New as of today, Wanda the Granny from California
04-02-2014, 11:20 AM
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New as of today, Wanda the Granny from California
I am 77 years old and have reduced by quilts to baby quilts, as I am to old to handle larger ones. Would love to share designs with others. My favorite is applique, and love any and all subjects. I also would like to know how to paper piece. My mother used to paper piece, but I don't know how she did it.
I may take a vacation from the quilting board from time to time because I have other hobbies. Love genealogy, and cooking.
Granny
I may take a vacation from the quilting board from time to time because I have other hobbies. Love genealogy, and cooking.
Granny
04-02-2014, 12:20 PM
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Welcome from Ontario, Canada. The paper piecing your mother probably did was either English paper piecing for Grandmothers Flower Garden or foundation paper piecing scrap blocks. Bonnie Hunter has a Spiderweb pattern under her free pattern tab that is foundation paper pieced http://www.quiltville.blogspot.ca
There are newer paper piecing methods that allow you to piece intricate pictures from paper patterns that you sew through. A site for those is http://www.paperpanache.com/
There are newer paper piecing methods that allow you to piece intricate pictures from paper patterns that you sew through. A site for those is http://www.paperpanache.com/
04-02-2014, 04:07 PM
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Welcome to the board Granny (79 years old) , I'm Granny many times , I like quilting and embroidery , can't seem to master paper piecing, my Mom paper pieced scrap quilts, this allowed very small strips/ sizes of fabric to be used. I liked tearing the paper off for her when the block was done. Sears and wards catalogs was what she used for the paper. I can applique only on the sewing machine, have tremors that doesn't allow for hand sewing anymore.
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