Originally Posted by
wildyard
OK, I am clearly deep in the fog here today. I get that you are ironing freezer paper to fabric to stabilize it for printing on the fabric side, right?
So are you also just using the Labels sheet for the same purpose? Or do the labels somehow transfer to your fabric after you iron them on? I am remembering the old iron-on embroidery patterns.... can we get labels like those?
I use freezer paper for turned-under machine applique (a la Harriet Hargrave). In the past I have hand-traced the pattern pieces (for example, individual flower petals, stems & leaves) onto freezer paper. This is time-consuming, so this thread has been very informative for me; will try printing the patterns onto the freezer paper instead of tracing. Anyway, after having the pattern pieces traced onto a sheet of freezer paper, I cut about 5 additional pieces of freezer paper and iron the stack together around the edges. When I cut the paper along the pattern edges, I then get 6 copies at a time. I iron these pieces to the back of the applique fabric, cut around the pattern leaving about 1/8"-1/4" seam allowance around the edge of the paper, then use paste (HH uses a glue stick) to glue the seam allowances underneath. I stabilize the background fabric with heavy starch, then machine sew the applique pieces to the background.
Another use for freezer paper is for paper piecing; some of the posts in this thread mention how they use it that way.
I haven't used it yet to stabilize fabric for printing on the fabric, but I'm sure some quilters use it for that purpose also.
Freezer paper is one of the items that has multiple great uses for quilters. For example, you can iron it onto your ironing board to protect the cover from starch and other damage; easily rip it off and replace it as needed.