Originally Posted by JudyG
Originally Posted by roseOfsharon
Originally Posted by JudyG
Originally Posted by roseOfsharon
I am wondering of the freezer paper .... using that method, the pattern is on top the freezer paper and sewn without thread... does the shiney side face down or up when doing this??
The shiny side is up and you can iron your first piece of fabric to it to hold it down. The printed pattern, as with regular paperpiecing, is to the bottom. When I do it, as I finish stitching two fabrics together, I iron the newest piece to the freezer paper and it holds everything together nicely.
Ok, so do you think I did it right when sewing the pattern lines? I had the pattern piece on top of the shiney .. now I can put the pattern piece on the bottom? I have a feeling I may of done it backwards!
Wait a minute. I think I led you astray. Let's start over. I have my pattern, shiny side up. I lay my fabric for piece 1 on the freezer paper and iron it down. I turn it over (so the dull side of the freezer paper is up). I fold back the paper on the first stitching line and trim the fabric to 1/4". I then put the second piece of fabric right side facing the right side of the first piece of fabric. The second piece of fabric is on the bottom, the first piece is on top of that with the wrong side facing up and the dull side of the freezer paper is basically up except it's folded back at the stitching line so that makes the shiny side up on most of the paper. Is that clear as mud??? Anyway, the two pieces of fabric being sewn together are on the bottom and the pattern is on the top. As you can tell, I'm not a teacher - I have trouble explaining things.
Thank You Judy! I am just reading this and I think I understand now. You are so kind to explain again to me!
Sharon