Originally Posted by borntoquilt
Thanks! That sounds easy enough. Any tips for EASY pp? I have only done it once before and I am self taught! MUST be an easier way. Where can I buy that beautiful pattern?
It's from the book by Judy Mathieson called, "Mariner's Compass: Setting a New Course." Amazon.com is my go-to source for books.
The ladies in my quilt club USED to think that Mariner's Compasses were really difficult to do until I had a workshop on Paper Piecing. I used the Mariner's Compass & they quickly learned how really easy it is.
I am usually a very disorganized person UNITL I start a PP project. I will measure each piece and add quite a bit on each side - around 1" both ways. I'll cut each section's pieces out and label them as to their number on the pattern. I stack the pieces with #1 on top and so on. Place the stack next to the machine & start building the block. I set up an ironing station to the right of the machine so I'm not bouncing up & down to press every piece. I do, however, have my trimming station in another room so I do have to get up and move. (I am sewing in the dining room and I trim on the island in the kitchen). I moved out of sewing room to be able to watch TV (especially those NCIS marathons) & set up shop between the dining room & living room. Left fabric etc. in the sewing room. Just moved machine & table out there. I have a 3-drawer plastic chest on wheels that I put a home-made ironing board on. I move that to the right of the table and sew & press away.