I have done small paper piecing (with large pieces) as sections of other projects, but THIS is a first! It's from the book "A Year of Paper Piecing" by Beverly A. Maxvill. Such wonderful designs! After this, I feel like I could paper piece ANY THING! LOL

Really beautiful!!! Keep up the good work.

Really nice!

That wall hanging is so pretty! Was it hard? It looks really complicated!

I can't say that it's "hard" , but very exacting and the roses and stems did get tedious, so I'd have to stop for a while. But I did it using the freezer paper method, so at least I didn't have to tear off all that paper when I was done! And with all the bias on this piece, I think having to rip off paper would have left me with the waviest fabric ever! Thank you!

WOW!!! That is a stunning quilt :D:D:D
Good Job :thumbup:

Very pretty! I love paper piecing, but I've never used freezer paper. I'll have to try that.

Wow, I just started paper piecing. I love your project!
Awesome!!!!

Very nice! I did my first paper piecing this week and seeing yours is very inspiring for me to keep moving forward with it. That was quite a project for your first time. Congratulations on completing such a complex pattern. :thumbup:

Wow! :thumbup:

That's a lovely piece!

Really beautiful...keep them coming.

Soooooo cute! It made me laugh.

Its beautiful

WOW!!! Now I want to learn to PP!

Awesome!

Those roses are realy cool ;-)

Beautiful!

Looks fabulous. I can see how it would get tedious but it turned out great and gave you lots of practice. Great job.

I have that book, your peice makes me want to get it out and give it another try.. I attempted the turkey for thanksgiving..needless to say he was missing some parts and got scrapped lol.. gonna try again..love it, donna

Beautiful!

WOW what a beautiful wall hanging! Will you now be making one for every month of the year :D Keep up the good work, looks like you have this method down pat. :thumbup:

i love it, great work

beautiful. I am just learning paper piecing. It's fun.

Well, if your "sunny and warm most of the time" place is SoCal, I can tell you a GREAT place to take a class! ;-)

Yes! That's the exciting part! I bought this little hanger and each month I can change the "quilt-let". The next one is a teapot, cup and petit fours! FUN! (and it looks much less complicated!)

Hi,

That is very Preity wall hanging. I've been a chicken to try paper quilting right now I I'm working on small quilts for my Great newul and my two Great grandsons. Vern

I have never tried this but would love to great job

Stillwaters,
I know Bev Maxvill. She is a wonderful quilter.She had a store near me in SE Michigan but just moved this summer to the west side of our state. She was teaching me hand quilting. A very talented lady. Here is her website if you would like to see some other patterns that she has.
www.thequilterspatch.com Check it out. Your valentine is really nice. Bev helped me design a quilt for my husband and I was going to paperpiece the word Michigan at the top but didn't get to that point before she moved.

Beautiful!

Thank you, Sharon! What a wonderful experience that must have been! I will check out her website!

Sharon, I found these paper piecing patterns for letters.

http://www.quilterscache.com/A/AlphabetPatterns.html

You just click on each individual letter and you can get the pattern for it. So if you got the basics for paper piecing and just need to add "Michigan" to your quilt. maybe you could try these!

(My Dad was from Flint ;) )

Thank you for this website. I'm going to try to print these and practice before I use my good material. Can't wait to see more of your quilt hangings.
Flint is about an hour from my house.

Wow really nice !

I am currently doing a king size paper pieced project and am absolutely dreading tearing off the paper. What is the freezer paper method that you mentioned?

elfvinnd, I have been searching for a "tute" online and this is the closest I find to the way I do it:
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...33818438EDRdkE

I hope this helps. It looks like A LOT of steps, but you really get into a rhythm.
The only hints I would add are:
~When you fold back the freezer paper, you can use a "credit card" to keep your line straight (the free kind they keep sending in the mail). This also gives you a little more thickness to butt the add-a-quarter ruler up to when cutting.
~ When ironing the freezer paper onto you fabric, remember to "start wrong and go right!" - you iron onto the WRONG side of the #1 fabric, and to the RIGHT side of all the rest.
~ if you are piecing very small bits (like the roses and the stems in the one I did), you can use an add-an-eighth ruler instead.

I hope you try this method! I love that you just peel the freezer paper off of your finished section and you can use it again! If the freezer paper gets "linty" and doesn't seem to stick well any more, you just wipe it with a USED dryer sheet and it will keep on working for you.

Good luck! Barbara

great quilt

Wow! Fabulous quilt, especially that it is your first PP. Nice work~

So romantic.....lovely :-D

Beautiful .