Desert Sky
08-12-2018, 04:28 AM
#12
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: NY
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Hooray! Looks like you are well on your way to creating this beautiful quilt. Can't wait to see it.
I think PP is one of the most difficult techniques to learn in a self taught format. I took a class for it. But once you learn PP, it is an invaluable tool to have in your quilt making arsenal.
I think PP is one of the most difficult techniques to learn in a self taught format. I took a class for it. But once you learn PP, it is an invaluable tool to have in your quilt making arsenal.
08-12-2018, 08:06 AM
#13
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Richmond, VA
Posts: 601
Ruby2shoes, beautiful job done! How fortunate that this board is kept alive by people who are so talented and willing to help. For a few years, I made my living as an illustrator and struggled with visualizing what the front of an object looked like when all I could see was the back. I mistakenly thought that I would be a whiz at the paper piecing. Wrong! A member of the quilting group I belong to mistakenly thought that she had taught me how. Wrong, again. I do admire all of you who have waded into what I see as a quagmire, then you turn mud into beauty.
08-12-2018, 02:33 PM
#14
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Central Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
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There is a yahoo group run by Carol Doak. I joined and learned how to FPP fairly easily. My biggest problem with each one I have done, was making sure my piece of fabric would cover the area I wanted it to. Now I turn the pattern to the fabric side, turn orver at least 1/4” where I wanted to sew it, and see if it covers the whole area, then turn it back over, and sew it into its proper place. I have to work slow and deliberate, but this works for me. I have a terrible time working in reverse due to a brain injury, but working this way allows me to do foundation paper piecing. (As long as I do not try to make anything too small and fiddly, lol.)
08-13-2018, 02:33 AM
#16
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Boothbay Maine
Posts: 9,518
Looks like you’ve got it Ruby2shoes...
I agree with feline fanatic, PP is a challenging technique in a self taught manner. I was fortunate to have a one on one instruction and assistance at a LQS. Once you get it down, it’s quite fun.
I agree with feline fanatic, PP is a challenging technique in a self taught manner. I was fortunate to have a one on one instruction and assistance at a LQS. Once you get it down, it’s quite fun.
08-28-2018, 02:30 AM
#19
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 4,783
If I understand your question correctly, leave all the papers on until after you sew the blocks together. You will sew them together on the sew lines on the papers. You will not be sewing them together just two fabric blocks right sides together without paper. They will be right sides together with paper still on both. The only thing you will do before sewing blocks together is trim them on the outermost paper lines. Does that answer your question?
08-28-2018, 03:52 AM
#20
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Location: Australia
Posts: 730
Sorry JustAbitCrazy, I didn't make myself very clear.
For any fabric piece you use, providing it is big enough for where it is intended to be sewn on the foundation paper, can the fabric piece be any shape? Couldn't you use odd shaped scraps of fabric that are big enough? Why do you need templates if it is the sewing on the lines on the foundation paper that makes your shape?
For any fabric piece you use, providing it is big enough for where it is intended to be sewn on the foundation paper, can the fabric piece be any shape? Couldn't you use odd shaped scraps of fabric that are big enough? Why do you need templates if it is the sewing on the lines on the foundation paper that makes your shape?
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