Originally Posted by okie
few people at our guild work with "this" paper do sew with the fabric on top and the paper against the feed dogs
I'm really trying to understand this. If you sew with the fabric on top you wouldn't be able to see the sew lines on the paper, right.
Here is my way of thinking (can be dangerous). Whether you're using transparent or opaque the fabric has to be against the feed dogs. The difference for me is I put the fabric under the paper while leaving the paper on top. When using opaque I had to turn the paper over, align the fabric and then turn it back so the fabric in on bottom (next to the feed dogs).
the ladies at the guild use the paper like some people do when they paper piece with freezer paper, they use it more as a seam guide instead of actually sewing right thru the paper.
i found it all very confusing and just stayed with the way i was used to.
it sounds to me like your doing it correctly, or at least the same way that i do it. maybe you're mixing up which piece is supposed to go down first.
we should do a sample block together and figure out why its happening.