Extremely narrow widths can also be pieced with ease. Jean Wells does it often in her quilts and it is covered in at least two of her books, probably more. Dena Crain teaches another method. Look on the web for 'insert piecing' and 'narrow insert piecing'.
They way I do it is to use the LEFT side of my presser foot as a guide and run it down the stitching line of last seam that I made. The fabric you're adding goes underneath what you've already sewn, right side up. I've gone as narrow as 1/8" using the notch on my 1/4" foot. It's really quite easy once you get the hang of sewing on the 'wrong' side. This is the method taught by Joen Wolfrom in her book, Landscape and Illusions. She refers to her technique as the 1/4" precision sewing method.
Sheila Frampton-Cooper, the artist whose work is on the AQ cover, does not use fusible. She pieces her quilts. She has also been featured in Quilting Arts Magazine.
Last edited by ghostrider; 04-03-2014 at 02:51 PM.