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#241
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I PP a crumb/crazy quilt out of old scraps. I have drawn the PP patterns on wash away plastic fabric. When the block is finished, I rince away the plasti "paper". I have made over 200 blocks so far this way. easy peasy
#242
For EPP I use elmers glue stick and press it w/ an iron, keeps everything in place and is much quicker then hand thread basting.
#243
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Location: Va.
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Jane Quilter, where do you get the wash away plastic--and can you put it through an ink jet computer printer to get the pattern lines on it? I have to admit that the only thing I don't like about paper piecing is removing the paper. I've got a bunch of paper pieced blocks that have languished because I got tired of taking the paper off.
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#244
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Carroll, Iowa
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My 1st and only paper piecing is the Crystal Star by Jinny Beyer......and yes, I fell in love with paper piecing after that....just no time to keep it up. I do have a project that involves paper piecing in the near future though by Jacqueline de Jonge called Brilliant Beauties of Joy. I may have bit more than I can chew but I'm going to give it my best just the same. I think the hardest on this project is finding the fabrics but someone here on this group gave me the substitute batiks I could use so started my search early and now have them all ready to go.
I find paper piecing more exact and that's what I like about it. And if you can't follow the stitch line on the paper then maybe I should just quite the quilting hobby altogether................in my opinion. I can't sew a straight line to save my life but I keep trying.
I find paper piecing more exact and that's what I like about it. And if you can't follow the stitch line on the paper then maybe I should just quite the quilting hobby altogether................in my opinion. I can't sew a straight line to save my life but I keep trying.
#245
Jane Quilter, where do you get the wash away plastic--and can you put it through an ink jet computer printer to get the pattern lines on it? I have to admit that the only thing I don't like about paper piecing is removing the paper. I've got a bunch of paper pieced blocks that have languished because I got tired of taking the paper off.
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#246
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Jane Quilter, where do you get the wash away plastic--and can you put it through an ink jet computer printer to get the pattern lines on it? I have to admit that the only thing I don't like about paper piecing is removing the paper. I've got a bunch of paper pieced blocks that have languished because I got tired of taking the paper off.
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If you use tissue paper no need to remove it. It dissolves away in the wash.
Cari
#247
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: 25 yrs in TN; now back home in MI
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#248
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Central Florida
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I started paper piecing with a Mariner's Compass quilt and ended up making blocks for three!! It was a free BOM that year about 5-6 years ago. Fell in love with paper piecing soon after I started. Sometimes I search for paper piecing patterns and I was given several books on it with lots of patterns in them.
#249
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 817
Enjoy paper piecing very much
I do it using the freezer paper method; no tearing paper off stitches .
There are plenty of YouTube videos on how to
I freezer paper pieced my Picasso Sunset quilt posted in here in KP.
👍😋
I do it using the freezer paper method; no tearing paper off stitches .
There are plenty of YouTube videos on how to
I freezer paper pieced my Picasso Sunset quilt posted in here in KP.
👍😋
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