I'm going to put a picture of the scrappy border that I have sewn to a roll of adding machine or credit card dispenser paper.

Now what? I want to use some of it on the edge of a scrappy quilt.

Do I sew it to the quilt with the paper on or soak it to get the paper off easily or just start tearing before I sew it to the quilt?

I've never done this before and need advice from someone experienced.

Treat it just like you would a fabric strip you cut for the border.

Measure the quilt, cut that measurement from the roll and attach.

I would NOT soak it at any time. I don't know how scrappy the pieces were - bias edges, etc., but I'd probably sew it on to the quilt with the paper still attached to stabilize it.
Just use the same small stitch you used (I hope!) when piecing the paper. ;-) It will make it easier to take off.

When all four sides of the border are on, THEN I'd take the paper off. Great sitting in front of the TV mindless work. A bit messy, but mindless.

And then I'd stay stitch around the whole quilt - less than 1/4" from the edge where it will be covered by the binding.

Great idea for using up small pieces.

Please post a picture when you're done.

yep...that`s what i did with mine..it doesn`t take that long to remove the paper after

Thanks a bunch! I'll try it. On my Janome I used 2.20 Maybe that wasn't small enough, but it was starting to punch complete holes in places where I had to sew it twice...so hopefully will pull off without too much trouble.

Some of the pieces are quilts small... )

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When I'm removing the paper, I gently score the stitching lines on the backside with a seam ripper (or awl or large needle or safety pin - whatever you've got handy). Most of the time it's enough to make the paper just fall away from the fabric.

OK. Thanks. The idea is such a good one, that I'm hoping it goes okay. I have so many scraps...

I'm curious as to what your "scrappy" border is ... could you unroll your roll and show us what it looks like.

I've done scrappy borders just by joining fabric pieces together, but this must be something totally different.

I hope you will show and tell us more ... Please? and Thanks!

Oh no! Another project just popped in to my head. Off to Walmart now to get the rolls. :idea:

You can mix it with a solid and make a chinese coins quilt.

Taking the paper off before you attach it, will cause you to have to work with all kinds of bias. I would leave it on :D:D:D

This is going to look so cool when it's finished. I can't wait to see a picture.

I'll post a pic tomorrow since it is almost 11 pm here now.

someone on another thread mentioned if you use a larger needle, sometimes those larger holes make it easier to remove the paper? What a great way to use scraps :)

I think I would stay stitch around the perimeter/edges of the quilt before dampening and removing the paper. Sort of a CYA technique.

ali

I've already stitched around the edge of the scrappy border. Here are some more pics.

I'm planning on putting it as part of the border on a scrappy quilt made up of scrappy crazy 6.5" squares. The rest of the quilt is done.

If there are not too many bias edges, I would remove the paper before stiching to the quilt BUT, I would mark the edge of the strip fabric every 6.5" first, before removing the paper, so that I could match it up with the squares, in order to keep the shape. I hope that makes sense!
I think you should have omitted the stitching around the edge - You will find it a lot more difficult to remove the paper.
When paper-piecing, I use stitch length 2.0 on my Janome and the paper removes very easily. Sometimes I put a small ruler along the line of stitching before tearing away the paper so that there's not too much 'pull' on the stitching.
I have read that the stitch length can be as small as 1.5 but have never tried this.

I felt like I had to in order to get the shape I wanted to since I sewed in odd ways and directions. I will try it later today and experiment.

I'm loving this border!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :-P Thanks for sharing the picture.

Great looking border!

Thanks for the picture. I have bags of scras that I am planning to do something similar.

This is beautiful and what a great way to use up scraps. I love this.

Another tip: lightly spray w/ water just before you start to take the paper off. It softens it.

Absolutely love this idea!

I don't wet the whole piece of paper when I'm removing it, but I take a q-tip and dip it in water and run it along the stitching. I do about a foot square area at a time and then it has time enough to soak in. Paper pulls off easily.

We'll see. I went ahead and sewed it to the quilt, and will now take the paper off. What I have tried to take off has come off without any problems. It's just that it is rather large. Hopefully pics soon...

I'm very, very pleased with how it is coming out and I appreciate all your advice.

I'll post under the "pictures" section when I finish taking the paper off and press the quilt top carefully.

Hi! I'm new on here so my question may be a dumb one but here goes. lol why is the scrappy border on paper. was it paper pieced? And if so, I am very interested in paper piecing-but I thought that was for intriquite points etc. If it's "scrappy" and there are no points why not just start sewing the pieces together? (By the way-I have learned so very very much on this board- my favorite)

Hi! I'm new on here so my question may be a dumb one but here goes. lol why is the scrappy border on paper. was it paper pieced? And if so, I am very interested in paper piecing-but I thought that was for intriquite points etc. If it's "scrappy" and there are no points why not just start sewing the pieces together? (By the way-I have learned so very very much on this board- my favorite)

With scraps, you have all kinds of bias edges and the paper acts as a stabilizer. Otherwise you'd get really wonky fabric. Ask my how I know. LOL

Going to be a beautiful border. Can't wait to see the quilt you put it on!

A fabulous idea and so much fun! I want to see the whole thing!!!!!

I've never done one of those before, Do you just sew the scraps to the roll of adding machine paper? and then just trim it to the width of the roll? What if your scrap is wider then the roll, how do you trim it?

How did you trim to the width of the roll of paper? What if your fabric was larger, how did you trim it to fit?

Roz

That really looks cool. I'm going to keep saving my scraps to give that a try. I really like that look..

Great suggestion...I'll try this when I get around to using my own adding machine strips.

The fabric scraps were most often larger than the edges of the paper, so that is why I felt like I had to sew the edges down.

After finishing a couple of feet, I sewed the edges down using about 1/8" seam from the edge--sewing from the paper side, and then trimmed the edges by just using scissors and trimming evenly with the paper.

It is the "perfect" border of this quilt. I'll try to get it done quickly...just have company here. I really am pleased. It won't be the last one I do!

Very true...I have done many scrappy squares, but this is a border of wonky pieces. I can't imagine trying to do a 3 or 2.5" border of weird shaped scraps without a stabilizer.

I really like how you pieced this scappy border, it has a lot of interest to it. Can hardly wait to see it finished.

I wanted to suggest something--but you already have sewn the pieced border on. I thought if you were going to have other borders on each side of this pieced one, you could first sew
borders on the strip piecing, then treat this whole unit as
one border. easier to handle a stretchy border if it is "held down" by outside borders. then you can miter or square
the corners or put cornerstones in. I do a lot of my borders like this so you only have to sew onto the quilt once.

At this point it wasn't stretchy at all because I left the paper on...so now I just have to get the paper off which is going to be very messy!

It's getting suspenseful...I'm looking forward to seeing the border on the quilt!