Originally Posted by moonangel12
Originally Posted by Colbaltjars62
I had the same problem, just couldn't seem to wrap my head around the concept of sewing on the wrong side of the paper with the fabric on the wrong side as well. :shock: I was like huh? You want me to do what? :shock:
I finally had a friend sit down with me and she had me sew a simple log cabin block with her instructing me. I felt so stupid afterwards because it turned out to be so simple.
My advice is to either have a quilting friend show you or stop by a quilting shop on their open sew time and ask for help. Just have everything with you and I'm sure they would be happy to help.
Hope this helps. :lol:
Faith :XD:
I think you just turned the light bulb on with your comment about the wrong side of the paper and the wrong side of the fabric! I think that's what was confusing me, I just didn't understand how it worked, but I never realized that little detail! Duh! I really think my kids have sucked every living brain cell out of my head! It's such a simple concept I guess, but I just couldn't wrap my brain around it... sheesh :roll:
I don't mean to butt in but it sounds like you're doing it backwards. The paper has to be right side up so you can sew on the lines. The first piece of fabric is placed right side out so when you're looking at the backside of the paper you see the right side. All of the other pieces are wrong side up when you look at the back of the square. After you sew the seam you flip piece #2 and then it's right side out too. Quilter's Cashe has some PP tutorials that might help explain it better than I tried to. Hope I've helped and not confused everyone.