Tues Tutorial~ QOV No Tear Paper Pieced Star

       Recently our QOV had a paper piecing class to start a group quilt in honor of a member that passed away a couple of years ago. She had come to be know has the Paper Piecing Queen.  It was said she would come to Sit and Sew on Saturdays with her sewn pieces and sit and rip out papers the entire time. THAT is the very reason I don't like sewing through the foundation paper. I LOVE the No Tear or No Rip method. I get to skip that part AND save and reuse the foundation paper again and again.  

 

 

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Tuesday Tutorial

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I have tried to explain this method before, but I wasn't satisfied with my tutorial, so I'm trying again with more detailed pictures.  I'll link the old tutorials at the end of this post. 

 

Our class did teach the traditional foundation paper piecing method.  

They said I could come and do my own thing. 

 Here's what I did:

The left is the paper foundation and the right is the fabric.

 

Lay wrong side of fabric to back of foundation paper.

Pin or glue in place.

 Some people use freezer paper

 and iron onto the back of the fabric.

Notice where section 1 & 2 are located.

Fold back directly on the line

of section 1 & 2.

Using a ruler or the add-a-seam ruler,

cut away leaving quarter inch seam.

Take the white fabric

looking at the print (right) side of fabric
Slide under the work piece

allowing right sides of each fabric to face each other.

Line up edges of seam.

Here's THE TRICK I really love.

When you fold back the pattern piece you are adding,

make sure the fabric on the back side lies exactly under folded piece.

Sometimes you might have to hold it up to a light to see the back fabric.

When you eventually unfold both,

they will lay on top of each other. 

The picture below may better show you

how the paper piece is laying over the white fabric?

The most important tool for this method is the

Edge Seam Foot.

The blade of the foot guides you closely along the fold

which has to be done to be accurate.

You MUST move your needle to the right of the fold.

 

Turn over and press

 

Repeat on the line between sections 1  & 3.

Fold on line

Cut Fabric

 Right sides together

Stitch

Press

 

Then across top for section 4

Press

Fold on line

Cut quarter inch seam 

Add red fabric right sides together

Stitch

press.

 

Sometimes you might find you'll want to pin more pieces,

or glue to hold the pieces.

Freezer paper does a good job of holding the foundation in place.

after you press.

Now that all pieces are sewn,

it's time to trim on the trim line

a quarter inch from the seam line.

Instead of laying the edge of the ruler on the trim line,

lay the ruler's quarter inch line on the 

foundation's seam line as shown above.

 

Then the FUN part,

where you smile

and think of everyone else that's 

taking extra time to rip out papers,

YOU REMOVE THE PINS

in my case 2 pins.

Done.

I'll reuse the pattern to make the rest.

I'll probably be able to make about 12 sections

before this piece is worn out.

 

 

 

Then sew the sections together

with a quarter inch seam.

I used at least 3 pins to hold

each seam very steady.

I even get the nerve to 

slowly stitch over the pins.

Hint: if the part of the pin you sew over

is under cloth,

it seems to work better.

Notice how the middle pin

is right at the seam.

It's hard for me to match slanted seams,

but this works well. 

It's a Kaye Wood, from PBS a while back, technique.

She put pins on each side of the pin holding

the exact spot of the seam

So the top or bottom fabric wouldn't slide.

 

You'll get to see resulting block, 

designed by one of our members

on this Saturday's Quilt Shot Block.

You'll see how accurate the seams met.

Quilt Shot Block #93~ No Tear Paper Piecing Woven Star

Quilt Shot Block 176~ Falling Star 4th of July Yard Flag

 

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