Old man- New quilter

Listen people. A lot of you have the wrong idea about using freezer paper.
With regular paper, you have the pattern laid out so that you can sew on the lines to join sections. You actually sew right through the paper to get your result. Everyone knows this.
Not so with freezer paper.... Freezer paper is ironed onto the fabric, then you peel it back to the line that you WOULD HAVE sewn on with regular paper. At this point you have the preceding fabric ironed on to the FP and the FP folded back to your sewing line. Using the next fabric under the first, you sew ON THE FABRIC as close to the aforementioned sewing line as you can WITHOUT sewing into the freezer paper. Now, from the edge of that same line that you just sewed, measure 1/4 inch ( or less ) from that FP edge and mark and cut your seam allowance on both fabrics that you just stitched.
Next, open up the pieces and iron down the FP to the last piece you just sewed. Peel the FP back to the next sewing line and do everything again for the next piece.

Now that I have you totally confused, you might want to check out the tutorial that someone has already posted.
www.twiddletails.com and search for freezer paper piecing.

Kitsie

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Finally someone gets it! Did you use this method with your compass? I'm doing some flowers using it and it is so much fun, if a little time consuming, but the accuracy rewards it in spades!

zkosh

I feel the same way! I've been working on a Montana Cartwheel (similar to NY Beauty) and the arcs and points turn out beautifully!! I was beginning to wonder what was so hard to understand...:thumbup:

Greeter Eva

I still can't understand why use freezer paper instead of other paper. I used it for some applique the other day & found it impossible to remove, cuz it had been pressed to much.
Greeter Eva

Kitsie

Eva, I think you need to go back and read all the posts and go to the web site given in 2 or 3 of them to see the point of it,

Pam

Eva, your iron was too hot! That is why it stuck so bad, you just want to melt the plastic a little, not hermetically seal it for posterity. I start with the permanent press setting, then move up to wool only if it will not stick.

hokieappmom

Thanks for a great idea! I ran mine through a copier, but will try this next time.

Greeter Eva

Thankyou. I am going to try this. I guess I wasn't understanding it , to begin with.
Greeter Eva

hokieappmom

I just PM'd you before I saw this. And this proves that this method works well for curves. Thank you so much! Love your block btw.

piledriver

I have a menthod for printing on freezer paper that has worked for me each time I've tried it. I saved the sticky backings that I'd peeled off the "printable fabric sheets" after printing and removing the fabric ... (to save them I placed a sheet of plastic wrap on the sticky side before storing flat for use later) ...months later, after remembering exactly where I'd stored them - I cut the FP into letter size and stuck the glossy side to the sticky side and they went right through the printer. I found that like FP, these sticky backings could be used multiple times. Don't know where to tell you to get JUST the sticky backs but if you ever have a project requiring the printable fabric sheets DON'T DISCARD those backs after removing your printed fabric.
Hope this helps - I hadn't previously seen this technique - but I think I'm going to have to try it. Your first block is impressive! Since you weren't able to post the photo of the pattern, can you tell us the name of the pattern?