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ScrapHappy May 2026 – Moving Along on the EPP Quilt

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Well hello, it’s the 15th of the month and I’ve rejoined the monthly ScrapHappyposting group hosted by Kate ofTall Tales From Chiconia.

Here are links to the blogs of the ScrapHappy participants:

Kate,Eva,Sue,Lynda,Birthe,Turid,Tracy,Jan,
Moira,Sandra,Chris,Alys,Claire,Jean,Dawn,Gwen,
Sunny,Kjerstin,Sue L,Vera,Ann,Dawn 2,Carol,Preeti,
Viv,Karrin,Alissa,Tierney,HannahandMaggie

Update on the Scrappy English Paper Piecing (EPP) Project

So here is my update on the scrappy English Paper Piecing (EPP) hexie rosette project I’ve been working on since 2016 that I previously posted about in this post – ScrapHappy April 2026: Update on the EPP Quilt 

I made a bit of progress from April’s update and completed 16 more blocks.

Here is what the quilt in progress looked like in April 2026 with 49 blocks completed:

And here is what the quilt looks like in May 2026 with 65 blocks completed (yay!):

The quilt will be 9 by 11 for a total of 99 blocks. So I have 34 more blocks to go!

As I mentioned in a previous post, I have to finish sewing all the little paper pieced hexagons to each other for each rosette (and remove the EPP foundation paper) before I can applique the rosette to the recycled denim background. That is why I only got 16 blocks completed in the past month. Very tedious work!

Oh, you might notice that on the left side of the quilt arrangement on my design wall I have all dark background blocks:

That is because I am cutting scrap denim as I need it and I cut too much dark so now I have to make a bunch of lighter background blocks to mix in. But progress is progress and I bet before I know it I will have all 99 blocks done and sewn together!

In closing this post I thought I would share that these types of blocks, like the image below, make me smile because they remind me of just how “scrappy” this project is!

I ran out of some of the scrap fabrics and couldn’t make 6 hexagons in the same fabric to surround the center hexagon so I had to mix similar colors (I am using the word “similar” very loosely, ha!):

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24 thoughts on “ScrapHappy May 2026 – Moving Along on the EPP Quilt”

  3. What a great scrap-consuming project! It is going to be a really gorgeous quilt, and I know what you mean by similar, having stalled on one of my EPP projects for that reason and because I cut and sewed a bunch of hexagons a little too small, arg!

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  5. OKAY! Now you have me. I think I need to make one of these quilts also. I must have a mountain of scraps! Enjoyed watching your progress! Will let you know when I get started.

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  9. This is a beauty, I like Scrappy Projects myself. Big thanks 🙏 to you for stopping by my blog today and Clicking The Like Button. Be blessed, Mtetar at basicissimple (Formerly projectsbymtetar on WordPress).

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