Tumbling Blocks

Oh! do see if you can search for it Alice. It is so very straightforward. It has been done for hundred of years. I would 'nip over' and show you with pleasure - but not in this sort of weather >gg< . In message , Alice writes

hiya Alice, how big did you want this to finish? oops, reread your post. for a baby so not huge, easy peasy. various blues is great, more eye appeal, imo.

i'm sure i'd still opt for the EPP, do them a decent size, not tiny. do enough to get a nice look all joined together. then applique them to a background, then cut the backing away if you dont want the extra layer. its all really easy and straight forward and pretty much a no brainer. great carry with you to do anywhere once you got the paper pieces and some fabrics cut. dont need to cut the fabric exactly as you roll the edge over the paper and baste them. i use old poly thread i'd not use for anything else for the basting. i use good cotton thread for the whip stitching to join them, also to applique to the background. you could piece the background too. all depends on the look you're going for or what you've got on hand. i shall find some online EPP instructions with pix. this is just sooooo sooooo easy to do. i'd come to show ya but i'm further away than Patti is, lol.

links on this page to check out, the diamond, sharp corners and whipstitching. those three oughta be enough to show ya just really easy EPP is to do. works a treat, go on find some scraps and give it a try. any shape'll do. heck you could a sampler for the baby of different shapes and colours. diamonds, hexagons, circles (yoyos), rectangles, triangles, maybe some different textures too. maybe different numbers of each one too. it'll turn into a nice learning experience at some point down the line. i can see mama now pointing to the differnt ones and naming the shape and colour and counting them. hmmmmm. ok, now i'm getting ideas off my rambling. anyhow, the important part is to cut the paper shapes as accurately as possible and when you baste watch you dont loose any points or edges folding in under the hems. tiny whip stitching is a must too.

let us know what you end up with, eh. hth, j.

"Alice" wrote...

Along with Pati here, I'll put in a plug for Inklingo too. Also take a look on Linda's website. She is brilliant with hand piecing. I've done EPP but now if I were to make a TB I would definetly go for Inklingo... Just my twopence worth Elly

If it's the one from Sara Nephew's book, it's all straight seams -- no Y seams. A 60-degree ruler will make cutting a lot easier.

Julia in MN

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