English Paper Piecing

If you imagine an heirloom patchwork quilt laid over a thatched cottage bed then chances are you are thinking of patchwork created in the style of English paper piecing. This is a traditional  hand  crafted project that is portable and easy to do (ideal to take away on holiday and work on at leisure).  Come and spend a morning playing with fabric and shapes and learning the techniques to enable you to make you own heirloom piece

Skill Level -Beginners

The topics we aim to cover in this lesson

Cutting templates and fabric

Fixing of shapes to fabric and stitching in place

You will then learn how to finish English Paper Piecing to use with your own project.

What you need

Four/five different fabrics of your choice, a fat quarter pack would be perfect for this

Tutor – Aly Warner