FPP help needed
10-03-2014, 12:41 AM
#1
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Essex, UK
Posts: 252
FPP help needed
Hi,
I'm doing my first ever FPP pattern (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5OF...JlYTlm/preview) and have run into a little difficulty, hoping someone can enlighten me!
In the main block pattern, the first 4 little squares are very confusing to me...I followed them round from 1-4, but when you get to the end, you can't join block 1 to block 4.
I ended up just folding the edge over and attaching number 5, which sort of pinned down the other side of it, so there is no stitching between block 1 and block 4...was this the right thing to do? When it's quilted, I imagine it will get sewed down, so can I do all the blocks this way? Or do I need to make a 4 patch before I start paper piecing? Is there some special trick that I'm supposed to know about?
I think I may have chosen quite a tricky one for my first attempt (but it still came out beautifully!)
I'm doing my first ever FPP pattern (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5OF...JlYTlm/preview) and have run into a little difficulty, hoping someone can enlighten me!
In the main block pattern, the first 4 little squares are very confusing to me...I followed them round from 1-4, but when you get to the end, you can't join block 1 to block 4.
I ended up just folding the edge over and attaching number 5, which sort of pinned down the other side of it, so there is no stitching between block 1 and block 4...was this the right thing to do? When it's quilted, I imagine it will get sewed down, so can I do all the blocks this way? Or do I need to make a 4 patch before I start paper piecing? Is there some special trick that I'm supposed to know about?
I think I may have chosen quite a tricky one for my first attempt (but it still came out beautifully!)
10-03-2014, 01:33 AM
#4
Power Poster
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Northern Michigan
Posts: 12,861
Wanted to ask... What does FPP stand for? I've been paper piecing for years but have no idea what the F implies??? Sometimes when abbreviations are used people here do not look/respond because they do not know what it's about, or think they know nothing about the topic when they actually might if it was written out. I just thought I would start asking when it's some new abbreviations
10-03-2014, 01:35 AM
#5
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Rural Oklahoma
Posts: 5,374
Wanted to ask... What does FPP stand for? I've been paper piecing for years but have no idea what the F implies??? Sometimes when abbreviations are used people here do not look/respond because they do not know what it's about, or think they know nothing about the topic when they actually might if it was written out. I just thought I would start asking when it's some new abbreviations
10-03-2014, 02:59 AM
#8
Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Bermuda
Posts: 113
Hi,
I ended up just folding the edge over and attaching number 5, which sort of pinned down the other side of it, so there is no stitching between block 1 and block 4...was this the right thing to do? When it's quilted, I imagine it will get sewed down, so can I do all the blocks this way? Or do I need to make a 4 patch before I start paper piecing? Is there some special trick that I'm supposed to
I ended up just folding the edge over and attaching number 5, which sort of pinned down the other side of it, so there is no stitching between block 1 and block 4...was this the right thing to do? When it's quilted, I imagine it will get sewed down, so can I do all the blocks this way? Or do I need to make a 4 patch before I start paper piecing? Is there some special trick that I'm supposed to
10-03-2014, 03:06 AM
#9
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Essex, UK
Posts: 252
I would suggest that you slip stitch these little "gaps" by hand before you quilt. Otherwise you may end up with a mess the first time that the quilt is washed. If you have not made too many you may want to reconsider using these ones and start over with the four patch center stitched together before placing it on the PP foundation.
Thanks!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
