Originally Posted by lab fairy
Carol Doak has instructions in PDF format at this web address.
http://mail.caroldoak.com/free-quilt-patterns.php
Just look for the "Designing Your Own Paper-Pieced Blocks" and there is also one for "Converting Traditional Patterns to Paper-Pieced Patterns".
I love free information.
Thanks so much for this. I am about to start a quilt for my DGS and want to do this with pictures of tractors for him.