Paper Piecing

I used to be able to sit down, read instructions, and figure out how to do
almost anything I put my mind to. Nowadays, however, my brain has been on
vacation. I sat down with a good book on paper piecing and ended up with
the weirdest little shapeless piece of fabric I've ever seen in the hands of
an adult.

It was WAY too complicated to do from written instructions and even very
good photos. I give up. I'm going to have to beg my LQS's to please do
some more classes on it. They've all done them umpteen times before, but I
couldn't go.

There are such cute blocks and I want to do at least one paper pieced
wallhanging before I die.

René

hey René,
what block were you trying?
always pays to start with a simple one that you know what it should look
like when done.

check out this slide show doing a sq in a sq block.
see if it helps you.
once you work out the basics of this technique, you'll wonder what the heck
was so hard, lol.
http://www.cstone.net/~debra/slide/slide.htm
right click on the mouse to reply, stop or go back a step at a time if you
need to.

see if having a block drawn, a couple of pins and a few bits of fabric with
you as you watch helps,
hope this helps.
jeanne
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Vote B'fly for President '08
san-fran at ihug dot co dot nz
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"René" wrote...
I used to be able to sit down, read instructions, and figure out how to do
almost anything I put my mind to. Nowadays, however, my brain has been on
vacation. I sat down with a good book on paper piecing and ended up with
the weirdest little shapeless piece of fabric I've ever seen in the hands
of an adult.

It was WAY too complicated to do from written instructions and even very
good photos. I give up. I'm going to have to beg my LQS's to please do
some more classes on it. They've all done them umpteen times before, but
I couldn't go.

There are such cute blocks and I want to do at least one paper pieced
wallhanging before I die.

René

René,
Carol Doak has a DVD that is a lesson on how to paper piece. Knowing
Carol it is very, very good. G (And that is what I have heard about
it too.) It is evidently even better than a class because you can see
really close in what she is doing.
You might check it out. I know it is available on her site, and should
be available at your LQS, although they may have to order it for you.

Pati, in Phx

René wrote:

I used to be able to sit down, read instructions, and figure out how to
do almost anything I put my mind to. Nowadays, however, my brain has
been on vacation. I sat down with a good book on paper piecing and
ended up with the weirdest little shapeless piece of fabric I've ever
seen in the hands of an adult.

It was WAY too complicated to do from written instructions and even very
good photos. I give up. I'm going to have to beg my LQS's to please do
some more classes on it. They've all done them umpteen times before,
but I couldn't go.

There are such cute blocks and I want to do at least one paper pieced
wallhanging before I die.

René

That is so cool!! Hey, what are you doing up so late? Oh, wait, it was
midnight here and not there...but still...you gonna be online later?.
Jenn

"nzlstar*" wrote in message
...
hey René,
what block were you trying?
always pays to start with a simple one that you know what it should look
like when done.

check out this slide show doing a sq in a sq block.
see if it helps you.
once you work out the basics of this technique, you'll wonder what the
heck was so hard, lol.
http://www.cstone.net/~debra/slide/slide.htm
right click on the mouse to reply, stop or go back a step at a time if you
need to.

see if having a block drawn, a couple of pins and a few bits of fabric
with you as you watch helps,
hope this helps.
jeanne
--
Vote B'fly for President '08
san-fran at ihug dot co dot nz
nzlstar on yahoo msg'r
nzlstar on webshots


"René" wrote...
I used to be able to sit down, read instructions, and figure out how to do
almost anything I put my mind to. Nowadays, however, my brain has been on
vacation. I sat down with a good book on paper piecing and ended up with
the weirdest little shapeless piece of fabric I've ever seen in the hands
of an adult.

It was WAY too complicated to do from written instructions and even very
good photos. I give up. I'm going to have to beg my LQS's to please do
some more classes on it. They've all done them umpteen times before, but
I couldn't go.

There are such cute blocks and I want to do at least one paper pieced
wallhanging before I die.

René

hiya Jenn,
SQ just finished. had breakfast, its Saturday here and we've got a huuuuge
skip
for all the garden waste at the rental so R has been finishing all that.
still working his way
thru the painting window frames inside and out, argh. better him than me.
i gotta go down with him today and do some of the mindless stuff.
ok, so its pretty much all mindless but i'm doing some of the smaller stuff.
he cuts off the big stuff, i break it down to fill up the skip. this thing
will hold up to 9cu mts.
we ordered it for only 6 (they mark the 6 and 7.5 levels inside it.) but
might use more.
theres a mess of stuff at that house and some from here as well that we'll
take down and fill it up.
so looks like a long day and i'm gonna be knackered as well. dont know when
i'll get back online.
will catch ya when i do tho or leave an offline msg.
hope your weekend didnt wear you out too much, re u'r email.
i can understand why your mum was feeling like that. cant be easy to deal
with all of it.
i hope the girls are coping. its not fair on youngsters at all.
hugz all around,
jeanne
--
Vote B'fly for President '08
san-fran at ihug dot co dot nz
nzlstar on yahoo msg'r
nzlstar on webshots

"Jenn/Jalynne" wrote...
That is so cool!! Hey, what are you doing up so late? Oh, wait, it was
midnight here and not there...but still...you gonna be online later?.
Jenn

In article nk.net,
Pati Cook wrote:

René,
Carol Doak has a DVD that is a lesson on how to paper piece. Knowing
Carol it is very, very good. G (And that is what I have heard about
it too.) It is evidently even better than a class because you can see
really close in what she is doing.
You might check it out. I know it is available on her site, and should
be available at your LQS, although they may have to order it for you.

Pati, in Phx


The DVD is *very* good, Pati and René! I can vouch for it. g I was
going to suggest it, too, but you beat me to it, Pati! I'm late reading
the group today.

--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
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http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

People, thanks for the suggestion to get Carol's DVD. I think that's the
best solution for me. As soon as I can save the money, I'll do just that.
Tank you.

René

"Sandy" wrote in message
...
In article nk.net,
Pati Cook wrote:

René,
Carol Doak has a DVD that is a lesson on how to paper piece. Knowing
Carol it is very, very good. G (And that is what I have heard about
it too.) It is evidently even better than a class because you can see
really close in what she is doing.
You might check it out. I know it is available on her site, and should
be available at your LQS, although they may have to order it for you.

Pati, in Phx


The DVD is *very* good, Pati and René! I can vouch for it. g I was
going to suggest it, too, but you beat me to it, Pati! I'm late reading
the group today.

--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sfoster 1 (at) earthlink (dot) net (remove/change the obvious)
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1