Originally Posted by
whitepine
When we were doing the Buildings BOM, that is the way I did it too. Every piece was different and it seemed too wasteful to cut them first. However, with these stars, I am cutting them first because there are so many (at least 8) of each piece. When them precut you can chain piece and not get up to iron so often and it really goes fast.
Whitepine, what do you mean by chain piecing? Are you sewing all eight sections at the same time? I had not thought of that. I have been completing them one section at a time. I feel a little silly now. Any other tips?