Originally Posted by
hutch farm
Is there a trick to paper piecing with diagonal seams. No matter how I arrange it, my fabric that I have added (the one that has the 1/4 inch seam and is flipped over) is always too short. The diagonal is messin' with me. Suggestions, please.
For the diagonal "Point" you need at least the width of the strip extra on both end. I've always had problem with this, and it just occurred to me that you would do it the same way that you end your binding on a quilt. That being , when you get around to the joining the two ends of the binding, you lay one end on top of the other measure and cut it straight across and have room to make a 45 degree diagonal seam.