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Originally Posted by karenpatrick
(Post 5415418)
Can anyone suggest an easy pattern to practice my pp skills before I start on the real thing? TIA.
There's lot of sites and lots of info elsewise on the How To. ... as with most things, the secret all comes in practice practice practice!!!! The more you do it, the easier it will become and the more comfortable and confident you will be with Paper Piecing. It's really not all that hard ... :D |
Originally Posted by QuiltE
(Post 5415772)
I started with the basic instructions on QuiltersCache.com. They start you with a square in a square. Also there's some some nice basic patterns that you can make, to continue to practice.
There's lot of sites and lots of info elsewise on the How To. ... as with most things, the secret all comes in practice practice practice!!!! The more you do it, the easier it will become and the more comfortable and confident you will be with Paper Piecing. It's really not all that hard ... :D Thank you for responding to QuiltE. I've been out of pocket with no access to a computer. |
Originally Posted by Patricia Faye
(Post 5416219)
Thank you for responding to QuiltE. I've been out of pocket with no access to a computer.
My apologies. |
Originally Posted by QuiltE
(Post 5416233)
You're welcome, though I thought it was a generic question, that anyone could respond to.
My apologies. |
I took my book to a friend to see if she would like to join us and she said YES! We will get together soon to give her simple instructions for how to paper piece so she will be ready!
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I have my book! But I am wondering how everyone will be treating the patterns that are too close to the center seam of the book. I have toyed with the idea of bringing it to Kinkos and have them exchange the glued binding for a spiral binding. I have thought about carefully removing the offending pages (3-4) before coping them. Any thoughts? There will be distortion otherwise. The book could be forced open until the binding breaks, but it still wouldn't be flat enough . Getting excited.
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Originally Posted by Purl
(Post 5419079)
I have my book! But I am wondering how everyone will be treating the patterns that are too close to the center seam of the book. I have toyed with the idea of bringing it to Kinkos and have them exchange the glued binding for a spiral binding. I have thought about carefully removing the offending pages (3-4) before coping them. Any thoughts? There will be distortion otherwise. The book could be forced open until the binding breaks, but it still wouldn't be flat enough . Getting excited.
Purl Many of us who did the FWS and PC quilts took our books to Kinkos etc. and had the spine cut off and the spiral added. It's been wonderful to be able to lay the book flat. For all the cost, I can see doing it for other books too! Will you still be able to get it flat enough with the spiral? Or should you make your copies after the spine is cut, and before the spiral is added? |
Great idea. Looks like my book is going in for a makeover at Kinko's :thumbup:
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Originally Posted by jtquilts
(Post 5419009)
I took my book to a friend to see if she would like to join us and she said YES! We will get together soon to give her simple instructions for how to paper piece so she will be ready!
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Originally Posted by jtquilts
(Post 5419009)
I took my book to a friend to see if she would like to join us and she said YES! We will get together soon to give her simple instructions for how to paper piece so she will be ready!
Wonderful jtquilts! The more, the merrier! |
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