An update on my Wagon Wheel Quilt today, my slow sewing and English paper piecing (EPP) project that I am working on behind the scenes. It has been two months since my last Wagon Wheel Quilt update and during that eight week period I have worked fairly consistently on this project, usually in the evening and the early hours of the morning. I love EPP and once I sit down for the evening and get started I cannot seem to stop.
Once all the Wagon Wheel Blocks (72) and all of the joining units (64) were completed I spent some time working on the layout, then picked up each vertical row in order and placed the pieces in a numbered snap lock bag. There are 8 vertical rows of 9 Wagon Wheel Blocks with 8 joining units between the blocks.
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| Wagon Wheel Blocks (left) - joining units (right) |
QUILT DETAILS:
Wagon Wheel Quilt - English Paper Pieced
Wagon Wheel Quilt consists of the following 3 shapes:
1.25" Hexagons
2" Equilateral Triangles
1.25" x 2" Rectangles
Notions/Tools Used:
Acrylic templates with a 3/8" seam allowance for cutting fabrics.
60wt Bottom Line thread.
Solid fabric is Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton in Snow.
Quilt top measures approximately 60 inches x 74 inches.
Quilt top measures approximately 60 inches x 74 inches.
I have already removed many of the paper pieces. The only remaining paper pieces are along the edges of the four pieces of the quilt top and that includes the outer edges of the quilt top. This certainly makes the handling of the long rows much easier and the task at hand more enjoyable.
Three more long rows to go ... that's at least 6 evenings of hand sewing. Almost there!
Thank you for stopping by,
Rita
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