Up Up and Away Cushion

[toileandtrouble]

@Diane  I just read somewhere that if you dampen the paper, it makes it easier to tear away.

[Iminei]

@Diane .. I used cheap childrens tracing paper (99p for an A4 pack of 10 sheets?) which printed fine and as you sew to the reverse of the paper there was no chance of transfer of ink

[Diane]

@toileandtrouble Thanks for that, i'll see what it's like when i get to the stage.

Well the first two pieces i bu**ered up  so i redone those. After doing a few bits i now get the gist of it. The only thing that i'm finding difficult is making the right colour choices, I'm not sure it goes what i've done but i've started it now so i'll just carry on, i'll do this as a practice piece. I've managed to do 10 pieces this afternoon so quite happy with that.

@Iminei Thanks i'll get some of that, wasn't sure if it would print very well so bought the vellum paper.

[StitchinTime]

@Diane Patterntrace sells A4 FPP paper at £11.90 for 100 sheets which might be another option if you can't find cheap tracing paper.
https://www.patterntrace.com/product/foundation-paper/

[Diane]

@StitchinTime  Thanks for that, i've bookmarked it 

[rubywishes]

  @Diane   I use very cheap thin A4 note pads that I buy from the local office superstore...I think they're about 55gm instead of the usual 80gm wt of ordinary paper. Ridiculously cheap. The only thing I have to do is feed it one sheet at a time through my printer rather than putting a heap in the printer tray...that makes my printer very unwell and constipated!

If you can, buy yourself a cheap lightbox...it's been a life saver for me with my current project and saved me so much unpicking through wrong placement.

[Diane]

If you can, buy yourself a cheap lightbox...it's been a life saver for me with my current project and saved me so much unpicking through wrong placement.

I have a lightbox, i'll dig this out in the morning and try that, thanks @rubywishes

[Celia]

I really like the look of this but am so confused about how you do it there seems to be sooo many different ways on YouTube that I got lost

[Renegade Sewist]

I really like the look of this but am so confused about how you do it there seems to be sooo many different ways on YouTube that I got lost

@Celia that's why some of us say any type of paper piecing must be the work of the Devil.    You either love it or not.

[Diane]

I really like the look of this but am so confused about how you do it there seems to be sooo many different ways on YouTube that I got lost

@Celia i know it looks complicated but in actual fact it’s not. I looked at a few videos and then just used one of them to refer to when I started doing it. How about printing off a free pattern, something small and just have a practice with it. I messed up my first two attempts but now I know what I’m doing and it’s really quite simple.

[Iminei]

Or how about using one of TSP FPP tutorials ??????

[Celia]

I am a bit tempted by this one, https://www.rileyblakedesigns.com/assets/images/sewalongs/FollowTheBlueBird/PaperPiecedBird.pdf

I have had a look at the valentines heart @Iminei and that looks great but I can’t get it to print either from your file or the Pinterest link. I am however learning from your tuts so thank you

[Lowena]

What @Renegade Sewist said 

[Diane]

Good progress this morning, i now have 49 pieces pieced together, i now need to dig out anther set of colours, just hoping i have a few different types in my stash.

[Diane]

This afternoon i have finished piecing the balloon parts, i have now have a pile of jigsaw like bits that i now have to put together  I think this is a job for Monday when DH is at work and i don't have any interruptions, i had to redo three sections earlier due to chit chat about his bitcoins that have dropped in price  and then he asked me if i'd like to invest some money ....not on your nelly