New to English Paper Piecing
02-07-2021, 04:41 PM
#11
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Virginia
Posts: 229
[QUOTE=costumegirl;8459074]Haven't used acrylic templates - just traced the shape on flexible card stock.
I took a class a few years ago and the teacher showed us to use the thicker advertising paper inserts found in magazines that can be pulled out. These are as thick as recipe cards and flexible card stock. Tracing your template on these and them cutting out gives a sturdy base to wrap your fabric onto. Since then every time I get a magazine I pull out these papers and put in a large plastic bag.[/Q
Yup. Those cards that come in magazines are valuable for many shapes, not just hexies. I use them for small applique berries -- really any kind of small circle. I love to repurpose free materials whenever I can, rather than buying.
I took a class a few years ago and the teacher showed us to use the thicker advertising paper inserts found in magazines that can be pulled out. These are as thick as recipe cards and flexible card stock. Tracing your template on these and them cutting out gives a sturdy base to wrap your fabric onto. Since then every time I get a magazine I pull out these papers and put in a large plastic bag.[/Q
Yup. Those cards that come in magazines are valuable for many shapes, not just hexies. I use them for small applique berries -- really any kind of small circle. I love to repurpose free materials whenever I can, rather than buying.
02-08-2021, 05:29 AM
#14
Power Poster
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Northern Michigan
Posts: 12,861
I’ve been enjoying EPP for 20 years- I still have never spent money on an acrylic template. I lay a paper piece on my fabric, lay my ruler over it and cut my fabric about 1/4” to 3/8” wider all around the shape. Some pieces I want a smaller seam allowance, some are easier with a little igger.
or, I trace my shape onto fabric then cut it out with scissors.
or, I trace my shape onto fabric then cut it out with scissors.
02-08-2021, 07:56 AM
#15
Member
Join Date: Jan 2020
Posts: 68
You can go online and get a print out of the size you want to cut the fabric. I print it on paper. Then I put the pattern on top of my fabric and cut them. out with a rotatory cutter. . Then I get the smaller side pattern and cut card stock, punch a hole in center and use a rotary cutter to cut them out. This saves a lot of time marking and cutting with a scissors.
