gramquilter2

I use Carol Doak's Foundation paper. It is thinner than printer paper more like newsprint, I guess. It is easy to tear off your project and with a coupon at Jo Ann's or Hancock not that expensive.

AnitaSt

Thanks, Sue. I'm anxious to try paper piecing and now I understand the benefits of having the ad a quarter ruler.

cabbagepatchkid

Great tutorial!! :thumbup:

This is a wonderful You Tube video to help to "see" what the written instructions tell us:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uaW26igygE

Jammin' Jane

It's tricky when you first start...makes you think!

bjdemir

Do you always press your seams open? I have been pressing mine to one side. I have also gone to the Dollar store and picked up a kids tablet. 50 or 60 sheets for $1. It does have to be trimmed to 8-1/2 x 11 for the printer but that is easy to do and it works very well. I also like Carol Doak's paper.

mjsylvstr

I usually press seams to the side but when I join some of the pieces of the block together, I then press open.

For me, it usually depends on where the seam is and how much bulk is around it.

I don't follow any rule just work each seam individually.

larkspurlanedesigns

With paper piecing you don't really have a choice where the seam allowances go but I have never had a problem with them myself. When I press as I add each piece the seam allowances go behind the piece I just sewed.

bjdemir

Thank you.

OHSue

Now where do we get the pattern for that cute little PP angel that is your avatar?

larkspurlanedesigns

That is one of my own designs! Its called Lexa's Angel. I offer that one for an $8 donation to The Cleland Family Fund. My friend, Nicole Cleland, lost her beautiful, 7 year old daughter, Lexa, in a car accident when a drunk driver crossed the line and hit her car head on. Lexa died on December 4, 2010 and Nicole is still recovering in a rehabilitation center here in Pittsburgh. Her family needs all the help they can get right now, so if anyone is interested in that pattern just let me know!