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#61
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Oh my gosh Fireworkslover. Your quilt are breathtakingly beautiful. Both of them have perfects points that would be near impossible to do if not for paper piecing. That is the beauty of paper piecing for me. I would never attempt intricate patterns like your quilts if I couldn't find paper piecing versions. You do beautiful work. I think you are the Queen of PP on this board :)
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Originally Posted by GrandmK
OK I have been following all the paper piecing long enough. This last thread has me wanting to give it a try. I am NOT good at math so suppose I will have trouble. Can someone tell me the very easiest pattern I should try??? I plan to just use scraps to learn
#63
Originally Posted by penny doty
Originally Posted by athenagwis
This is how I paper piece ....
http://www.twiddletails.com/store/in...age=page&id=21
It makes much more sense to me and I adore it, I will NEVER go back to the regular way of paper piecing again!
Cheers!
Rachel
http://www.twiddletails.com/store/in...age=page&id=21
It makes much more sense to me and I adore it, I will NEVER go back to the regular way of paper piecing again!
Cheers!
Rachel
Rachel
#64
Originally Posted by JanetM
Oh my gosh Fireworkslover. Your quilt are breathtakingly beautiful. Both of them have perfects points that would be near impossible to do if not for paper piecing. That is the beauty of paper piecing for me. I would never attempt intricate patterns like your quilts if I couldn't find paper piecing versions. You do beautiful work. I think you are the Queen of PP on this board :)
#65
For my "Starts Among Bees" quilt I hand drew and traced some of the patterns directly from a book by Karen K. Stone "Quilts". I used tracing paper which is much easier to tear off than regular paper, you put through your printer. I used many of her pattern arcs but did make up many of my own too. All these blocks are mix and match, so it's easy to make up your own design and not be copying what someone else has done, therefore making an original. That's what I prefer to do. I used a thin Sharpie marker and a short ruler.
#66
Originally Posted by fireworkslover
Andii,
Here's my first paper pieced fireworks quilt titled "Rings and Stars", made in 2006. This was the first paper piecing I'd ever done. 144 blocks!
Here's my first paper pieced fireworks quilt titled "Rings and Stars", made in 2006. This was the first paper piecing I'd ever done. 144 blocks!
Because I do lots of hand piecing, I may try it by hand. maybe I can control it better.
#67
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I know the frustration with learning to paper-piece. It is fun after you have done a few more.
I don't do it very often but is fun once in awhile.
As for the using the pattern over, always have SCOTCH TAPE handy. Just scotch tape where you mess up and it works great!
Marta
I don't do it very often but is fun once in awhile.
As for the using the pattern over, always have SCOTCH TAPE handy. Just scotch tape where you mess up and it works great!
Marta
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Originally Posted by athenagwis
Originally Posted by penny doty
Originally Posted by athenagwis
This is how I paper piece ....
http://www.twiddletails.com/store/in...age=page&id=21
It makes much more sense to me and I adore it, I will NEVER go back to the regular way of paper piecing again!
Cheers!
Rachel
http://www.twiddletails.com/store/in...age=page&id=21
It makes much more sense to me and I adore it, I will NEVER go back to the regular way of paper piecing again!
Cheers!
Rachel
Rachel
#70
fireworkslover,
Your quilts are gorgeous. My favorite is rings and Stars because I love the blocks of colors. I can't imagine 144 pp blocks for the first project...I am in awe! Thanks for sharing.
Andii
Your quilts are gorgeous. My favorite is rings and Stars because I love the blocks of colors. I can't imagine 144 pp blocks for the first project...I am in awe! Thanks for sharing.
Andii
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