Originally Posted by roselady
I have some questions for you "Paper Piecing Pro's". I haven't done pp in many years, but back then really enjoyed the perfect results. I only did a few small projects. I am doing a block of the month right now with 6" blocks, and some of them are very intricate, so I drew them out on EQ6 and printed for PP. I am having a horrible time with it. How do you cut pieces for pp? Do you have to cut every piece individually? That takes forever. I am doing all the processes right, but I am ending up with too small seam allowances. I feel like I am cutting pieces a lot bigger than it should take, but obviously I am not. How do you figure out how much yardage to get. It seems like there will be a lot of waste. I have ripped out more doing these little pieces than in doing the last 4 big quilts I've done!! Help!!
Some piecers use the strip method where you sew the strip on and then cut off the unused portion. That saves on fabric and works if your pieces are pretty uniform. If you don't have a Add-A-Quarter ruler, I find it is well worth the investment. I couldn't work without one. I use Carol Doak's method which automatically gives a perfect seam allowance.