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Paper Pieced Lettering: Once Upon a Time…
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Paper piecing solution for a saw-tooth border. Free tutorial.
You can use paper piecing to solve standard piecing problems. Here’s how to fit a saw-tooth border to a project without pre-planning. Decide the finished length of the run of “teeth.” See RED lines. Decide the finished height of teeth. See Blue lines. Use a square ruler or a fabric square, (see magenta square) to … Continue reading
Cheater Prep
With the wonderful warm weather the past week, I took the opportunity to spray baste one of my cheater-cloth projects. I use a wash-out spray baste in an aerosol can. It’s not something you would want to do in a closed room, so any chance I get, outside I go. Depending on the fabric, I … Continue reading
Squaring up the paper pieced Tanzania elephant
I’ve found that a tile floor, or tile-look sheet flooring works as a great tool in squaring up projects. Align your best edge, or a horizontal element (especially if it’s a traditional pieced project) with the tile lines of your floor. Use masking tape and tape the project down, smoothly, but without undo stretching. Here … Continue reading