Ok my first week of EPP is in the books. Thank you to this community for your support. I typically machine piece and quilt and have trying foundation paper piecing, but I have never tried EPP, let alone hand sewing. Yeah I am addicted. 

In this first week, I have made 7 blocks, gone through 500+ paper pieces, cut like 70 bajillion hexies, stabbed myself only 13 times, cleared a substantial chunk of my scrap stash, 1/2 filled a 6 quart tub with trash scraps, and only had to remove the cats from the table 5 times. I also shared my binder organization using floss organizers/baseball card sleeves. It isn’t craft hoarding if it is organized. 

I have been able to plan my blocks without having to sort through a stack of hexies which attracts feline “helpers…” I organized the “basted hexies?” by main pattern color, assorted colors, polkadots (I have a bunch of different colors from the same line from a fat quarter pack I picked up at an estate sale), and solids. It also stores nicely on my book shelf. 

I also started using a different binder to organize my  “completed” blocks, using page protectors. I love using them for my crochet and floss patterns. And I typically use a wet erase marker to notate my location. 

I am not entirely sure what I am doing with these guys yet. I originally was thinking scrap blanket, but I have so many disparate patterns and colors I am not sure how cohesive it would be. Does anyone have any fun ideas? A fun tote maybe? 

Heatwave Hexies (aka Binder Post)