Best way to remove paper piecing paper!
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Best way to remove paper piecing paper!
For those of you that use regular printer paper (like I do), I have just discovered the BEST method ever to get rid of all the paper in the back of your quilt!
Usually, when I PP, I take the paper off before I put it all together, however, this one was a bit more complicated in that I had to make sure I was following the lettering of the blocks (there were 6), and it wasn't always apparent how they were going to line up.
I started with this:
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I spent 15 minutes and got 3 blocks of paper removed. NOT a way I want to spend my time! And I was tempted to just toss it to the side and get to it "whenever".
I'm not a huge TV fan, so not something I could do while watching TV, and some of the pieces are so small (the white borders) that it was so frustrating to get all the pieces of paper off. So, I googled removing paper piecing and someone posted (on this board believe it or not!!!) to toss the whole thing in the washing machine!
So I did ... quick cycle of 20 minutes, cold water, no detergent (note - I had NOT squared my quilt up yet, so I didn't care about fraying edges of the border).
This is what I ended up with:
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NOT counting the mess of my washing machine LOL ... but - that took me 5 minutes with the vacuum cleaner ... A LOT faster than tearing it all off!
My next step is to go over it with a lint brush to get the "remnants" off ... but definitely a time saver!
This is the front in case you didn't see my other post!
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Usually, when I PP, I take the paper off before I put it all together, however, this one was a bit more complicated in that I had to make sure I was following the lettering of the blocks (there were 6), and it wasn't always apparent how they were going to line up.
I started with this:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]573614[/ATTACH]
I spent 15 minutes and got 3 blocks of paper removed. NOT a way I want to spend my time! And I was tempted to just toss it to the side and get to it "whenever".
I'm not a huge TV fan, so not something I could do while watching TV, and some of the pieces are so small (the white borders) that it was so frustrating to get all the pieces of paper off. So, I googled removing paper piecing and someone posted (on this board believe it or not!!!) to toss the whole thing in the washing machine!
So I did ... quick cycle of 20 minutes, cold water, no detergent (note - I had NOT squared my quilt up yet, so I didn't care about fraying edges of the border).
This is what I ended up with:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]573615[/ATTACH]
NOT counting the mess of my washing machine LOL ... but - that took me 5 minutes with the vacuum cleaner ... A LOT faster than tearing it all off!
My next step is to go over it with a lint brush to get the "remnants" off ... but definitely a time saver!
This is the front in case you didn't see my other post!
[ATTACH=CONFIG]573616[/ATTACH]
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That sounds like a great idea but I think I'd be afraid of clogging my washer! I wonder if just soaking it in the tub for awhile and then (gently) scrubbing it together in your hands would do about the same?
I really like your quilt top, by the way. It looks great!
I really like your quilt top, by the way. It looks great!
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It didn't clog it! I tested it afterwards LOL ... I did have to vacuum it out, but it ran fine for the next load!
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I do a lot of paper piecing so it's worth it to me to use the best pp paper. I use vellum lightweight translucent for large pieces. For a lot of pieces in one block I use Stable Stuff that I leave in, or the water solvable paper. All three are printable. My first paper piecing I used printer paper and almost threw the blocks away the paper removing was so tedious. I knew I'd never do that again. My frustration level is too low for that tedious work.
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