Sue Daley Designs Sandpaper Board epp English Paper Piecing Patchwork with busyfingers Sewing

The Sue Daley Sandpaper board is a must have item for english paper piecing, applique or American Piecing. Stop your fabric moving when tracing your applique shapes. The sandpaper will grip the fabric, allowing you to trace your template quickly and easily. Size: 7 3/4" x 11 3/4" (19.5cm x 29.5cm) Sue Daley’s English Paper Piecing The technique that Sue Daley introduced to the world of English Paper Piecing is the glue-baste method. By using a Sue Daley Sewline fabric glue pen to prepare your shapes, you can easily cut down your preparation time by more than 75%! English Paper Piecing dates back to the 1800’s and the process of this hand sewing technique was very time consuming. Fabric was thread basted over paper hexagons cut from old letters or ledgers and then whip stitched together. Scissors were used to cut the fabric pieces approximately ¼” larger than the paper shape, meaning a quilt could take years to finish by hand. Today the same basic principles are used, but technology is a wonderful thing, making this very time consuming technique achievable by patchworkers far and wide. Up until very recently, patchworkers were still basting their fabric onto papers, sewing through the card and fabric with thread! Luckily we now have the Sue Daley method and her range of English Paper Piecing notions to make this technique simple for all sewers.

• Stop your fabric moving when tracing your applique shapes
• Great to use with english paper piecing, applique or American Piecing
• The sandpaper will grip the fabric
• Allows you to trace your templates quickly and easily
• Size: 7 3/4" x 11 3/4"