I just bought the Wahl seam ripper at a sewing expo yesterday. I just love ,love it. It Made quick work unsewing a whole row of pantograph sewing. Dixie

I used glue stick. I tried with 1/4 inch steam-a-seam, but found it easier with glue stick. AND, with a long ruler, I made sure that the lines were 100% straight before the "final" press!
Still sewing... not finished yet. I figure I have at least another 5 hours of sewing the long sashing! And then choose the insertion fabric!

Andrée
"A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn"

suehenyon wrote:
!!!

gynconnie wrote:
Oh yes, we can "shave" minutes off our piecing

They look great Elaine! I like to remove my papers before I sew the assembled units to the center gold strip, but if you are using paper on the center gold strip to make sure that the points are exactly opposite each other, you no longer need the paper and it can be removed now.

[url]learn/classrooms/[/url]

Just remember that every seam you add makes smaller bits of paper to be removed, so I take mine off as soon as it is no longer needed for accurate piecing. Some people like the extra stability and leave it on longer. Your choice! Just do what works for you!

A question for you experienced quilters...

When do I remove the paper foundation from my sashings?

I taped both sides of the paper and had no problems.

Janie, I just used tape which is demonstrated in my video: [url]learn/classrooms/[/url]

but I'm anxious to hear any other ideas that work!

For those of you who have paper pieced the long strips, how did you join the two pieces of paper? Glue Stick? Tape? Just let me know.

suehenyon wrote:
Susan, you are seriously brilliant! It never occurred to me that the seam destroyer could be used to unsew paper-pieced booboos. After sewing the wrong endpiece TWICE to the same nearly-completed foundation, I was ready to say some bad words, since fabric is in such short supply. After reading your comment, I decided to have at it with the Wahl clippers. It cut like a hot knife through butter, with no damage to the foundation or the fabric piece. Can I give you a virtual hug?

I was finishing another project and didn't get the BOM started until last week. The original directions didn't do much for me either so that slowed me down too. I'm pretty new to quilting, but couldn't resist this project when I saw it in Houston. When I saw the paper piecing directions, I decided it was time! I've done the 8 long strips and am ready to do the 8 short ones, but haven't cut the fabric yet. Now I see comments about the kit not having enough fabric for pp! I'm going to have to do some measuring before making any cuts.

Can anyone tell me if they did pp with the kit and had enough fabric? I've cut cautiously and tried not to waste. I did not make generous cuts..

PS. Thank you Margo! With my iPad playing your video right next to my machine, my sashing looks awesome!

"Seam destroyer" huh? Great description! Calling it a mere seam ripper does not do it justice! Of course there are other options we could try, such as seam annihilator, seam terminator, seam vaporizer, etc!

gynconnie wrote:
Well, I just got it down to 50 minutes for one long strip. I''m using vellum & got rid of all the lines but a half inch outside the stitching line on each side, and wrote orange point and blue point on opposite sides.

I fold the seam, before I sew it, back over a metal hemmer (like a card, but metal), to make sure my seam allowance is correct. It's working much better today.

By the way, that shaver/seam destroyer is awesome! Mine came in the mail today & I had to try it out immediately. It even works on those 1.0 mm stitches. Yeah!