tessagin

Wasn't sure if this link was going to work.

tessagin

Aha! it worked.

Melanie Rudy

I did paper piecing a few times with lovely results, but the paper removal is such a pain that I will probably never use this method again. I have a friend who uses a technique called "paperless" piecing where you fold the paper out of the way somehow and she has made some fantastic quilt tops.

Barb in Louisiana

I really like the results of paper piecing. I have several Judy Niemeyer patterns printed on newsprint. She is good with here directions as to when you can tear the paper off. I only leave it on long enough to stabilize the sewing. I sew with either 1.5 or 1.6 stitch length. I have a marvelous combo called Rip Tweezers. The ripper is on one end, used to start the paper coming off, and the tweezers are on the other end, to grab those small pieces. It does take a while to get the paper off, but the end results are worth it, at least to me. My friend goes into a room and has a shop vac in there. She and her 5 year old granddaughter tear the paper off, then she vacuums. It's a lot quicker when you don't have to worry about getting the paper into a garbage can. lol

QuiltingNinaSue

Very interesting reading; I am so glad you ask the question Barb. I am going to be doing the 3rd trail ride with the third book of Laurie Aaron Hird Farmer's Wife Sampler 1930 with the group on QB beginning August 4th. Yes, the majority of the 99 blocks will be paper pieced. Each block is six inches finished, so many tiny pieces of paper left on the inside of the block even if I use Carol Doak's paper packets. I cannot sew too small of a stitch and rip it out, so I steam press each block and use Best Press...no problem removing the paper.

Several of us have done the other two books together, and more are joining us, so it will be fun, doing two blocks a week. Honchey is leading us one more time, and always has helpful hints on the blocks. Others contribute as well, making it a merry time together. Each doing it their way, with whatever scraps they have in their stash...e.i., batiks, reproduction, civil war scraps.

Brandonsnana

I use a tracing wheel, the kind you use with tracing paper to mark garments that you sew, to score the paper along the stitching lines. Really makes it easier to remove the paper.

Holly H NY

I use newsprint, and a reduced stitch size when I paper piece. I also remove the paper from the blocks before I sew them together.

By far my easiest method is to leave the blocks sitting next to my husband's recliner - he removes paper while watching tv.

EmiliasNana

I use a flat white eraser, often found in the art department. It is about 1" x 2" and rub it gently across the paper seams. Works like a charm............then use the vacuum hose to clean up the floor, LOL.

margecam52

Quilt police...look the other way, lol ... I leave the tiny bits that are at the seams...I've done a double wedding ring that has Seminole triangles in the arcs, and have washed the quilt several times with no lumping.

Get a damp cloth, or a spray bottle of water...and lightly mist the paper. It will pull away much easier. Those little bits can be taken out with tweezers... but, I had a leg injury & was in no mood to pull them out, sitting in a recliner. So I left them.

gmcsewer

The back of a seam ripper ran down the line of stitching works well for me.