Originally Posted by
ckcowl
You can do they(paper piece) technique by hand, Ginny Beyer makes all of her quilts by hand. You can either USA a foundation (I use muslin generally) or you can use templates. Yes, the piecing order is correct in your diagram, you piece your spike section first, I would join sections 3 & 4 then add that section to the spike section, then add your corner piece. That is the order New York beauty blocks are constructed
So instead of sewing onto paper, you would sew it onto muslin? That sounds like a good idea! However, please excuse my ignorance, but what exactly do you mean by muslin? I know "muslin" is some kind of cotton fabric, but I'm not sure what it looks like... I assume it is pretty thin as if I would sew it onto "regular" fabric, it probably would get too bulky, right?