Description
Join Leann Compton and learn the art of English Paper Piecing (EPP) while making the beautiful Brimfield Awakening block. Turn it into a pillow or continue making more blocks to create an entire quilt.
Brimfield Block EPP by Brimfield Awakening is the original English Paper Piecing block designed by the girls from Brimfield Awakening. While up at the Brimfield Antiques Show in Brimfield Massachusetts, Kim and Nisha happened upon a dealer with a Hefty trash bag full of stinky old textiles. Among those textiles were two orphaned quilt blocks from long ago that they couldn’t get out of their head! They went on to redesign the blocks for EPP and the rest is history.
The Brimfield Block EPP by Brimfield Awakening finishes at various sizes. English Paper Piecing uses paper templates to temporarily hold more complicated shapes while the quilter hand stitches them together. The papers are then popped out before the EPP is appliquéd down to a background square and reused in a new project.
The Brimfield Block has a large negative space within the block. This is the perfect place to showcase larger scale fabrics. Also beautifully interesting is the negative space that develops between the blocks when pieced together. Do you see the cross pattern that results? It is a long arm quilter’s dream to quilt either edge-to-edge or custom quilted.
Don’t forget that you can use window acrylic templates on your Brimfield Awakening projects to audition fabrics for fussy cutting and to make quick work of tracing out your fabric shapes with seam allowance.
Dates: January 15 and February 19
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced
Instructor: Leann Compton
Pricing: $40.00
What You’ll Learn:
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EPP methods, tips and tricks
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How to use Brimfield fussy cutting templates
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How to select feature fabrics
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How to applique your EPP block to a background fabric
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Hand stitching techniques
Patterns and Kits: A pattern will be reserved for each participant. Supply lists will be sent out for shopping for supplies. Template papers will be available as a kit for the class.
Please bring the following to class:
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Rotary cutter
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Scissors
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Quilting Rulers
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Personal cutting mat
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Fabric marking pen or pencil
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Thread
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Snips
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Seam ripper
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All supplies are available in the shop if needed and don’t forget you receive 20% on additional class supplies.
Participants should bring a sack lunch. Coffee, tea and water as well as snacks are provided during our classes. We will take a break for lunch and there are nearby options for lunch.
We strive to offer the best in quilting education here at The Quilt Shop at Linda Marie’s and we look forward to having you join us in our classes, workshops and retreats! Here is some helpful information about registering for our classes:
We would love to hold a seat for you! This can be done in person or over the phone. Held reservations will be invoiced via email 37 days prior to the class date. Unpaid reservations will be released at 30 days. Our classes fill quickly so don’t delay in getting your paid confirmed registrations in as quickly as possible to ensure your seat.
Cancellations outside of 30 days from the class date will be fully refunded.
Cancellations within 30 days will be issued a store credit.
Cancellations within 7 days and no-shows do not qualify for store credit or refunds.
If WE have to cancel a class for any reason participants will be issued a full refund for the class fees.
Sales on patterns and kits associated with a class are final.