At a quilt retreat I used a table to lay out my quilt block - that was not near my machine. I didn't want to pick up the many little pieces so I cut a piece of freezer paper, bigger than my block and ironed the paper onto my unsewed block pieces. Then I was able to pick up the paper and the pieces adhering to it and bring them over to my machine. It was easy to pick up the fabric off the paper, in the order needed to make the block.
@@clairehart6267 very sorry about the death of your son, God will give you the fortitude to bear the loss. How are you coping, hope you’re overcoming it gradually?
Loved all the ideas!❤️ When I give a quilt as a gift, I always include washing/ drying instructions printed on card stock and a box of Color Catchers. An ounce of prevention….
I love color catchers. I find that if I use them along with a product called Retayne in the washing machine, I never have dye bleed when washing finished quilts.
Such a fun video. I do not prewash my fabric, but I prewash my quilts using color catchers. I do use 3-4 if I have white/bright colors in the quilt. For freezer paper.....you can use it as a stabilizer for fabric to run through your printer for labels. (Attach fabric to shiny side). Parchment paper makes great iron protection. I use teflon sheets now. I recently got the white ones and they work really well as pressing cloths for blocks as you can see through them better. They would also make good protection for wool mats.
My first visit with you and I enjoyed your tips, many I hadn’t heard before. To make my quilt labels I design it on my computer as well. Then I iron my label fabric onto the freezer paper and cut them into 8-1/2 x 11 sheets and print them on my color laser printer. I am very pleased with the results.
For quilting a long pattern on a quilt border I use the white exam paper from my doctor. It works great but it does not stick to fabric so you need to use pins, still after you've started sewing the paper stays put and you can use ⅓ of the paper for each side. I use it for quilting doing more complex swirls on the border or for feathers. I trace what I want using a fine line black permanent marker onto the paper, then I pin it to the quilt. I might try the freezer paper that was suggested because I think I can get 2 patterns. It's way way cheaper to buy these hacks at the grocery store than sending your quilt out for long arming. Thanks for the tips, ladies!! 💫💫💫
It isn’t quilt related but a trick I’ve used many times… When my daughters were small they often had stickers they’d put on their shirts. I usually saw the stickers and removed them before washing. Occasionally the shirt would go through the wash with the stickers still in place and I’d realize it after they’d been dried. That is a pain to remove from the fabric unless you have freezer paper. I cut a piece larger than the remaining sticker goo, place it over the area and iron it. Once the paper has cooled, peel it off and the remainder of the sticker comes right off on the paper! I have also cut stencils from freezer paper when I’ve decorated cloth napkins with fabric paints. Cut the design, iron the freezer paper to the fabric and it prevents the paint from bleeding outside the design. When the paint dries simply peel off the freezer paper.
Hi ladies, first time here! I’m loving all this wonderful info, thx and y’all are hoots. Lol ANNNNNND,,,,I ordered some fabric the other day and ALREADY got an email that it’s Been shipped! That’s fast work and I love it! So glad I found you on you tube ❤️
It is a great scrap buster, This was actually made by a bee so many people make the blocks. It is called Domiciles by Addvark quilts but we are out right now and we hope to be back in stock soon. Thanks Margo
Do you have a video on using the parchment paper for fusible applique? Could I use this for turned applique and iron the pieces before applying to the background?
After reading some of the comments and watching the video again I did a test using wax paper and freezer paper. Freezer paper has a plastic coating not a wax coating. Wax paper will not stick to the fabric after ironing The only product I have found that will adhere to the fabric after ironing is "plastic coated Freezer Paper". Also if you are printing on freezer paper use an ink jet printer printing on the non-shiny side. Do not put freezer paper through a lazer printer unless you are printing on fabric that has been ironed to the shiny side.
Freezer paper ironed to fabric and cut to paper size can be run through the printer to print directly onto fabric if you don’t have the fancy printable fabric.
In a class situation, we iron the freezer paper to the ironing board cover to protect it from some of the not so careful attendees who have accidently (in the past) gummed up the ironing board cover with adhesives and fusibles. When class and messiness is over, just peel off the freezer paper.
They show the bright orange box- the brand is Shout, who also make laundry spray stain remover. It looks like dryer sheets. Available in the laundry products aisle with the things like starch, stain removers, and dryer sheets. Great product!
