Paper Piecing

I took a class last week on paper piecing using patterns from England Design Studios.  I have taken paper piecing classes before, but this method was very different.  I really enjoyed it and bought a pattern.  Here is what we worked on.

  I like the way it went together and how it allows you to piece absolutely any shape.  I plan to come up with some patterns of my own.

I took my mini iron to the paper piecing class with me and used a hand towel for an ironing mat.  When the class was over my iron was still hot.  (something I didn't think about until I was unplugging it.) I wrapped it in the hand towel and it was fine, but I decided I wanted a better solution to for an ironing pad and traveling with a hot iron.  Here is what I came up with.....

I made an ironing pad with Insul-Bright sandwiched between two layers of batting and then covered with fabric.

   I added a loop

   on one end and

two tabs with velcro

on the other end.

   Here is my ironing pad

with my mini iron



I put the loop over

the handle of the

hot iron

I rolled the iron

toward the center

and used one

tab with velcro

to secure the cord

I rolled the

iron over

once more

I used the other tab to wrap around the outside to secure the iron and cord