Smitten is an English paper piecing pattern designed by Lucy Carson Kingwell, the daughter of renowned Australian quilt designer Jen Kingwell. I know EPP doesn’t sound modern,  but I’m using scraps left over from my modern quilts, purchased in scrap packs, or sent to me by an Instagram swapper. This pattern is perfect made scrappy. Jen Kingwell says  “Ten fabrics don’t work but 110 will.” I purchased the pattern from PaperPieces.com along with a complete set of papers to avoid making templates.

Since I’m new at this, I needed an EPP tutorial, and found a lovely one on YouTube.com from Sue Daley, Australian EPP expert. This is where I learned about gluing fabric to the papers instead of basting. My practice attempts at basting didn’t work out well, plus I didn’t want to remove hundreds of basting threads. Here’s a photo of the supplies I gathered for the project:  a rotating mat, sharp scissors, thimbles, Roxanne size 11 needles, the Sewline glue pen, and of course neutral colors of Aurifil thread!

Below is my first large hexagon. I have 3 sides sewn together. By tonight, my goal is to finish the other 3 sides and sew them all to the center hexagon. I plan to post progress on this quilt every Sunday, and hopefully this work-in-progress will continue to grow quickly!