We went to the beach on Sunday and George had a great time searching for shells. He wouldn't hold still for a photo, so I took one of us instead.
I made this block for Tanya, for her month in the Rosey Little Bee. I tried string piecing onto tissue paper and it worked pretty well, tearing off with ease. Putting the 4 blocks together though was tricky, the bias edges (especially of the toile), stretched more than I was used to. I have always left the paper on until after I pieced the whole top when paper/string piecing and it has always been a challenge to get the paper out of the seams, so I tried something new and .. i need to keep trying. Shannon said something about piecing onto plain newsprint, has anyone tried it?
love your SAND - you've got a great way to do S and D! I think that's a hoot to have the horns in the pic, esp when there are more family photos with the same. I use plain newsprint and quite like it. getting paper out of seams is fiddly no matter what. diamonds are the worst so the last set I did I ripped the paper off before joining them and yick, decided as hard as it is, would rather do paper last...
ReplyDeleteI piece on phonebook paper with a small stitch.. the paper fall straight away.. perfectly, and it doesn't rip your seams open...
ReplyDeleteLove the letters! I need to go see what a gorilla pod is... lol! not knowing makes me feel old
My one block that I did for the string blocks of the mystery quilt was done on phone book paper and it came off pretty easily. I don't have much experience though. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteCarol Doaks is a paper pieceing teacher. SHe has a bunch of books ... she also has the best paper. I have never had a problem getting the paper off the blocks when the whole top is completed. I was in a bind a while back and the local dollar store had children's sketch pads (for $1)with 50 sheets. These worked pretty well but some fell off before I was done.
ReplyDeleteLove your diamond star quilt. Absolutely gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteAnd I think this is the first time I've seen my blog on a side bar! :)
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Love your string pieced block! I use phone book pages too. Another way to remove it here: http://pieceful-moments.blogspot.com/2007/12/string-along-sets.html
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