Originally Posted by jackilvsmath
So I am WAY new to quilting (just started my first quilt on Monday). I am trolling the internet (Quilter's Cache) for ideas for future quilts [you know for all that free time I don't have :-) ]. My question: What is the purpose for paper pieceing (sp?)? I looked at the tutorial on the Cache site, and I do understand it, but why would you paper piece and not just measure/cut/do math. Thanks in advance for the info!
Jacki
The reason people paper piece is to get perfect points in designs. If you look at paper pieced patterns, most have lots of points or the block sections are very small and would be hard to sew together regularly. Also, it is much easier when you are working with odd angles.
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