String Piecing on adding machine paper
10-03-2010, 08:00 AM
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I just love coming here, so many really great idea you all have...I wish I could see a picture of the paper piecing strip, and how it all goes together...great project for my grand daughter...whoooooooooooooeeeeeeee
10-03-2010, 09:34 AM
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I have some tutorials in my blog thriftyideastoday.com for strip quilts or table runners - example the 9 patch or 12 patch - this is such a great idea using the small scraps on the old register paper.
10-04-2010, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by mygirl66
I found 2- 3" rolls in a bag for $1.00 at Goodwill on Friday, then had to stop at Gordon Food Service, and found a box of 12 marked down for $4.90! I am stocked up & ready to go! Thank you Sue!
10-20-2010, 05:57 AM
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I finally tracked down some 3in rolls over here. I could only persuade the shop to sell me two - otherwise they wanted me to buy a whole box (I might go back for them later). Anyway, here is my effort so far.
I addapted a box that originally held a block of note paper to hold my roll. Two holes drilled in it, and an old plastic knitting needle did the trick (I cut it to length).
I addapted a box that originally held a block of note paper to hold my roll. Two holes drilled in it, and an old plastic knitting needle did the trick (I cut it to length).
A couple of large hair grips are keeping things under control at the other trimmed end.
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Made a start on my Christmas projects
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My adapted roll holder
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I think you could drill a plastic holder too if you had the right drill bit
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This is the holder as I bought it
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And with the cut down plastic knitting needle in place
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10-20-2010, 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Quilting Nana
I love it. Now I am going to have to go back to thrift store to find one of those boxes.
Thanks.
Thanks.
I also found it easier to cut up scraps in front of the TV so that I had a good box of them to choose from, rather than doing it in front of the machine, which seems to hold up production. I think I could get addicted to these strips.
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