"Permanent" Paper Foundation Blocks?
#11
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
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The paper used today is not like it use to be. I think it will separate and be little balls dried to the fabric.
I have started to use Stable Stuff. You leave it in and when washed turns to a very thin layer of poly, not enough to add thickness. Walmart sells a wash a way stabilizer and I bought a 25 yard bolt of it when it was on clearance price of $1 per yard. Always keep an eye out for clearance prices on items you don't think you will ever use.
I have started to use Stable Stuff. You leave it in and when washed turns to a very thin layer of poly, not enough to add thickness. Walmart sells a wash a way stabilizer and I bought a 25 yard bolt of it when it was on clearance price of $1 per yard. Always keep an eye out for clearance prices on items you don't think you will ever use.
#15
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: The middle of an IL cornfield
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A shop near me sells this stuff. It is preprinted sheets for several different patterns. It stays in the quilt.
http://farmlandquilting.net/stable-piecing/
http://farmlandquilting.net/stable-piecing/
#17
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 3,334
I stitch the lines before I sew.... no thread.... so it makes it easy to fold back when I'm lining up the pieces of fabric and easy to remove the paper. I know that is an extra step but it saves so much when it comes time to remove the paper that it's worth it to me.
#19
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
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I stitch the lines before I sew.... no thread.... so it makes it easy to fold back when I'm lining up the pieces of fabric and easy to remove the paper. I know that is an extra step but it saves so much when it comes time to remove the paper that it's worth it to me.
Last edited by Onebyone; 06-06-2014 at 05:52 AM.
#20
The paper used today is not like it use to be. I think it will separate and be little balls dried to the fabric.
I have started to use Stable Stuff. You leave it in and when washed turns to a very thin layer of poly, not enough to add thickness. Walmart sells a wash a way stabilizer and I bought a 25 yard bolt of it when it was on clearance price of $1 per yard. Always keep an eye out for clearance prices on items you don't think you will ever use.
I have started to use Stable Stuff. You leave it in and when washed turns to a very thin layer of poly, not enough to add thickness. Walmart sells a wash a way stabilizer and I bought a 25 yard bolt of it when it was on clearance price of $1 per yard. Always keep an eye out for clearance prices on items you don't think you will ever use.
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