questions about English paper piecing
06-14-2013, 08:02 AM
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Greetings to all members of our Hexie Club. I have found a wonderful website with information for all steps in working with hexies. Take a peek at www.texasfreckles.com. I think you will enjoy her hexie journey and the information she shares.
06-14-2013, 08:39 AM
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For those who use the ladder stitch, how do you hold your hexies? For whip stitch or buttonhole you would place them faces together and stitch the edge. I can't seem to wrap my head around how you would do the ladder stitch.
06-14-2013, 10:38 AM
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And here's what it the front looks like when it's finished.
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06-14-2013, 12:12 PM
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Most of my papers are still in place for now. I don't stitch or tack through any papers! You need to keep your edge papers in!!
06-15-2013, 06:47 AM
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Thank you for posting the pics.......This is really a neat idea - can you take some pics of how you are doing the button hole stitch? Close-ups for each stage of the stitching....as I think that would also help some of the newer quilters.....e.g. where and how you started, direction of sewing, etc....THANKS!
06-15-2013, 01:22 PM
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06-15-2013, 01:24 PM
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I'm not following what you are saying.....Could you post pics?
It amazes me that English paper piecing is still so popular. Why whip stitch when you get better results from simply sewing a short running stitch on the seam line. I cut out a hexagon template with seams included, then poke a large needle in each seam line intersection to make a tiny holes. Then when I mark for cutting, I put the point of a mechanical pencil into each hole and make a tiny dot. These are the beginning and ending marks for sewing the seam line. Takes about 10 running stitches for one seam. There are eight of us in my quilting class making king-sized quilts in this manner. Not a whip stitch in sight! And it's fast. Much faster than folding edges over paper, basting, then whip stitching.
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06-15-2013, 01:27 PM
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Thank you!!
While I'm not the person you asked, here is a link to the tutorial I am using to finish my hexagon quilt, (when I get to that point. Only half finished with top so far)
http://badskirt.blogspot.com/2010/05...ie-quilts.html
http://badskirt.blogspot.com/2010/05...ie-quilts.html
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