What do you do when your get a creative idea in your head?  Sometimes I am able to jot it down in my notebook and move on and other times I have to just see if I can make it work.  My latest obsession started with some gifted Heather Ross fabric – some precious small pieces that I felt I needed to make good use of.

And so my latest EPP project was born…

Last year, on a whim I picked up a Octagonal block kit during Paper Pieces sale.  I wanted to have some hand work that was NOT hexagons but I am not brave enough yet to do a complex project… my long term goal is to one day be brave enough to try the La Passacaglia block!  These Octagons seem a perfect step up from hexagons.

Unlike my hexagons I am glue basting the sections of these blocks which is saving time… my Sewline glue pen is getting a good workout.

I have put together a little kit that I have been throwing into my handbag when I head out the door, just in case I have some down time.

Every good EPP kit needs some small sharp needles, a needle threader (if your eye sight is as bad as mine), wonder clips, thread conditioner, a good thimble and of course a nice thread.  I have only just started using Aurifil’s 80 wt thread in my hand piecing and I am loving it.  It is really thin but does not break or tangle.  I may be in love.

This is really a fun little project and I have tons and tons of Heather Ross fabric to cut into.  I got three blocks done during the Super Bowl party I was at and I am hopeful I can get a block done a week… and if I am lucky maybe more.