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cathylynn 11-23-2011 11:44 PM


Originally Posted by pocoellie (Post 4713060)
I love paper piecing. I just use plain old copy paper, the cheaper the better and shorten my stitches to 1.5 on my machine.

yep. the paper comes right off. love paper piecing too!

gailinva 11-24-2011 05:05 AM

I love PP. Check out Cindy Edgerton's site..................www.averyspecialcollection.com. Her patterns are gorgeous!!!!!

Yarn or Fabric 11-26-2011 04:34 AM

Awesome! Paper piecing is cool. I am planning to make a few big pp'd projects next year...
It is really cool. I think it's one of those things that once you get it, you love it... but while you are learning to do it and it hasn't clicked yet, you are frustrated beyond belief. I'm glad you stuck through the learning curve :)

Surfergirl 11-26-2011 04:40 AM


Originally Posted by nhweaver (Post 4712580)
I like paper piecing, it is so exact. What I didn't like, was the removing the bits of paper after you sew. My sewing room floor looked like the day after New Year's Eve. Does anyone have a better way to remove the paper?

I use the freezer paper method...you don't sew through the paper.

quiltsillysandi 11-26-2011 05:05 AM

I'm new to paper piecing and purchased Carol Doak's Beginner CD..It's well worth the money.....Lots of good tips on this CD....She's fabulous and her website is great as well....

the old one 11-26-2011 05:05 AM

I am really glad that so many of us like paper piecing, personally I will likely never do it again, even when I look at all the clever items others have made. And isn't it a good thing we don't all like the same thing, who wants to live in a cookie cutter world. piecefully, the old one

lizzyq 11-26-2011 05:56 AM

Paper piecing is great for mini quilts and all their tiny little pieces. Save all scraps for this technique!

gellybean402 11-26-2011 06:07 AM

I am so envious of you and your sister sewing together! I tried to get one of my sister's interested but she just keeps saying she isn't talented enough. .. ~Sigh~ Guess I will just have to sew by myself. I also want to learn paper piecing as well. I am so glad to hear it is fun!

ragqueen03 11-26-2011 06:17 AM


Originally Posted by gellybean402 (Post 4721305)
I am so envious of you and your sister sewing together! I tried to get one of my sister's interested but she just keeps saying she isn't talented enough. .. ~Sigh~ Guess I will just have to sew by myself. I also want to learn paper piecing as well. I am so glad to hear it is fun!

I also have another sister that just isn't interested in sewing at all! We keep trying to lure her in but I think I may give up on her. She enjoys working with woodcrafts and painting. One year when cabbage patch dolls were all the craze she made each one of us a wooden tri cycle to set them on. Maybe we should start a business we could make the dolls and stuffed animals and she could make the tri cycles and chairs to put them on- light bulb moment!

institches64 11-26-2011 06:35 AM

Love paper piecing also! So many wonderful designs you can do!


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