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    Old 05-29-2009, 12:31 AM
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    Lightweight interfacing is what the French ladies at my quilt group use; and the pieces for the Dear Jane are teensy weensy. Their work is meticulous, next time we have a DJ day I'll take some pics.

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    Old 05-29-2009, 06:50 AM
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    Originally Posted by k3n
    Lightweight interfacing is what the French ladies at my quilt group use; and the pieces for the Dear Jane are teensy weensy. Their work is meticulous, next time we have a DJ day I'll take some pics.

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    Teensy weensy is exactly why paper/foundation piecing is so fantastic!
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    I've actually traced a pp pattern onto muslin and used that. no tearing out afterward that way. hand quilting wouldn't be a tight enough stitch to tear the paper away when done though.
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    I am also wanting to foundation paper piece, but hand piece it. And would love to know what interfacing to buy to use? And would fusible work well?
    There is a trivet in book Patchwork Please that I want to try
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    And would muslin work?
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    Old 10-29-2016, 05:59 PM
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    [QUOTE=omak;382481]
    Originally Posted by Butterflyspain

    When all else fails, I think of my great grandmother - - my great grandfather was a boy during the Oklahoma land rush. She put quilts on the bed using her HANDS ... if our forebears could do it, we can do it ... one stitch at a time <g>
    My mother was born in 1917 and grew up in rural Iowa. Evenings were spent hand sewing most of the family's clothes as well as making bed quilts. My mother always could do a beautiful little running stitch and hemming stitch.


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    Years ago I did paper piecing with hand stitching (with coaching), but grandmother had me cut the pieces without seam allowance (we ironed freezer paper onto cotton).
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