Well yesterday morning my dear friend Ulla, from Finland, wrote out a very good explanation for me in email at almost the exact same time Stephanie, my friend right here in Ohio, sent me a url for a template for flying geese. I spent just a few minutes trying to wrap my brain around it, and this time for some reason, with the pictures and the written words, it totally clicked!
We had a lot of running around to do yesterday, and a function we had to attend last night so I couldn't really try it until today. But I printed out 20 of the template on some scrap paper. And today I tried it. It is going to work! Yippee!
So a HUGE thank you to everyone who gave me the wonderful suggestions and the lovely comments. And thank you all for visiting.
Have a lovely day...
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17 comments:
Your sewing technique is so good. You won't have any problem with this. But some paper piecing I've done is very odd. Like the Dear Jane with tiny tiny pieces. I did not like doing that. These are going to be wonderful.
See, I told you it would be easy once you get the idea! And you can do the sharpest ever points with paper piecing when you need to. The paper helps to keep the fabric from stretching.
Great great great!!! I am so glad you tried it and it worked out!
Good for you Eileen! They're looking great!!!
Sounds like a great solution but what do you do with the paper? Do you leave it on or remove it after you sewn the fabric pieces on?
Aren't bloggers a great help. Great idea to do paper piecing.
Perfect solution! I don't paper piece either but in this case it totally makes sense. Maybe I'll finally try it too :)
Your colors are so vibrant! Very vintage looking. You do excellent work. Thanks for sharing!
Dearest Eileen
Seems like a wild goose chase in the beginning, but glad you figured out it finally..you clever bunny! I would have gone bonkers ...Cant wait to see the final result and knowing you, you'll do very well. Big hugs :D
LOL.....oh eileen.....i too have been afraid or felt silly about speaking up when i thought i was the only one in the dark about how to do something.....i'm glad you had help in figuring this out, because NOW i know how to do it too.
hope you are having a productive week...looks like you are!!
Way to go! Glad you tried it and it worked for you. Can't wait to see the finished quilt.
I'm so glad you found your way to foundation paper piecing! I'm a paper piecer and I think soon you will be one, too! It is a great technique!
That's great!! Very much looking forward to see the finished quilt :)
those look really nice. Where did they get the paper from?
Excellent solution. Paper piecing is wonderful once you get the hang of it. Isn't the internet wonderful? You were able to get great help right away! It will look great!
Your quilt is pure genius Eileen using the scraps of scraps as flying geese like that. Wonderful! The apple cup mats I make from scraps of scraps are paper pieced too on tracing paper to make ripping off easier.
Sorry got oodles of catching up to do -you've been so busy!
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