Thread: Paper Piecing Resources?

It depends on what you are looking for. There is a paperless paper piecing tutorial on QB where you fold the freezer paper back and stitch next to it. There is the paper piecing where you sew through the paper on lines like Carol Doak. There is paper foundation paper like Bonnie Hunter's Spiderweb free pattern at quiltville.blogspot.ca

I started with Quilterscache's instructions and then some free online patterns. Then I moved to Carol Doak's patterns and on to Judy Niemeyer and Norah McMeeking. I do the actual paper piecing where I sew on the lines. Both with JN and NM, I bought the preprinted papers. For CD, I bought a book and found that I had a tough time with copying the patterns -- I thought all the blocks were the same size and they ended up different somehow...and honestly I've never gone back to figure out how to fit them together to finish.

However the preprinted ones can be pricey, so I try to find them on resale on ebay, etc for people who bought and never made!

There's also English Paper Piecing which is typically done by hand sewing. Faves right now are hexagons. Cut out fabric roughly the shape of the paper piece that you need covered. Fold the raw edges over the paper and either glue down or baste with thread. Then typically a 'whip stitch' sew the 2 pieces together.

Traditional paper piecing (sewing through the lines on the paper) can be a bit cumbersome to figure out initially - kind of like sewing upside down and backwards - but once you get the hang of it, it is an incredibly precise method. I had to take a class at my LQS before I really 'got it'. Just wasn't visualizing it well enough from online sources. Well worth the $$ for that class.