Tuesday, February 4, 2014

A Paper Piecing Tutorial to Share


I've never done any paper-piecing but was intrigued by this tutorial:  Paper Piecing Art: Beginner and Beyond (link) by Jennifer Ofenstein.   It's almost 40 minutes long but it moves quickly... and can be paused because it's broken into five lessons.





You know something?   I think I can do this!   Now, I just need to find a paper piecing pattern to try....   



8 comments:

  1. Wow! She demonstrated and explained that so well I think I can paper piece now. Thank you for sharing.

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  2. Crumbs, Freda. I've no sooner got the disappearing pinwheel block done and you're showing me more stuff I want to try! Stop it! :oD

    No, seriously. I've wanted to try paper piecing for a while but it always looks too fiddly for me. This just might be my time to try it! Thanks for sharing the video. :o)

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  3. I have done a lot of paper piecing over the past couple of years, and I still learned some good things here.
    There are lots of free paper piecing patterns on the web, Freda. Good for practicing. I would recommend printing your pattern on newsprint, if possible--so much easier to remove. Trust me on that. It is available for under $4 on Amazon in a 500 sheet pack. Much better price than the $10 for 100 sheet packs that are marketed for paper piecing in quilt shops. I can send you a few sheets if you want to try it first.

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  4. Tons of paper piecing patterns on Craftsy for free or reasonably priced Freda. Have a beautiful day!

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  5. Free patterns at Sewhooked.com and Fandom In Stitches.com.
    Hugs

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  6. You can do it! Looking forward to what you try out.

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  7. She is a natural teacher, it was all so clear! Hope you have fun ~
    :-}pokey

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  8. I've done a lot of paper piecing, but I'm going to check out this tutorial. I use cheap (the cheaper - the better - thinner paper) ruled filler paper. Easy to remove.
    Lillian

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