for EPP..........

Essentials 

- glue stick (missing) 

- glue refills  

- Bottomline thread 

- needles (always have a spare)

- thimble

- scizzors 

- optional thread cutter (on string/ribbon great when stitching in the car)

- nail file/emery board

- Hypafix (for my cracks if i get them in my thumbs)

- and of course prepared EPP project...........I use lots of snack size snap lock bags........keeps blocks or sections together until you join them together

I realised i had shown lots of packages and lots of blocks from Shiralee Stitches but not clearly what is in the package..........

I got one of the lastest Lucy Boston blocks........

So whats included..........

- your pieces of fabric

- paper pieces to make the block

- a photo of the whole block

- another photo usually one of the fussy cut "how to position" to get the same look........

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then of course you need some basic supplies

this is my go to pile............

- 28mm rotary cutter 

- self healing board (to cut on)

- glue pen

- templates

- thimble

- good sharp scizzors

- Sue Daley Millener's Needle size 11(always have spares)

- Sewline pencil (to trace fussy parts)

- interchangeable leads white and dark grey for the pencil

- Bottomline thread

If you have been sitting on  the sideline admiring EPP on other blogs then give it ago............it's highly addictive.......extremely portable, prep big or small sections at once.............

So have i missed anything.......do you have an essential epp item..............

I'll show the mirrors and templates later..........

Happy stitchin..........

Catch you later......

Chookyblue.....