Get those glue guns out! It's go time! Week 5 Boombox sew-a-long instructions are HERE! Oh and before I forget, Happy 4th of July to all my American friends!
Recently I've been asked if I could point people in the direction of paper piecing tutorials or tips. Ask and so you shall receive!
RECOMMENDED PAPER PIECING TIPS: As much as I try to be zen about seam ripping it's always more fun not having to do it. Which is why I really liked Bernina's We All Sew article by Lee Heinrich of Freshly Pieced, called Never Tear Out Stitches Again! How to make Make Paper Piecing Easy.
Another good article is Tips and Tricks Tuesday-Paper Piecing by The Tilted Quilt.
Sound. Practical. Advice.
Finally, I found this Youtube channel by Man Sewing. Check out How to: Paper Piecing with Violet Craft. I've never used one of those rollers but it's on my list! The advice is similar to the first article I have listed but it's video! Also Violet Craft! Eep! A paper piecing guru!
RECOMMENDED PAPER PIECING PATTERNS: And now that you know all the ins and outs of paper piecing, have you seen Berene Campbell's (@happysewlucky) Tattoo series of patterns on ESTY?!!! MIND BLOWN! Collect them all! She's working on the next one, TRUTH and there's still more to come. Need, need, need, want, want, want! I've got big plans for these babies!
RECOMMENDED FOR YOUR 80's PLAYLIST: This week I started in the direction of A Flock of Seagulls with I RAN and Rick Springfield's JESSIE'S GIRL, but then I ended up on Pat Benetar. She's so bad ass! I've always had a sweet spot for her! I remember in grade 2 asking my mom for some spandex pants like Pat Benetar's. She declined. Instead I had to resign myself to lip syncing HEART-BREAKER, LOVE IS A BATTLE FIELD, SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT, TREAT ME RIGHT, YOU BETTER RUN and my favourite hair brush mic song to sing: HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT!