www.busyfingerspatchwork.com Sue Daley is an English Paper Piecing Specialist, Fabric & Pattern Designer, Author and international Tutor. Join her here as she shares some valuable tips and tutorials for all things paper piecing, patchwork and quilting. Remember to subscribe as to be notified every time she posts a new tutorial.
I'm making a clam shell lap quilt using the SewVeryEasy method by Laura, which she posted about a year ago. She has a video out on how to make them and they are much easier using stabilizer with iron on backing. You just use her pattern (free) to sew the material onto the stabilizer, then cut around the pattern and turn it right side out, iron it onto the quilt top with your batting and backing sandwiched, applique around each piece and in no time you have a finished quilt. I'm finding it much easier than this one, not to take away from any of these videos, but I'm all for easy! Meanwhile, I'll watch Sue's other videos to see what else I can learn. :)
Suggestion could you get a close to your work as it hard to see what you are doing. As I just new and diamond is not easy to stitch and trying to find someone that does a close up on it is hard to find
Pressing the wet glue dries it immediately, whilst not pressing takes a while to dry. 💖🌞🌵😷 p.s. don't worry it doesn't get on your iron. (I've even used Elmer's school glue... it's water soluble, meaning it washes completely out of the fabric in your next laundry.)
The glue pen is too messy and frustrating as it fails and the paper pops out at the worst times. Thank you very much, but myself I will stick to thread basting . It or the cheaper Elmers version is, however good for a quick swipe on the back of the paper to tack it down while thread basting. Its way too expensive as well. Not every quilter lives in the suburbs in a ranch style house with a big yard. Tried it and you can keep your overpriced glue sticks. Me, I will buy Elmer's and just swipe the back of the paper to keep it in place. You guys waste your money on this and I will drink a beer on the money I save. And buy another fat quarter or jelly roll.
What brand of fabric glue do you use? I also do patchwork and as i live in Belgium and i'm not sure i'll find the same glue as you, could you direct me to another brand just in case. Thank you so much. Peggy
I am confused. You have red fabric. When drawing on it, you turned it around and the backside was also red. While cutting around it the back was white. I rewound and I still don't see if you had added some stabilizer. Where did the white background on the heart come about?
I was surfing thru RU-vid when I came across this pattern. Believe me, I came to a screeching hault. That's it! That's what I have been looking for! I'm 74 and want to leave my children a special quilt for each of them. I feel that this is just the one I need.
Hi Sue I’m new to EPP and quilting… I have a lake cabin and want to make a Hexagon quilt in blues, Aquamarine turquoise maybe greens i want it to look like The Mediterranean Sea where I’m from..colors that make you feel like home when I’m not there.my question is about fabric I don’t know what to buy I don’t know companies to buy from I don’t know whether I buy a jelly roll or a fat quarter or any of those things can you please help me out all i do know is to use cotton…. I’ve asked so many people this question and nobody replies to me. Thank you for your channel it has helped me so much
I just got your new paper caper book 2 days ago. Then we I came across this video today. This will help when I sew the diamonds doing blocks from that book. I have done lots of hexies, now I am branching out to new shapes. Thanks.
Hello! I'm still trying to catch up watching all the videos that posted while I was away visiting the grandkids. I hope you have a peaceful week ahead! Thank you for posting and sharing your talent.
