Paper piecing??? I'm now even more confused!

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03-27-2011, 10:06 AM

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I love paper piecing as well. There really are some blocks that would hard to make without this technique. Yes I think they are worth it.

03-27-2011, 10:15 AM

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If you get Carol Doak's book with the CD.....check your library.... you will know exactly what paper piecing is and how she does it. I like her way of paper piecing. The thing you have to remember is it is not a quick process, but a very exact one.

03-27-2011, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Naturalmama

I finally did a search to try and find out what paper piecing is.... and now I'm even more confused. It looks incredibly complicate - whatever the technique really is - I couldn't figure it out!

If anyone would like to, please feel free to try to explain it to me in a nutshell. :shock:

Get the cd by Carol Doak - I love her technique and this explains it wonderfully!

03-27-2011, 11:04 AM

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I have been Paper piecing for quite awhile Carol Doak has a website that will tell you everything about it.She has a book and dvd out that gets you started. Check your Library .It is one of those things you need picture to go with the words.
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03-27-2011, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Naturalmama

Just remember this one important thing!
The first piece you put down has got to be face up!
all the rest are sewed face down!

Try some strip blocks first. Pin a strip diagonally from corner to corner. Right side up!
Put a strip face down along that piece, like you are matching a seam. Sew a strip that fits that edge, and fold open. Now it will be face up. Sew another strip , open, another, open. until you have covered the corner.
Now
Turn the block around, and do the same thing to the other half.
Press, and turn the block over and trim the edges sticking out, exactly to the block edges !
To get paper off easily, run a big dull needle over the stitching lines, shake loose.
and/or dampen them. rub and scrape.

03-27-2011, 01:44 PM

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Just remember one thing about paper piecing or piecing on muslin.
The first piece you lay down goes face UP.
All the rest of the pieces are sewed face DOWN!

and cover all the edges first.
Trim them off the same size as the backing all at once.

03-27-2011, 05:08 PM

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I agree with Martha Jo and quiltmom04, Carol Doak's video is excellent. Well worth the money.

03-27-2011, 08:53 PM

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I have been collecting the Block a Day (free, emailed daily) from Quilt-Pro and today I tried my first one, a simple little basket - - - - - - and after sewing piece no. 2 on backwards as to sewing line, I laughed at myself, took it off and sewed it on right and the rest went together pretty well. Will try another one tomorrow - I just had a problem getting used to estimating the size "piece" I need for the next stitch out.
Think it is going to be fun!

Marysewfun

03-28-2011, 03:51 AM

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Dolphyngyrl

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go to you tube, excellent videos, its seems complicated, but i am doing a BOM with it right now, first piece took me forever, but after that I am flying through it now, Youtube helped me a lot, as well as that add a quarter ruler. Its just a way to get accurate piecing

03-28-2011, 03:58 AM

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Originally Posted by christinetindell

OK, English paper piecing was described earlier, you baste pieces of fabric to a shape, like the Grandmother's flower garden quilt. Then with the paper (stiff like cardstock) still inside that perfect shape, you whip stitch them together. When all are stitched together and all of the shapes are perfect, you take out the basting stitches and the paper. Foundation piecing can take a few different forms. The ones that I have done most recently are slightly different. I am making the "Roll cotton Boll Roll" Christmas mystery from Bonnie hunter and one of the blocks used an 8 1/2 inch piece of paper as the base and then we sewed "strings" of fabric to the paper right sides together, flipped them out and kept doing that until the square was filled, on the diagonal. Then I flipped it over and squared it to 8 1/2 inches and then removed the paper from the back. The reason you use the paper is for a basic shape and for stability.
I also took a class from Edyta Sitar and her foundation papers are printed with 1/4 inch seam allowance, so you sew with the pattern and the fabric on the same side. You line up your piece of fabric, that is cut exactly to size with the seam allowance line and finger press it out as you go. This works especially well for pineapple blocks. It was so fun and oh so precise. This will also work for other paper piecing, but you have a lot of figuring to do before you start sewing. Without a visual, I guess it's hard to conceptualize.

Christine: Thank you for this explanation. I think I understand a little better now. I am currently English paper piecing (according to your definition) a Grandmother's Flower Garden. And have done of few blocks with the foundation piecing...the ones without the 1/4 seam allowance....but the method you took the class in sounds interesting.

Anyway, thank you for explaining this to me.