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Looking for the Hawthorne Threads Give Away? It’s here.
I just want to take this opportunity to welcome all the new readers that have found their way here in the last 24 hours. I’m enjoying reading your comments and I agree that it is hard to pick a favourite collection from Hawthorne Threads. I guess it really depends on what sort of project you’re looking for fabric for doesn’t it? My choices are below:
Quirky fabric
Riley Blake’s Retro Umbrellas in White
Formal Fabric
Michael Miller’s Delilah in Purple
Wistful collection
Fabric collection coming soon
Pat Bravo’s Paradise in the Sunset Colourway
Progress on the new project
I have been pushing on with my latest project which I started the other day. I’m at the point of basting the greaseproof paper pattern onto the fabrics. It’s a painstaking process but I enjoy it and it almost guarantees the correct placement of the pattern on the fabric. This is especially important when you have a certain section of the fabric that you want to appear in a particular section of the pattern. The hole you can see in the paper was cut to allow me to centre a heart motif in the fabric in the centre of the central medallion of the pattern.
Greaseproof paper basting
Hmm. I’m not sure I follow why you’re using greaseproof paper. Is it so you can have an exact placement of your machine (or hand) quilting? And what is greaseproof paper, exactly? Like parchment paper?
Hi Linda
Greaseproof paper is like a lighter version of tracing paper and used to be used to wrap sandwiches before the plastic wraps were invented. I use it because it is see-through enough to let me trace the design and is easy to write on with a pencil unlike press ‘n’ seal type products. I can use it on either the top or bottom fabric, it is not as stiff as tracing paper but is still strong enough not to tear through all the creasing that happens as I baste. What’s more it tears off nicely when I have completed the basting.
I hope this answers your questions. Thanks for asking.
Best wishes
Munaiba
Hmm. I’m not sure I follow why you’re using greaseproof paper. Is it so you can have an exact placement of your machine (or hand) quilting? And what is greaseproof paper, exactly? Like parchment paper?
Hi Linda
Greaseproof paper is like a lighter version of tracing paper and used to be used to wrap sandwiches before the plastic wraps were invented. I use it because it is see-through enough to let me trace the design and is easy to write on with a pencil unlike press ‘n’ seal type products. I can use it on either the top or bottom fabric, it is not as stiff as tracing paper but is still strong enough not to tear through all the creasing that happens as I baste. What’s more it tears off nicely when I have completed the basting.
I hope this answers your questions. Thanks for asking.
Best wishes
Munaiba