Never Paper Pieced - Looking for Recommendations
10-21-2011, 05:18 PM
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I have never done paper piecing and just this past week saw some beautiful paper pieced blocks at a quilt group meeting. I would love to try this and the gal that had done the blocks recommended Carol Doak's books. Do you have a favorite? Do you recommend one over another? She has so many books that I just didn't know which one to choose. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
10-21-2011, 05:35 PM
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I would buy one of Carol Doak's books like Sensational Stars that has the foundations in pdf format on a CD. No scanning - just pop the CD into your computer and print the foundations you want in the size that you want.
She also has a lot of free patterns on her site and she has a yahoo group with lots of activity, too.
(And I didn't get real specific about which of her books to buy because they're all really good - each of them goes over the basics in the front and then you get the patterns. I think all of her most recent ones will have the CD of pdf patterns in them.)
She also has a lot of free patterns on her site and she has a yahoo group with lots of activity, too.
(And I didn't get real specific about which of her books to buy because they're all really good - each of them goes over the basics in the front and then you get the patterns. I think all of her most recent ones will have the CD of pdf patterns in them.)
10-21-2011, 06:14 PM
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Lots of free pp patterns on the net. There is some waste to doing that method........but sharp points and little blocks..........I like to do pp.....calla
You might want to do a search at this site for paper pieced
You might want to do a search at this site for paper pieced
10-21-2011, 07:44 PM
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You don't need a book. I learned everything from youtube for free unless you are looking for patterns
These are the 2 videos I watched
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdYS1hzPX1o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmC62...eature=related
These are the 2 videos I watched
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdYS1hzPX1o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmC62...eature=related
10-22-2011, 05:42 AM
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Originally Posted by moonwork42029
quiltercache also has some paper piecing patterns. It also has a "test" learning section.
I've really had a lot of fun trying them out.
I've really had a lot of fun trying them out.
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