Thanks, I'm cutting the pattern out 1/4" bigger then the cut line on the pattern. I like the idea of laying out all the paper triangles & do all the sewing for the first piece on all of them, then ironing all of them, then going on to the 2nd piece etc. Seems more efficient than what I am doing. I thought paper peicing was suppose to be faster then regular piercing, but I'm having 2nd thoughts, not all scrapes have a straight line to sew the 2nd piece on to. I think this is going to be my first & last paper piercing project !!!!!