Originally Posted by
QuiltnNan
thanks for this link. the tip i love that is on there is to use glue stick for the first piece. i've been using a pin and the head of the pin sometimes gets in the way.
i had started a thread about my first paper piecing
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...g-t180996.html. one member, bearpawquilter, put me on to this document
http://www.quiltworx.com/pdfs/founda...perpiecing.pdf which explains the fold back method. i really love to do it this way!
oh, and if your eyes are like mine, i print my pp pattern on pale blue or green paper to contrast with the fabric i am using
I too print my PP patterns on coloured paper!
I know a lot of people recommend the glue sticks, though I'm hesitant for fear of a residue that might damage. When I want to hold a piece in place, such as the first piece, then I tack it down with a few machine running/basting/long stitches. I do the same if I have a larger piece later, to hold it in place to stay nice and flat as I join the next piece.
Helpful for bandaids is a roll of painters tape. Most times my paper stays in tact thru to the end of the job, but sometimes (particular if I've had to do some frog stitching) they do want to fall off.
Rather than marking the colours on with a pencil or pen, I use coloured highlighters. Quicker and easier recognized than having to remember if B means Blue? Beige? Black? Brown? ... or Bl means Blue? Black? etc.
I keep my stitches as small as my machine goes (1.0 on Janome) and the paper comes off easy enough at the end with little tugging and without water. The only paper I remove during the PP process is the fold back of a seam that would get buried as next pieces are added.