The Farmer's Wife Quilt-Along Discussion Page for Week 6--Blocks 11 & 12
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Originally Posted by Honchey
Originally Posted by rwquilts
You can cut your freezer paper into 8 1/2" x 11" sheets and feed them into your paper tray, putting the paper in so you print on the dull side, or you can also buy freezer paper sheets and trim them to the right size and print on them as regular paper. Give it a try!
Once I have each template as a picture, I do a "copy image" and then "paste" it into Word (or Publisher). I paste as many of the template as will fill the page.
You should crop the "picture" before pasting it, so that you can get as many templates on a page.
Then I print it out onto freezer paper. Voila! You have 6-9 identical templates!
**If your scanner doesn't allow you to select multiple images as pictures, you can cut the original and scan one template at a time.
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I tried one block done with freezer paper, but unfortunately, it didn't work for me...boo hoo! I had to really try hard to peel if off the paper, which caused my block to do some distorting...Honchey, do you have a good way to remove the paper without it distorting your fabrics??
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Originally Posted by rwquilts
I tried one block done with freezer paper, but unfortunately, it didn't work for me...boo hoo! I had to really try hard to peel if off the paper, which caused my block to do some distorting...Honchey, do you have a good way to remove the paper without it distorting your fabrics??
I'll be working on some blocks tonite and take some photos then post them. Anne
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Originally Posted by Honchey
Originally Posted by rwquilts
I tried one block done with freezer paper, but unfortunately, it didn't work for me...boo hoo! I had to really try hard to peel if off the paper, which caused my block to do some distorting...Honchey, do you have a good way to remove the paper without it distorting your fabrics??
I'll be working on some blocks tonite and take some photos then post them. Anne
Also are you using a size 14 needle (bigger perforations) and a stitch length of about 1.5?
To separate the paper from the seam allowance, I did use "The Purple Thang" narrow end to slide between fabric and paper. Then I ran it along the seam allowance to separate; I found it much easier than using my fingers to pull them apart.
This post also reminded me of the method of paperless foundation piecing. It's the same as regular paper piecing, except before you stitch you fold the paper back on the seam line and sew right next to the paper on the fabric. That means you have to paper to rip.
I've looked online but the only paperless piecing instructions I see are in books for sale. I took a mini-class at our guild and it looked cool!
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Originally Posted by Quilting Nonnie
Originally Posted by Honchey
Originally Posted by rwquilts
I tried one block done with freezer paper, but unfortunately, it didn't work for me...boo hoo! I had to really try hard to peel if off the paper, which caused my block to do some distorting...Honchey, do you have a good way to remove the paper without it distorting your fabrics??
I'll be working on some blocks tonite and take some photos then post them. Anne
Also are you using a size 14 needle (bigger perforations) and a stitch length of about 1.5?
To separate the paper from the seam allowance, I did use "The Purple Thang" narrow end to slide between fabric and paper. Then I ran it along the seam allowance to separate; I found it much easier than using my fingers to pull them apart.
This post also reminded me of the method of paperless foundation piecing. It's the same as regular paper piecing, except before you stitch you fold the paper back on the seam line and sew right next to the paper on the fabric. That means you have to paper to rip.
I've looked online but the only paperless piecing instructions I see are in books for sale. I took a mini-class at our guild and it looked cool!
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Originally Posted by Honchey
Originally Posted by Quilting Nonnie
Originally Posted by Honchey
Originally Posted by rwquilts
I tried one block done with freezer paper, but unfortunately, it didn't work for me...boo hoo! I had to really try hard to peel if off the paper, which caused my block to do some distorting...Honchey, do you have a good way to remove the paper without it distorting your fabrics??
I'll be working on some blocks tonite and take some photos then post them. Anne
Also are you using a size 14 needle (bigger perforations) and a stitch length of about 1.5?
To separate the paper from the seam allowance, I did use "The Purple Thang" narrow end to slide between fabric and paper. Then I ran it along the seam allowance to separate; I found it much easier than using my fingers to pull them apart.
This post also reminded me of the method of paperless foundation piecing. It's the same as regular paper piecing, except before you stitch you fold the paper back on the seam line and sew right next to the paper on the fabric. That means you have to paper to rip.
I've looked online but the only paperless piecing instructions I see are in books for sale. I took a mini-class at our guild and it looked cool!
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You can also take the freezer paper template, staple it in a couple of places to prevent it from moving too much ... using an empty needle (perhaps a denim size) and your largest stitch length, stitch on top of the lines you will using to sew in.
In that way, you will have perforated the tough paper giving yourself a sew line so you may not have to draw out all those patterns ... but with the perforation, and then your smaller stitches, the paper will be much more friendly to you <wave>
In that way, you will have perforated the tough paper giving yourself a sew line so you may not have to draw out all those patterns ... but with the perforation, and then your smaller stitches, the paper will be much more friendly to you <wave>
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