Originally Posted by Andii
fireworkslover,
Love your avatar-it kind of looks like fireworks.
Your instructions were very good. I haven't really had much trouble pulling the paper off. More with trying to cut my pieces small to save fabric, I guess. It's getting easier. I will try adding the 5/8''.
Thanks for the tips.
Andii
My avatar is actually a one block wonder and the fabric is parrots, macaws and other tropical birds sitting in foliage.
You can get some really sharp points with PP, so when you have several triangles coming together, getting the paper off that space is picky sometimes. I use a tweezers if my fingernail won't get it off. If you use strips longer than you need, like the width of your fabric, you end up cutting off the excess within one or two seams later. I'd not try to save fabric by cutting each piece before you sew it on. You have to remember that the fabric will flip over in the end and thus be reversed from how you look at it, when sewing on the line. I think this might be the part that gets people confused.
I'm in the middle of my 4th PP fireworks themed quilt, right now. Each circle of color has 216 pieces! Really, I'm not joking. :lol: