Originally Posted by Naturalmama
I finally did a search to try and find out what paper piecing is.... and now I'm even more confused. It looks incredibly complicate - whatever the technique really is - I couldn't figure it out!
If anyone would like to, please feel free to try to explain it to me in a nutshell. :shock:
Just remember this one important thing!
The first piece you put down has got to be face up!
all the rest are sewed face down!
Try some strip blocks first. Pin a strip diagonally from corner to corner. Right side up!
Put a strip face down along that piece, like you are matching a seam. Sew a strip that fits that edge, and fold open. Now it will be face up. Sew another strip , open, another, open. until you have covered the corner.
Now
Turn the block around, and do the same thing to the other half.
Press, and turn the block over and trim the edges sticking out, exactly to the block edges !
To get paper off easily, run a big dull needle over the stitching lines, shake loose.
and/or dampen them. rub and scrape.