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Vancouver, Washington
My Website
http://community.knitpicks.com/profile/KelleyPetkun
Hobbies and Interests
paper piecing, knitting
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Xena - a pomeranian

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My first four blocks!



I still have a couple of side seams on the dark green block but everything els… Continue

Posted on April 15, 2009 at 1:29pm — 7 Comments

Kelley Petkun

Spreading the joy!

Jessica and Ali's EPP supplies arrived! I have a few things you can see in the background.

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Posted on April 10, 2009 at 4:10pm —

Kelley Petkun

A "process" loving person on Crack! Oops, EPP!

Posted on April 6, 2009 at 4:59pm — 4 Comments

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I've changed my quilt layout

As I added more little hexagons to the rows I had originally planned for my quilt, I became less and less thrilled with the look.

On Monday, I decided to play with other layouts to see if I could find something I liked. I tried the Grandmother's Garden with a different colored center hexagon but it was too busy. Then I realized that if I made the entire flower out of one fabric I "modernized" the look. I am completely in love with this look! And, I can put the flowers together as I go!… Continue

Posted on April 1, 2009 at 3:43pm — 4 Comments

Kelley Petkun

A new EPP quilter!

My step-daughter saw that I was hooked on EPP and asked that I show her so she could make "something small" like a pillow top. She didn't want to "over-commit" to anything else.

Well, I knew how it felt once you realized how easy and fun it is to do English Paper Piecing so I went over to her house for dinner Saturday with a completely prepared coupon organizer like mine.

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Posted on March 30, 2009 at 6:25am — 1 Comment

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At 5:40am on July 27, 2009, cellogirl said…
Hi Kelley--welcome to the site!! Glad to see that you're enjoying the EPPs--the layouts are easy if you EQ--just plug in your color combinations and the virtual quilts enable you to have instant gratification, and more importantly, a really good tool for decision-making!! I do a limited amount of hand piecing--mostly needleturn applique--by hand, obviously!! But, there are always those irresistable patterns that are much more easily done by hand!! Just finished DS's Christmas sweater, now back to my applique, although another hemi is calling!!
At 7:47pm on July 7, 2009, Jennifer Hutchinson said…
You also inspired me to hand piece in general. I had been slowly foundation paper piecing a Harry Potter themed quilt, but found my machine piecing sloppy and discouraging. After listening to your podcast I picked that up and made a block by hand, and loved it. I then began hand piecing a quilt top for my new baby out of receiving blankets, and loving every stitch. Seeing my mother-in-law's EPP project sold me, I was memorized just looking at it. My order was shipped today, I will be EPPing very soon!. Thanks!
At 8:16pm on April 12, 2009, theknittingfairy said…
Hi, Kelly after hearing you talk about EPP on your podcast I decided to give it a try 3 days later and I am almost done with a small doll sized blanket for one of my daughters. I am hooked this is such a fun process craft. Thanks for the great podcast.
At 11:14pm on April 4, 2009, Jan said…
Hi, I just joined this group a few days ago and I am so excited to see other people with grandmothers flower garden. I started one about a month ago, I love working on it. I also changed a color on mine, now I really like it.
At 2:39pm on March 30, 2009, Cindy said…
How nice of you to teach her! I wish I had someone in this area that liked to EPP but noone I know does. I have never even paper pieced but I still keep trying to figure this out. Have a nice day
 
 

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