Old 03-23-2010, 01:32 PM
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Quilting Nonnie
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I LOVE PP too!! My avatar is a 20"x20" wall hanging.

A couple of tips I've found helpful that haven't been mentioned yet:

--use a larger needle, like 90/14, along with small stitch to make it easy to remove the paper

--if you have "The Purple Thang" you can use it for removing the paper. Just rub along the seams and they will come out without leaving any mini dots. Say goodbye to the tweezers! I think someone mentioned using a wooden presser.

Thanks to whoever mentioned Paper Panache--I just ordered $36 in patterns!

Here's a picture of a wall hanging I adapted from piecing to paper piecing. I was making one blue and one green for my daughter and for my son's girlfriend. I made the first blue one using Eleanor Burns strip method. I didn't like the way the small squares turned out, not square enough. I decided to make a paper piece pattern. I made a second blue one for me and found there were things that needed tweaking. After I tweaked, I made the green one for my daughter!

blue christmas
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green christmas
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