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December 9, 2013 By Mandy 2 Comments

Quick tip for giant freezer paper templates

I seem to be making these giant templates with freezer paper at least twice a week lately, and while I had been using double stick tape to keep the long edges together, I have gone through a roll of that and a roll or two of freezer paper.  I need to get the current project started ASAP, and it’s gross out so I didn’t want to journey out for double stick tape.  Glue makes the freezer paper stiff and ripply, so what’s a lady to do?  Besides swearing in an unladylike fashion.

Turns out I have some of Superior’s fusible thread called Charlotte’s Web from an earlier “Technique of the Week”.  I dislike having a one-trick pony in my workshop, and so the fact I can use this for *even more* makes me happy.  I lay out one long strip of freezer paper, and then make sure there’s about a 1/2″ overlap with the next piece.  Working from one end, I lay out a line of thread in between the two layers, and I have to be careful of a few things:
1) don’t get this thread on my iron
2) don’t get this thread on my ironing board
3) heat it long enough so it melts in

It’s pretty simple, but it makes a really nice and strong join, one which also doesn’t have the extra bulk of double-stick tape.

I hope you’re feeling encouraged to try out something larger with this technique for making larger templates!  Let me know if something comes to you!

 

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Filed Under: Construction, Technique of the Week Tagged With: freezer paper, fusible thread

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  1. Kim says

    December 9, 2013 at 11:03 am

    Try Ricky Tims’ wonderful solution by making freezer paper “tape”. Cut a strip (or strips) of freezer paper about 1″ wide. But the two sheets of freezer paper together and “tape” them together with the fp strip, using a hot iron. The tape strip will adhere to the other pieces and will still work just like freezer paper without gluey stuff of regular tape. Excellent solution!

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    • Mandy says

      December 9, 2013 at 11:21 am

      oh, hadn’t heard that one before! There’s going to be a ton of manipulation with this, though, and I have found that sometimes ironing the papers together doesn’t always hold up with all the back and forth. I’ll have to try this on the next one! And there’s *always* a next one….

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