BOB's Tuesday Toast - 7/30/13

Here’s to quilters who don’t like -
Or get confused by Foundation Paper Piecing -

May they realize that the “Standard” method -
Is not the ONLY way to do it - ;))

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I often read blogs where the blogger mentions -

How much she dislikes Foundation Paper Piecing -

Or how difficult it is -

Or how backwards and confusing -
The whole process is -

Trying to cut the right shape -
Putting the fabric on the back -
And sewing from the front - ;))

I thought the same thing -

Until I did it differently one day -

Totally by accident - ;))

I thought that I was doing it "correctly" -

The fabric was right-side up -

The pattern was right-side up -

I cut a couple of "chunks" of fabric to cover the areas I wanted -

And because my foundation paper was see-through -

I just put the fabric on top of the pattern -

Flipped it over -

And sewed on the line - ;))

I didn't realize that I had done it "WRONG" -

Until I saw that my block DIDN'T come out REVERSED - ;))

Oh, dear!!

I did it BACKWARDS!!

The block came out STRAIGHT!! - ;))

Funny how the "CORRECT" way is REVERSED -

And the "WRONG" way is STRAIGHT - ;))

But I didn't care -

I LIKED it STRAIGHT!! - ;))

It was easier to cut my fabric the right shape -

Because everything was right side up - ;))

I even fussy cut a patch -

And had it come out the WAY I wanted it to -

WHERE I wanted it to -

When I made the heart for my Wolf Song quilt - HERE - ;))

You can read How I Do It - HERE -

And try it yourself by using a Sharpie -

To draw a heart -

On a coffee filter - ;))

Granted, you have to be able to see the sewing lines -

Through your foundation paper -

And that may be a problem for some -

But - all things considered -

I think that it is easier -

More intuitive -

And not nearly as backward and confusing -

As the "other" way - ;))



But then again - it’s probably just me - ;))