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Originally Posted by cashs_mom
(Post 8062255)
That's the way I think about it. I just don't worry about the waste. I'm getting fabric used up.
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Check out the methods used by Judy Mathison, JUdy Niemeyer and Karen Stone Hardly any waste and an easy method for placing fabrics so you don't come up short.
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I used to really stress about the wasted fabric but now I am happy to put some in the trash can. Just so much I can do with all the fabric and scraps I have. Trimmings no longer a problem. LOL
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I just can't wrap my head around paper piecing but I'm still trying! :) Wasting fabric is the least of my worries haha
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Well, at least now I know I'm not doing anything wrong by wasting fabric. I thought there was some deep secret for paper piecing I couldn't find! Thanks, ladies!
Paper piecing is one thing I really want to get good at. I love the look of Judy Niemeyer's work! |
I so agree with you, SQ! I am left-handed and dyslexic, so I learned long ago to give up that process.
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Originally Posted by carolynjo
(Post 8062641)
I so agree with you, SQ! I am left-handed and dyslexic, so I learned long ago to give up that process.
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In the Farmer's Wife series of quilt books, I learned to use the templates to cut out the pp blocks, then there was no waste involved.
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most of the patterns I've used have you cut your fabric so that you do not have a bias edge for the top fabric. then they "square" it off so you can have a non-bias edge for the next cut.
If you have no problem sewing bias, then you can modify so you don't have all those cut off "squares". So when I have a triangle shape piece, I cut a triangle shape. I still cut oversize so it's easier to get in the right spot. I am often sewing from my stash, and so may not have the amount of yardage specified so want to have as little waste as possible. This is what I was dealing with. http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...pswdlurmuq.jpg And this is what my "waste" looked like. http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...psrig7nsq2.jpg |
my trimmings look like yours Macy, certainly nothing big enough to use on anything else.
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