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That is disheartening. It isn't stupid, but it sure makes ya feel that way. I know I have done so many things like that. But you just rip it out and keep going.

yes, made my oldest grandbaby a really nice kitty cat with a dress, vest, hair bow and shoes.
shoes that crinkle! I could have ripped the seam etc. to remove the paper, but I did such a good job and hey...now her kitty makes noises when she dances...
(that's a good thing, right? lol) :lol:

If you have not quilted the quilt ... turn it to the back and cut inside the stitching lines +/- 1/2 inch away from the stitching. You can then take the paper out. This is what they do in paper peicing.
Sometimes you will need tweezers.
Look up you tube applicay and paper peicing

Am currently taking a quilting class. Our instruction just shared with us that when she was ill her family brought a couple of her deceased grandmother's quilts to the hospital to keep her warm. She found herself getting pricked by needles her grandmother had "lost" in the quilt. Made her smile each time she was "touched" by her grandmother. :)

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Originally Posted by MZStitch

I took a class with Author Linda Poole. Her whole applique method is to stitch it down then cut a slit in the back and pull the paper out. I prefer the old needle turn freezer paper method so the papers always on top so I don't forget it, as I know how easy it must be to forget it! So you could slit the back, pull the paper out, it would likely be just fine. I can't remember if she whip stitched it closed, I likely would,

Don't you think just slitting the backing fabric on which the things are appliqued, the pulling the paper out from that slit? After the paper is out, slip a piece of one-sided-bond interfacing in facing the slit and iron it shut.

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Originally Posted by LadyJrhi

My stupid human trick is that I mirror what I see...like I look at the pattern and the pictures and then do it completely backwards. Others don't really know it but it bothers the heck out of me! It is especially aggravating with putting together any sewing project that is supposed to have a "flap" on one side...it ends up on the wrong side! I am aware of it and try very hard not to do it but end up doing it anyway! It made learning to knit very difficult. I am right handed but my stitches look like they were done left handed...quilting is not as bad because I can blow uo a full color picture and lay it out on top and sew it piece by piece...I almost cut the angle backwards on half of the diamonds in my avatar.
I like the comments saying to leave the paper and tell the kids it is the robots. :) Very creative!

I am also right Handed and sew like a left handed person would you should see me knit (could never get the hang of it intill a left hander showed me how)it sure leads to ripping things out a lot so I do a lot of dumb things and drive any one watching me crazy they want to show me how to do it right.

Cut the back idea or leave it because it's a wall hanging.
They now have papers that 'wash away' you can use for applique, I think through Nancy's notions or your local shop. That would solve everything, stitch away, wash & prss & done.

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Originally Posted by GailG

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Originally Posted by MZStitch

Very cool idea to slip in a piece of bond interfacing, thank you a bunch of quilting hugs.

Since you're hand sewing around them I don't think it would hurt to leave the paper on. Only you will know

I have to claim the monthly dumbest award. It is funny to me now, but when I realized what I had done... I've been sewing for over 40 years and while I can't claim to be the best seamstress I have had many successful projects. So to make a quilted Halloween bib for my new great nephew I carefully cut the pattern out, cut the batting, prepared the fusible face pieces and wondered why the bib was so tiny. Just as I was about to crawl into bed I realized why the bib was so tiny. There, in small print, it said "Please increase the pattern to 125%." All is not lost as I will give the tiny bib to my one month old great niece and the correct one to my nephew. Just proves that they write the instructions for a purpose. I guess I could attribute the goof to a senior citizen moment, but it just proves that following directions can save a lot of headaches. So is that dumb or what? I know, it is the altitude here in Colorado.