little bits of paper still on my paper pieced quilt

ollie1shoe · Post by **ollie1shoe** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:01 am

im wondering if this will mess me up when i machine quilt it as some of the paper is still in the stich seam it just willnot come out and i dont want to mess my stitches upare break them

lorettav · Post by **lorettav** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:46 pm

Have you tried wetting it a little bit? That might help. Meybe you could get it out with tweezers. I don't know about sewing over the paper.

Loretta

ollie1shoe · Post by **ollie1shoe** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:40 pm

actually i wet it before i removed it but it just still dont want to come off i think my paper may have been to thick it was paper i use in my copier and scanning

may · Post by **may** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:57 pm

I also wet the paper and use very slim tweezers
Carol

ipquilter · Post by **ipquilter** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:07 pm

IMHO--I wouldn't worry about them. But I could be so very wrong!

sewbug · Post by **sewbug** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:41 am

It won't hurt a thing. Usually I tear off the big pieces and what doesn't come off stays in block. I don't have the patience to pick out pieces of paper. I'll let the quilt historians 100 years from now find the paper pieces left in. They'll be so thrilled!

ipquilter · Post by **ipquilter** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:40 pm

Also-try using regular cheap notebook paper. It tears off lots easier then printer paper. Ask me how I know! *smile*

CaroleJ · Post by **CaroleJ** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:35 pm

Ollie, next time you paper piece, try tightening up your stitch length to at least 20 stitches per inch. That should help it tear away better also.

gardenquilter · Post by **gardenquilter** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:01 pm

it is not the end of the world just quilt as desired - i think we all have had paper left at one time or another

ollie1shoe · Post by **ollie1shoe** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:03 pm

thanks i have learned for next project to tighten my stitches and probably need to use lighter weight paper i really should have asked all this before i did my first project oh well now i know (smiling)
i wonder why i did not think to use notebook paper

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