Here's another block to add to my "sampler", this one took a little while. It's so exciting to see them come together, it looks like they won't go together right, but then in the end it does. Now, do I rip off all the paper, or wait until I put the quilt together?

I leave the paper on until I have it all together and then tear it out gently by folding it back and forth so as not to tear out any of the stitching.
BTW, your piece is beautiful!

Gorgeous work! You've inspired me to check out amma's tute for sure.

Thank you!
And thank you for your help as well!

Thank yo so much! I really hope you check out the tute, she's a really good teacher and it's fun to do too! Good luck. :D

I see you have a suggestion, also, I run the duller side of my seam ripper, over the stitches, back and to a little, afterwards....I leave ppr on, till I get ready to join rows.
That is one pretty block! I love those colors. This is going to be some quilt...(some pig...from Charlotte's Web, just jumped in my head :lol: )

Both of these blocks are stunners!!! Good Job!!! I love watching you as add on more tfor your sampler quilt :D :D :D

Great job!!! Amma is a wonderful teacher.

I forgot to add a thank you for the compliments :oops: :D

I leave my paper on...when I start sewing them together I remove paper from the seam lines before I press. It makes getting the little pieces out easier. If you leave the big pieces alone until the borders are on, it helps to stabilize the bias edges of the blocks, JMHO :wink:

Here is my latest addition to my pp'd sampler quilt and here's what they look like together so far. I know I'm going pretty slow on this but am plugging away. Any suggestions to make this look better?

Why do you want it to look better? Already looks perfect to me! :wink: :D

I messed up the colors, I put the brown where the white was supposed to be, but doesn't look too bad I guess.

After you have them all done send it to me and I will take care of it for you :wink: Well I mean fix the block... LOL What did you think I meant :lol: Looks GREAT to me, and if you are worried about the brown put it in the center and make it the focal of the quilt, and act like that is what you wanted :D
Sharon

Do you mean within the block, Suzi? If so, I wouldn't worry about it - after all, no one is going to stand there with the pattern and compare! Tha main thing is that YOU'RE happy with it! :D

great job!!

Here is my favorite one so far, The star looks like it has striped fabric running through it, but I paper pieced the whole thing. What do you think? I also decided to get rid of the flower blocks in favor of more earthy colors for this quilt. I'm moving on to another block now. Have a nice day!

They all look terrific Suzi!! You have really mastered the paper piecing technique!!

And you can use the others as a start on your next quilt :wink:

Yes, and I think flowers will be my theme on that quilt.

Here is another block I finished today, I really like this one as well. The name of it is Crossroads. It was really fun and easy to make.

Those are super!!! You did an amazing job!! I like the colors:)

both the blocks are beautiful.

Those are awesome. I haven't even been brave enough to try yet. You go girl!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Thank you! You don't have to be brave, just jump right in with both feet! Try it I bet you'll like it.

Here's my favorite one so far, it gave me a bit of a struggle at the end, but came out pretty nice! Hope you like it!

Here are the ones I'm going to use so far.

You are going to have one spectacular quilt when you get done Suzi!! Those blocks are so fabulous!! I just love the detail!

Your blocks came out wonderful. One would never know it was your first and second attempt. Keep up the beautiful work. Love that red material you used.

Suzi, I really admire your ability to choose colors to put together, and where to place them!
This is going to be sooome quilt! :D

Good gracious, you picked that up really quick. Congratulations.

The blocks looks fantastic.

Okay, here are two more to add. I introduced some color so I could get more colors throughout the quilt. One is a Friendship Circle and the other one is an Exploding Star. Hope these help make the quilt pop a little. Thank you for looking.

WOW suzic!!! Those are all AWESOME :D :D :D You have mastered PP'ing for sure 8) 8) 8) Keep them coming, please!!!!!

These blocks are fantastic! You really picked up PP fast. It is addicting isn't it? Thanks for showing us your progress so far. Will bookmark your thread.

Your blocks are looking awesome. Can't wait to see the quilt. It is going to be beautiful. :D :D

Fantastic work Suzi!! You are really rolling along there! How many blocks are you aiming for?

These are absolutely stunning! How on earth did I miss this.

What wonderful work.... isn't PP great, such perfect points and lines.

You've done a stunning job on all of the blocks, well done! :-)

A hint for removing the paper... I saw on tv once a lady doing PP, she folded and creased along every single line before starting, and it "weakened" the line so it could be easily torn. Even though it gets creased, it still flattens out for the sewing part.
I haven't tried it though.

Suzi, this is going to be a Superstar Quilt.........& the color is going to POP...

Those are beautiful blocks. I can't believe you have just started. They look great.

Wow! You are really zooming along.

I just made my testing block for the Dear Jane swap, it's tiny and done by PP. I folded the paper along the printed sewing line, ran my fingernail along it to really crease the fold, then unfolded it and did the next line, and so on and so forth, till all the lines were done. I flattened it out again with my hands, and sewed my block as normal.

Now, I've only done one, but it was definitely easier to remove the paper at the end.

My solution for taking the paper off is this: I asked my DH to do it and he said yes!! lol He was bored one night and he's done a few of them so far! Thank you all so much for the compliments and the encouragement. It is very addicting and a whole lot of fun to place the colors. :D