Paper Piecing with “Water Soluble Tear-Away” saves you a lot of time by eliminating the task of tracing the pattern onto muslin or paper. This method lets the copy machine/inkjet printer do the work for you. The stabilizer gives you a firm yet flexible foundation to stitch on to and is much better for your machine than paper. “Water Soluble Tear-Away” stabilizer has silicone within it making it needle friendly!

1) Select a paper or foundation piece pattern from your favorite book or magazine. Cut the pattern out and lay it face down on a copy machine or scan it into your favorite graphics software.

2) Cut a piece of “Water Soluble Tear-Away” stabilizer 8 ½” wide x 11" long and place it in the paper feeder tray on top of several pieces of paper for better feeding. Copy the pattern onto the stabilizer. *Note – some copiers have the ability to duplicate the pattern several times on the same sheet saving you even more time!

3) Follow directions for construction of the paper pieced block as suggested. After the block is completed, tear away as much of the stabilizer as possible from the stitching lines. The remaining stabilizer will disappear in the wash leaving a beautiful soft quilt square!