Thread: paper piecing question

Quilt N bee video is "No Tear Paper Piecing' uses freezer paper!

Originally Posted by maviskw

This is not the paperless paper piecing. You are still sewing through the paper and have to rip the paper off at the end.

http://www.twiddletails.com/store/in...age=page&id=21 This is paperless paper piecing.
All lines are scored from edge to edge with a ruler and the back side of a seam ripper, just enough to see the line clearly so it can be folded accurately on that line. (No postcard needed. The scored line is more accurate.)
After the first piece is ironed/glued on, and the second fabric is in place, you sew next to that fold. Continue adding pieces in order needed. When you are finished with that block, the piece of freezer paper is taken off and used for the next block. Nothing is sewn through the paper. A friend of mine made 20 blocks with the same piece of paper. Save the earth and save your time.

thanks for all the tips ! will try your q tip trick Betty, thank you, and will check out the tutorial on sewing outside of the paper. Im not even sure what vellum is but I don't really want to buy anything.
One other thought I had about sewing through paper is does it dull the needles quickly?

Some have the "ready to sew" copy included in the pattern. Others tell you to copy or trace it onto the paper of your choice. Regardless, I always trace or copy the pattern just to have a spare in case of mistakes or, also in case you may want to make that pattern again. I use tracing paper. The "Little Bits" patterns come two to a package and are on tissue paper that you can sew on directly. The Niemeyer and deJong and other more involved patterns need to be copied.

I buy Scribble Pads from the Dollar Tree - 40 sheets for $1.00. The sheets are a little wider than what my printer will accept, so I trim them about 1/2" as well as the gummed edge at the top. Additionally, I use a shorter stitch length. Scribble Pads tear away very easily!!

I have used copy paper, but switched to tracing paper. I use very stitches and the tracing paper comes off easily.

Thank you everyone. June, I wasn't sure what you meant about copying the pattern, but I see someone posted that you shouldn't copy Judy niemeyer's patterns, but this isn't a judy niemeyer pattern so no worries there, and like you said its for my own use anyway.