Originally Posted by
ashlett
Thankyou so much for the video link, very helpfull, I have obviously chosen a complicated pattern and have been cutting the fabric to small and to much like ordinary patchwork.
YES, you have to cut your piece much bigger when doing paper piecing. I take the outline of the finished dimensions and I add at least a half an inch on all sides. You might want to check Fons & Porter web site. They did a paper piecing episode and went thru the basics recently. Once you learn the ropes, you are going to be fine.