How
to USE and RE-USE Quilter's Preview Paper
AUDITION Quilting
Designs
Make a STENCIL to
MARK Your Quilt
Make a TEMPLATE
for APPLIQUÉ Placement
How
to USE and RE-USE Quilter's Preview Paper
Draw on Quilter's Preview
Paper using ultra fine point or fine point permanent markers. Use
a light touch when drawing. We do not recommend washable markers or
dry-erase markers.
To re-use Quilter's Preview
Paper, use rubbing alcohol on a soft cloth to remove permanent marker. You can
also use wet-erase (overhead projector) markers to draw on Quilter's Preview
Paper which can be removed with water. We strongly recommend taking
the paper to a flat surface, away from your quilt, before removing either permanent
or wet-erase marker.
Mark on only one side of
Quilter's Preview Paper to avoid ink transferring to project.
AUDITION
Quilting Designs
- Lay Quilter's Preview
Paper on project or design to be traced.
- Trace or freehand design.
- Advance paper to draw
another design (view multiple designs prior to choosing final). Use Quilter's
Preview Paper to determine placement of quilting design and to see where thread
will lay on your project.
- Choose final design.
Here's an example
of several quilting designs for one block:
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Design 1 -
Traced Quilting Stencil
What we
like: The heart motif and triple loops are nice elements
and fit the piecing of the block. The design isn't large enough but could
be echoed between the design and the block edges to fill up the space.
What we
don't like: Look at the line from the heart to the triple
loops. See that the line crosses from dark to light to dark to light fabric.
What happens if you use white thread? The design lines in the white fabric
will disappear and the lines in the dark fabrics will scream, leaving
an awkward looking quilting design. The opposite happens if dark thread
is used. If this design were used, monofilament thread would be the really
the only choice.
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Design 2 –
Traced Quilting Pattern
What we like:
We loved the design on paper.
What we don't
like: This design competes with our patchwork and does nothing to
complement it. Even if we enlarged it, it has the same thread color issues
as Design 1.
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Design 3 –
Freehand Design drawn by connecting intersection of seams and middle of
patches with curved arcs and lines
What we
like: Design complements block, doesn't compete with it.
Quilting lines could be quilted with thread to match individual quilt
patches (white thread in white, yellow in yellow, etc.) because no one
line arc crosses from light to dark except through an intersection of
the seams. Lines can be drawn onto quilt block with a chalk pencil or
other erasable marking tool.
What we
don't like: Nothing.
This is the design we would choose.
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Make
a STENCIL to MARK Your Quilt
- Trace design
onto Quilter's Preview Paper using permanent marker.
- Cut Quilter's
Preview Paper about 2” larger on all sides of design.
- To perforate,
free motion machine stitch along the design with large unthreaded needle
(size 90 recommended). Clean or change your needle before it using
on fabric.
- Place perforated
Quilter's Preview Paper on project.
- Mark using
chalk pounce or cotton batting dipped in loose chalk. Work chalk into
perforations by rubbing pounce or batting over the perforations. Marking
works best when project and paper are on a flat, hard surface.
HELPFUL HINTS:*Because of variations in temperature, humidity, markers,
and other factors, Quilters Touch recommends testing all markers used
in this process. Mark on scrap fabric first.
*We highly recommend using the Miracle Pounce Pad filled with Miracle
Chalk. If using blue chalk as shown in the picture, use a lint brush to
remove excess chalk from fabric.
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Make
a TEMPLATE for APPLIQUÉ Placement
- Trace appliqué design
onto Quilter's Preview Paper.
- Place appliqué onto background
fabric piece by piece, checking for accurate placement by laying Quilter's
Preview Paper over your appliqué. Adjust appliqué as needed.
Do
not iron Quilter's Preview Paper!
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