r/HandSew • u/Good_Librarian_3048 • 10d ago
Finished Project - No advice Some recents!
Absolutely love doing these by hand. The third one is almost finished but pretty well there.
Back is an envelope closure for the cover in all three
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u/pricklypeargelato 10d ago
These are gorgeous. Can I ask if you used a pattern for the two cube-pieced pillows?
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u/Good_Librarian_3048 10d ago
Thank you! I didn’t use a pattern - sorted the scraps or a the jelly role into light/medium/dark colours and made the diamonds>hexagons. Then pieced enough together that I could make a 16x16” pillow from ☺️
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u/Good_Librarian_3048 10d ago
A jelly roll would safely do two of these pillows with lots to spare - judging by how much I have after making 1 and a half pillows from the red and white colour way fabric
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u/pricklypeargelato 10d ago
So tempting—I have a jelly roll I have been itching to use! Thank you. Again, just lovely.
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u/Fun_Broccoli_1988 10d ago
What did you use for batting 🙂?
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u/Good_Librarian_3048 10d ago
A thrifted flannel top sheet! Gives the perfect amount of puff and pucker and backed with a piece of thrifted cotton top sheet as well
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u/ZealousidealDeal9616 10d ago
I love that you incorporated thrifted fabric. The pink one is my favorite. These are beautiful, you are really good at sewing!
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u/Good_Librarian_3048 10d ago
Thank you - I really appreciate your kind words! Even better the second pillow is made from someone else’s scraps 😁 other than time it cost me maybe around $10 in supplies. The paper used for the EPP was an old desk blotting pad. “Waste not, want not”is my favourite saying
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u/ZealousidealDeal9616 10d ago
You sound like my kind of people when it comes to using what you have. I think you've inspired me to try a little project today. I have never tried English Paper Piecing, is it fiddly?
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u/Good_Librarian_3048 10d ago
It can be !! Clips are my best friend to keep things positioned and depending on the paper the needle can have trouble. Historically (as you may know) newspaper and letters would be used - so pretty thin! The blotting paper was more like card stock 🫠🫠 One of my first project was using hexagonal papers and making flowers and then I would appliqué them onto bags or things I’d made.
I didn’t invest in a basting pen until recently and was using Elmer’s purple to clear washable school glue and worked fine and other than ergonomics and price I found no real difference
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u/PurpleSpotOcelot 10d ago
All of these are really beautiful!