Thanks for the tute!! I will definetly have to try this method.

I am so glad everyone liked my tutorial!! I hope if you try it, you will share your pics and/or opinions on it here!

Cheers!
Rachel

What a fabulous tutorial. I have forwarded your blog link to the members of my guild as well.
thanks!

Thanks Rachel for taking the time to share this with everyone. I cant wait to try this out.

Robyn

I am curious if Redpurselady has had a chance to try this method of printing a paper piecing pattern onto freezer paper using a laser printer? I have already ordered the freezer paper online. I do not have a copy machine at home, so I am planning to ask DH to make my copies at his office .... he has a laser printer.

If you are nervous you could also use a lightbox or a window to trace the pattern onto the papery side of the freezer paper, it's an extra step, but it does the job. :) :)

Rachel

Thank you for the demo. I'd heard of doing the PP this way, but couldn't wrap my brain around it. You did a great job explaining.

Thank you so much for the great informative tut, with pictures...you spent a lot of you time.......appreciate it.....calla

Wish i had seen these fantastic instructions when i first started doing freezer paper 2 months ago. I have the technique down "packed" now, but it would have saved me a lot of frustrations and waste of paper and fabrics the first time round. Never mind!!!

I have found that using a teeny bit of spray basting helps keep the fabrics in place!

Terrific method! I took a class on this method years ago, but couldn't remember just how to do it. Your instructions are very clear and the photos are great too! Thanks for taking the time to post such a great tut.

Thanks for the compliments ladies, I would love to see any attempts at this method and hear feedback on it if you have tried it for the first time! I just adore this method of paper piecing and wonder if others will like it as much as I do.

Rachel

Thank you so much, sounds much easier than regular paper piecing or foundation piecing. Great lesson.

Thanks for a wonderful tutorial. I have used this method but the one I used had the outer seam allowance still on the freezer paper. I think your way is better, when sewing the block sections together= there's no freezer paper in the way.

What a great method!!!! I just finished a large paper peiced quilt. I wish I knew this before! AWESOME!!

Hi, I like this method very much. I love paper piecing, but taking the paper off is the part I dislike. do you know how to change a normal pattern into a paper piecing pattern? PM me please if you can be of help with this.

Thank you for this tute. (I had wondered if using freezer paper would work in a printer.) I'm going to use this for applique patterns, too! Happy Dance :)

Three things. One: After you fold the freezer paper back to add the next fabric, use the "Add-a-Quarter" ruler (or any other ruler) to cut off the extra fabric beyond the 1/4 inch seam allowance. Then when you add the next piece, you line it up with that edge of fabric: no need to trim again and less fabric wasted.
Two: You can take that piece of freezer paper off at the end and reuse it. Many times. A friend used hers twenty times. What a saving of paper! And time!
Three: When folding the freezer paper, lay a ruler on the line to be folded and use the back of a seam ripper to "score" it on the line. Some people use an index card or such to help with the folding, but scoring lightly with the back side of a seam ripper and a ruler is so much more accurate. Another time saver when using your paper many times = You don't have to score it again.

Pretty cool tutorial and hints. Thank you!

I found some writing tablets at Walmart. The paper has lines but is quite thin and works great for paper piecing. The price per tablet was $1.00 and has about 50 sheets. It goes through the printer very easily and tears away without much problem.

I loved paper piecing when I tried it but my group found it difficult and a little paranoid about the waste. I'll try this and see if they won't like it better. Even though they thought it was advanced for them, they did the challenge well and accomplished a far more difficult block than they ever had before.

Well I have no idea how I came across this but wow!! I'm so looking forward to trying this! thank you