English Paper Piecing Clock Tutorial for Beginners

Looking for a fun and easy english paper piecing project?

Well I have you covered. The EPP hexagon flower only takes a few hours to create and the clock about an hour. 

English paper piecing is a traditional quilting technique that involves hand-sewing fabric pieces around paper templates to create intricate designs. EPP is great for travelling or watching a movie because you don't need a sewing machine. In this blog post, we will explore how to apply this technique to create a unique and beautiful clock design.

Pattern Level = Beginner friendly.

Sewist has successfully basted and sewn hexies using a whip stich before. Need a refresher? Here's a tutorial. Click here.

What materials do you need?

- Thread

- Needle

- Scissors

- Glue Stick (for glue basting)

- 1" hexagon papers (19 total)

- 10" x 10" Blank wood panel (this is the one I used. Click here.)

- Clock kit ( this is like the one I used in mine. Click here.)

*If you are picking up supplies in store and clock kits aren't available another option is to take the clock components out of a different clock. That is what I actually did. I used this one click here.

- Drill and drill bit that is slightly larger than your clock machine shaft - Sand paper (optional) - Staple gun + staples - Project coordinating ribbon - Hot glue gun + glue stick - (1) AA battery or whatever is required by your clock kit.

Fabric Requirements

- 1 FQ for the background & second circle of hexagons.

- cut out (1) 12 1/2" square & (6) 2 1/2" squares

- (13) 2 1/2" squares for the colored exterior ring. I chose to fussy cut my fabrics and do a rainbow assortment since they will act as the clock numbers 1-12, and the 13th will by the center of the clock face.

Assembling the clock design

1. Baste all (19) hexagons using preferred method.

2. Determine layout.

3. On the back of your hexagons, on the papers, mark your hexagons (1-12) like a clock face with number 12 at the top like shown. Mark the center as 13.

4. Begin with your 13th hexagon, sew each of your (6) background hexagons to each side using a whip stitch. Sew each of your background hexagons to one another.

5. Starting with hexagon 1, sew your colored hexagons to your background hexagons. Sew them in the order 1-12 to ensure they stay in the proper order. Sew each of the colored hexagons to its neighboring hexagon, so all the hexagons are connected.