Dee's New York Beauty Choose Your Own Adventure

Here are my versions of Block 1. Dee's suggestion to print extras of the pattern and cut the pieces apart to use as guides for cutting the fabric helped me get better control over the straight of grain and print/color placement of the fabrics. Thanks Dee!

I tried the freezer paper method today for Block #3. It worked well for me. My freezer paper says "Heavy Weight for Applique" on the package. I found it hard to fold; so I had to score all the folds first. I'm wondering if there is a printable freezer paper that is more medium or light weight that would be easier to fold.

Folding back the printed freezer paper for sewing gave me a better preview to tell if my fabric was aligned in the correct position before sewing since I can see the shape flipped backwards to the same orientation that the fabric should be in for sewing.

The YouTube video linked in this blog post by Cotton and Joy really helped me get my stripes where I wanted them for this block by using the folded back shape to align the fabric: https://cottonandjoy.com/blogs/blog/...ecing-tutorial

[Barbara B.]

C. Jenkins Freezer Paper sheets are more lightweight than the heavy duty FP.

My fabric choices have been the hardest part. Having fun ☄️

I’m trying new things. This time I used Simple Foundations Translucent Vellum. It works great! Folds crisply and the transparency is very helpful for these angled, small pieces.

This is my first block put together. I am really behind, due to difficulty in finding striking fabric.

Here is Block 2, another Block 3, and starting an idea for my layout - I'm thinking to add 3 more beauty blocks in each of the empty 3 corners, and using the pastel cloud fabric in all the negative spaces. (The tan check fabric is my design board).

This is my first Foundation Paper Piecing project and I'm really enjoying it!

My colors and layout remind me of Jacqueline de Jonge's "Becolorful" quilts. So I watched Show 911. In the show she demonstrates an interesting method for making more perfect arcs. When cutting out the arc piece, she cuts a larger 1/2" wide seam allowance on the side that won't be stitched first, then after stitching the 1st side of the arc, she lays the pattern piece over the result and then trim the 2nd side 1/4" to stitch it.

I'm going to try her method for the arcs on my next block. I'm new to machine piecing and always appreciate the "trim to accuracy" method whenever I can use it.