first time paper piecer!!!
#1
first time paper piecer!!!
I decided to learn how to paper piece by using up some of my scraps. So I went and bought Alex Andersen's Paper piecing book. Attached are my first three blocks made (granted pretty easy ones) but will expand next with pinapple blocks then kaleidoscope. Still more to make after that to make a sampler. All will be in bright scraps. What do you use to paper piece on? I am using a product called perfect piecing by June Tailor.
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Beautiful work! and I love the colors. I tend to be a bit different sometimes in my techniques (and I'll admit, a little cheap) so I usually do my "paper" piecing without paper - I use a thin muslin fabric which I trace the pattern onto by laying it on top of the pattern. It gives it more stability and you don't have to pick pieces of paper out of the stitching. It gives it a nice base, just takes a little bit longer. Starching is good to help it keep its shape, too. [ATTACH=CONFIG]301883[/ATTACH]These were done with muslin instead of paper.
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I need to buy that book. I took a paper piecing class one time and feined a headache to leave because I wasn't following the teacher and couldn't figure it out. It seemed hard. But if there is a good book that does step by step instructions with pictures and actual blocks, I'd love to try it. Does this book have all that?
#7
Love the blocks and the Round Tu-its. If you learn the basics of how to position the fabric, sew them and remove the paper you can do ANY paper piecing project. Check out some of Carol Doaks books. She does beautiful patterns. Once you really get the hang of it you can also make your own patterns if you see a picture you like.
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Beautiful work! and I love the colors. I tend to be a bit different sometimes in my techniques (and I'll admit, a little cheap) so I usually do my "paper" piecing without paper - I use a thin muslin fabric which I trace the pattern onto by laying it on top of the pattern. It gives it more stability and you don't have to pick pieces of paper out of the stitching. It gives it a nice base, just takes a little bit longer. Starching is good to help it keep its shape, too. [ATTACH=CONFIG]301883[/ATTACH]These were done with muslin instead of paper.
http://www.amazon.com/Paper-Piecing-...5&sr=8-1-spell
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