HAND SEWING Foundation paper piecing | FPP 

I hope you enjoy sewing them ❤️

Yes I struggle to find videos on hand sewing too, that's why I decided to share what I've learnt with this and other hand piecing methods ❤️ I hope you enjoy the project

Tis done. Pattern printed, interfacing should be here by Friday, mine was all fusible. But I might try calico to get me started, coaster or mini wall art. Thank you for sharing this ❤

This is a great idea, I have been looking for a way to recycle them! So much waste!

Yeah, that would be interesting to know, I think they would be very similar because the ones I'm doing with the papers are regular quilting cotton, and the liberty is much thinner, so about the same

Thanks for the tip!

Do you have a specific muslin that you find works best? I want to try this technique but can’t stand the feel of interfacing haha

​@@sarahgallegos4823 I use light weight muslin. Unbleached if the background color is dark, bleached if white. I suggest you get an eighth yard of each muslin weight and test to see which one you like best

​@@sarahgallegos4823adding that I too dislike the feel of interfacing - especially for hand work.

@@sarahgallegos4823 wait… it looks like my initial response got sucked into the ether… I use light weight muslin. Bleached if my background is white, unbleached if not. But I think it a good idea to test light, medium, and heavy weights for yourself to see which one you like best

I had looked into too and didn't hear any complaints either I just feel weary 🤣

@@stitchwithrachel after 10+ years, I'm pretty confident in Inklingo. The other reason I think this is reliable is the ink is on the seam line. I also remember hearing that the ink washes out over time... people were printing family photos directly on fabric and the images would fade over time with many washes. They even made solutions to set the ink, but that's when the image transfer sheets came on the market. The other thing to remember is for this project, you aren't printing on the fabric like Inklingo suggests. You are printing on the interfacing. After you scan in your template, you can adjust how dark the line prints. I use Microsoft Word and there's about 6 settings, including automatic. This does adjust the width of the lines a tiny, tiny amount. Drawing apps can make the lines thinner. So if you are worried about too much ink you can reduce it manually. But you can always make a test piece (a mug rug or a trivet) and wash it a few times and see for yourself. If I was reluctant, I'd print all over the fabric (maybe one of those pretty French country designs) and see how it fades. 💖🌞🌵😷

I did ❤️

Yes thank you for this video 🥰🥰

Hope you are having a wonderful easter

I just love small patchwork, I don't know why.. must be a sucker for punishment 🤣 happy sewing xx

Thats good to know! Was the ink okay?

@@stitchwithrachel it was. I made a video last week if you want to watch. I’ve had no problems at all

@rachelqstitches omg the same block too 🤣 what are the chances of that. I will have a watch of your channel

@@stitchwithrachel it was you who pointed me to that block. I just loved it but I just didn’t want to do it on the machine.

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Oooh thats a very good idea!!

Saves a job with removing the papers for sure!

You are very welcome, happy Easter, hope you've had a great weekend

Oh no! What happened?

I havent noticed that the thread affects my hands but the needle I use does. A thinner needle is easier to get through the fabric.

I'm glad you found it useful, there are two main reasons for the interfacing instead of paper... 1. The paper would make the sewing hard on your hands and like you say, dull your needle 2. You have the remove papers by ripping them out and hand stitches won't provide enough perforation to make this job easy like the sewing machine does, it could lead to broken stitches. I hope that helps ❤️

Hello, I generally don't purchase low volume lawn fabrics. Instead i mix it with regular weight quilting cotton, it will be more readily available and more affordable x

They are the clover small applique pins, they are small and really helpful to avoid your thread getting twisted ❤️

It's still moving along 😃 I will aim to share an update in a couple of weeks

​@@stitchwithrachel, that's what you said when you showed your sister's update... Which is lovely. 💖🌞🌵😷

The actual pattern is from JitkaDesign on etsy, its linked in the video description. You download them and print at home ❤️

You are very welcome ❤️

Thanks for joining the channel ❤️❤️

You're so welcome!

Hope you like it!

I'll be leaving it in. Since I've used Liberty tana lawn, it's still pretty thin but even with regular cotton I don't thinknit would make a huge difference to the overall thickness.

Yeah thats right, it would be too hard on your hands to sew through the paper so the interfacing replaces it ❤️

Thank you x

The interfacing is left in place so you don't need to remove it ❤️

Glad it was helpful!

Enjoy!

Happy stitching 🧵 ❤️

Hope you enjoy it!

Hi Mandy, it's liberty lawn ❤️

You are welcome! Happy stitching