paper peiceing
12-05-2010, 09:57 AM
#32
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Originally Posted by DeeBooper
Carol Doak is excellent but so is anything by Nancy Mahoney. She was in my quilt guild when I lived in Florida and I got to see her beautiful quilts up close. Here is a picture of one I paper pieced a few years ago. I received a second place for it in a quilt show. it was so much fun to make and had over 2000 pieces in it. You will love paper piecing!
Is this one of the books that has stain glass stars?? Your quilt it beautiful.. I am getting the bug to try my hand.. have signed up for a class..
12-05-2010, 12:11 PM
#34
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You should check what your library has - you could buy a book after that if you find it really great. Also, check out Marcia Hohn's website, http://www.quilterscache.com/QuiltBlocksGalore.html . Many of her free block patterns are paper-pieced and she has general instructions to introduce you to paper-piecing as well. Once you do one or two blocks, you won't need to spend the money on an introductory book. Marcia has hundreds of blocks for you to select from. Then you could use your saved money to buy more advanced ones, like Carol Doak's "50 Fabulous Paper-pieced Stars" or Peggy Martin's "Quick Strip Paper-piecing". Some blocks can only be done well with paper-piecing techniques so enjoy your journey.
12-05-2010, 02:51 PM
#35
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I learned by following the instructions in a book by Valori Wells, "Radiant New York Beauties". That book has 14 paper pieced projects in it. There are instructions in there for enlarging the patterns as well as close-ups of the quilts to give you some ideas for fmq. I've never used special paper to print the pattern on, just reg. paper that goes in my printer. When I've made blocks larger than what will fit in my printer, then I've used tracing paper I bought in a pad (19" X 24" ). Just used a thin Sharpie marker. It tears off easier than reg. paper.
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