Originally Posted by
woody
I use the second method a lot as well. As snipforfun said use 2 layers of freezer paper, and I also use the clover mini iron, on small pieces.
This is an applique I am working on at the moment, I couldn't have done it without this method.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...d-t201992.html
Your Affairs of the Heart blocks are beautiful. I've only done 3, and I've been backbasting my blocks. I took a backbasting class and was told that I could fuse the background fabric to freezer paper (wrong side up), then run it through my ink jet printer to get the design on the back. With these small blocks, it was great not having to trace anything, and since I used a gray background instead of black, it worked out great.
I have never used freezer paper with this method. I took a class with Karen Kay Buckley, and she uses the mylar template plastic to make templates instead of freezer paper. This is good if you are doing a lot of the same shapes, because you only have to make one template.