Hi Jan - I love your star! EPP was how I started quilting aged around 9 and I still love this method. I've got a WIP GFG that I work on now and then and have just finished a star top in Dutch chintz, waiting to be quilted. The beauty is it's so portable and I find it so soothing to do - I'm taking my GFG on hols next week and will probably do some sitting on the beach even! :D Re the papers - I leave them in until surrounded then take them out really just so everything becomes more compact for travelling. I get hex papers from an English website laser cut out of old envelopes - they're really cheap, around 3USD for a few hundred I think. Earthwalker - thanks for sharing your basting method, I'll definitely try that! :D