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04-19-2019, 05:10 PM

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SusieQOH

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Originally Posted by Quiltah Mama

I agree with you here, PP is a love it or hate it technique. I happen to be in the love it category. I prefer to PP with batiks and solids, Judy Niemeyer is my favorite, love the sharp points, just discovered the fold method with freezer paper and it's a game changer for me.

I just watched Mr. Domestic on Youtube- that does look like a great technique!

04-19-2019, 07:38 PM

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I love Mr. domestic....he is such a hoot and comes up with some great go-arounds...

04-19-2019, 10:29 PM

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I really enjoy paper piecing. I save small scraps of fabric from all my projects specifically for use in future PP projects. But I definitely learned Not to paper piece when tired! Love the precision PP gives.

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04-20-2019, 02:16 AM

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I'm in the 'I don't mind it' camp. With rare exceptions it's not my go-to technique but I don't really have issues with the technique either. Just recently finished PP'ing a king sized hunter's star quilt.

04-20-2019, 02:24 AM

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I love it.

04-20-2019, 02:32 AM

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Quiltah Mama

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SusieQOH

I just watched Mr. Domestic on Youtube- that does look like a great technique!

Mr.Domestic is the exact video I watched, he explains it very well. I tried a block a few weeks back just to experience it with scraps. I used my stitch in a ditch foot, using the guide on it to follow along the edge of the paper and offset my needle just a tiny bit. It worked just as good as his video, and the block I tried came out just as good as sewing it on the paper.

04-20-2019, 03:27 AM

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I really like PP. I made my SIL a queen size flying geese. Would never have attempted otherwise. It takes a little longer, but I also like the way my 9" pineapple block comes out. I have allways done the sew, then fold and tear way, but may look into the freezer paper way that some have mentioned.

04-20-2019, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Onebyone

The waste from paper piecing is not enough to fret over to me. I like the accuracy and perfect points of paper piecing. I switched to Stable Stuff years ago and don't remove it. I have always determined what is the most dreaded part of any thing I do and eliminate it or modify. Taking the paper off was the part I dreaded in paper piecing so I eliminated that part.

What a great approach to things ... gotta work on that for cleaning house!

04-20-2019, 04:47 AM

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I'm a fan of freezer-paper piecing too. I like being able to use the patterns over several times and no paper trash when finished. This is the video where I learned the technique:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqMiC1_JdqQ

04-20-2019, 05:50 AM

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I paper pieced blocks for a Union Jack quilt, and rather liked it because it was so precise. But there were only 3 pieces to a segment. A lot of tiny pieces would probably drive me mad.