Originally Posted by
lorli
Why shame? It's the same thing as basting!, I am doing one with basting and I am going to look into the glue sticks, as it's taking so long to prepare the pieces. Though I must admit I kind of like the mindless work... What stitch and thread did you use to put it together?
I think the shame is that I have spent a huge amt on Sewline glue sticks. I can not get a thin line with Elmers to save my life. I first saw paper piecing at the quilt show in July and the ladies at Back Door Quilts use a thread called "The Bottom Line" from Superior threads, though they only sell tiny bobbin sizes I just bought a huge spool of a neutral color. It is very thin 60 weight Poly and is very strong which is good because I sew through papers a lot! I also just learned about waxing the thread and that helps immeasurably (as long as you only wax the single strand not the doubled thread). I am just whipstitching.