Book recommendation - paper piecing
11-30-2020, 12:56 PM
#11
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
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$ave your money for fabric!!!
Here's where I started to learn how to PP.
Start Quilting 3 - Practice Paper Piecing (quilterscache.com)
I watched various basic videos online, and paid attention to tips and hints here on the QB. That first basic block is a good one to get you started. Lots of other PP patterns on that site. Some are more basic for beginners. Some more difficult. But don't let your newbie-ness discourage you, if you want to do something!!!!
As a word of warning .... you will find/hear/see many different ways of how to PP. Take a bit from each and don't feel bound to only one way. As time went along, I developed my own rhythm and style. You will too.
It's a wonderful quilting technique ..... for me it's an easy, lazy way to quilt, when I am tired and don't really feel like paying attention to detail. Sometimes I feel it has made me a lazy quilter, as I will opt for PPing at times, just so I have all those perfect points, and straight lines. (yes, I still do my fair share of non-PPing!)
Good Luck ... and most importantly, have FUN!
Here's where I started to learn how to PP.
Start Quilting 3 - Practice Paper Piecing (quilterscache.com)
I watched various basic videos online, and paid attention to tips and hints here on the QB. That first basic block is a good one to get you started. Lots of other PP patterns on that site. Some are more basic for beginners. Some more difficult. But don't let your newbie-ness discourage you, if you want to do something!!!!
As a word of warning .... you will find/hear/see many different ways of how to PP. Take a bit from each and don't feel bound to only one way. As time went along, I developed my own rhythm and style. You will too.
It's a wonderful quilting technique ..... for me it's an easy, lazy way to quilt, when I am tired and don't really feel like paying attention to detail. Sometimes I feel it has made me a lazy quilter, as I will opt for PPing at times, just so I have all those perfect points, and straight lines. (yes, I still do my fair share of non-PPing!)
Good Luck ... and most importantly, have FUN!
12-01-2020, 04:17 AM
#15
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Central NJ
Posts: 5,571
I am not here to discourage you from getting a book on paper piecing, just to share my beginner experiences. Until I got into a rhythm I made a ton of mistakes. Sewing on the wrong side, errors with placement in relation to sew lines, fabric pieces too small and the most frustrating mistake.....cutting off seam allowances on completed blocks.
My suggestion is make your own 5 piece 6” crazy block design. Use your scraps. Practice practice until you get the rhythm down. Also make yourself a nest beside your machine with a small cutting mat and an ironing station. I use a wool pressing mat and a mini iron.
Once comfortable try something more difficult, the techniques remain the same no matter how difficult the pattern (well maybe not the ridiculous ones I will never attempt).
I love paper piecing as it provides a level of accuracy I can never achieve using regular piecing no matter how hard I try.
good luck.
My suggestion is make your own 5 piece 6” crazy block design. Use your scraps. Practice practice until you get the rhythm down. Also make yourself a nest beside your machine with a small cutting mat and an ironing station. I use a wool pressing mat and a mini iron.
Once comfortable try something more difficult, the techniques remain the same no matter how difficult the pattern (well maybe not the ridiculous ones I will never attempt).
I love paper piecing as it provides a level of accuracy I can never achieve using regular piecing no matter how hard I try.
good luck.
I totally agree with this, as well as the other poster who mentioned using batiks as there is no right or wrong side to deal with.
I had a very had time grasping the concept from a book - even Carol Doak's books. I ended up taking a class at my LQS and it truly cemented the process in my sad, little brain, lol.
Once you get the hang of the process, even the most complicated of quilts are yours for the making!
12-11-2020, 09:38 AM
#16
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Southern California
Posts: 6,254
Take Carol doaks craftsy class. Just be careful with youtube. I did a block prior to Carol Doak from a video off YouTube and they left out steps and you can see a big difference from my first block to my blocks now. I'm glad I never did the whole quilt
