Part 1 Freezer Paper Foundation Piecing

[@setonsmunch]

Karen, thanks so much for showing this technique. I have done paper piecing before and liked it but this is great because you don't have to spend so much time removing the paper plus you can use the templates again. Thanks!

[@PatreeshaL]

Karen thank you so much for showing us this technique. Hey I've seen that line somewhere before :-) You are making paper piecing (or foundation piecing) so much easier for us as we don't have to tear up the paper and we will get the excellent results that paper piecing gives without TEARING the paper and some stitches. LOVE IT and I've shared it on my blog - hope you don't mind. Patricia xxx

[@amiemontney5870]

Great instructions and quite a coincident that I am starting a Dear Jane too!

[@favsforme5770]

Very helpful, thanks

[@karenholt6280]

Good luck with your Dear Jane! I am about half way through and one of my goals for 2014 is to finish it!

[@TheVeraLucy]

Excelent teacher, good voice and timing! But the camera is often showing the wrong spot...

[@barbarastarr1057]

I really enjoyed your video, I am curious as to the pattern book you used, I am looking for a good pattern book. Can you help?

[@karenholt6280]

Barbara Starr In the video I was making a block from the Dear Jane book. There are many paper piecing books available however, some are fairly easy and some are quite a bit more complicated. Some regular patterns can be adapted to paper piecing also. Try searching paper piecing books on Amazon and see what comes up and appeals to you!

[@Redrevenge2010]

I'm tempted to give this method a try. I'm a total novice at quilting, patchwork, applique etc but a great dressmaker. Your tutorial gives me the confidence to give it a go. However, in your video you say that some patterns don't have numbers on and that you have to do it yourself. If it's not a stupid question, how do you know what order to work in? Thanks

[@karenholt6280]

Dorien Reed It's not a stupid question at all. I wish I could show you though, I may need to make another video! Sometimes you have to just study the pattern and see what has to be sewn to what before it can be sewn to something else. Sometimes I start to number the sections then realize it won't work and have to go back and re-do. It's good to get them all numbered though before you start sewing, for sure, so you can picture how it's going to work. I will try to put together a video to demonstrate!

[@sandyharriman4779]

I like your tutorial but he camera work was not good. Wish I could have seen where you were trimming, stitching etc. Some of the time you would show us what you finished & it was out of camera viewing.

[@karenholt6280]

Thank you for the feedback!

[@katiasilva1668]

Hi, Thanks for the class. I would like to know about this dinosaur and monster quilting on the wall. Is that paper piecing? Do you have the pattern? Thanks a lot!

[@SasszeOne]

What is the name of the book you are using to get your patterns from? I have seen lots of patterns coming from this book but have no idea what the name of the book is. Can you please let me know. Thanks so much and thank you for the great tutorial

[@janicemasson9712]

Sassze One Saw your question about the Dear Jane book. It is out of print and was originally priced about $25.00. I just saw reasonably priced by Googling the title. “Dear Jane : The two hundred twenty five patterns from the 1863 Jane A. Stickle Quilt” by Brenda Manges Papadakis. ISBN 1-881588-15-7. Copyright 1996. Hope this helps! Janice

[@bjquilts29]

What size needle are you using? I am giving this method a try!

[@karenholt6280]

I just use an 80/12 or 90/14 in the machine!

[@berthaklug8879]

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[@rmartin8887]

I don't understand why you are not sewing through the freezer paper when doing your blocks?

[@karenholt6280]

By ironing the freezer paper to the fabric, it stays in place and serves as a guide without sewing through the paper, which then makes it MUCH easier to remove the paper after your are finished :)