The "SYE" Spike your English BOM Quilt-Along- September
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Roma Bauder: Thanks for the compliment.
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I've been using printer paper for years- shorten the stitch length and it tears away like *dotted* paper. don't worry about little bits caught in seams they will (wear away, wash away, disappear) I have used Carol Doak foundation paper off & on but If I don't have any printer paper works fine. I remove my papers when I have the completed block finished- if you take it off the sections before you put them together you loose the 'match points' that help you line everything up. since I am adding my setting triangles to the blocks I don't have to worry about match points to join them into a quilt so I can go ahead & remove the papers- if I were not adding the setting triangles I would leave the paper at least around the edges for stability and match points for completing the blocks. that's just the way it works best for me.
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One thing I do is when I'm pressing the sections after joining and before joining the halves together, I take off the paper in the seam that is on the underside of the pressing....i press everything to one side and make a swirl in the center. Those are the very hardest to take off and it reduces the bulk in the center seam. I did sew from the center out on my last PP and was more successful with getting the seams to match in the center. I use the doodle pad from Walmart, 60 pages for $2. I do have to trim 1/4 inch off the side but it does work well
Last edited by gardnergal970; 09-05-2013 at 04:26 AM.
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