jessiesmom

I put freezer paper on back of my honey bee block to stabilize it while I machine appliqued the wings and it worked great, except I had a hard time getting it off afterward. I didn't want to pull out the stitches so there are little bits stuck in them. Any suggestions??

Mary

zyxquilts

Well Mary, when I've been taking the paper off from paper pieced blocks, sometimes I spray it with water to soften it up. I have also resorted to tweezers too! LOL But if it's just tiny bits stuck in there, I have just left them in. They never seemed to hurt anything.

:D

sue

patricej

carefully trace the stitching with the sharp end of a seam ripper - either right over the stitching or reeeeeeeeeeeelly close - to un-do the perforation from the stitches. then gently lift the freezer paper gently away from the stitching. just remember to trace - not gouge - so you don't disturb or accidently break the stitches. works every time. :-)

jessiesmom

Thanks Sue and Patrice for your help. My stitches were a loose zig zag, so it was difficult, I did cut some stitches. I spritzed with water, cut where I could with seam ripper, and used tweezers. It took me a couple of hours, but I did it.

I couldn't do what you suggested Patrice because the zig zags were closed on the one side and straight stitches on the other. I will keep that in mind for the next time though.

Using the freezer paper would have worked really good if I had done a satin stitch. Oh well every mistake is a learning situation.

Thanks again, Mary

ceannastahr

I used kids washable glue stick down the middle top hold in place before I stitched