Originally Posted by SuzyM
I have never paper pieced anything so please bear with me.
1 - What type of paper do you use?
2 - Do you make your own templetes/designs?
3 - How do you make the half circles with the triangles?
4 - Did you take a class first or just dive right in?
5 - Do you just make a master design and then photocopy it?
1-I use plain old copy paper. after sewing, I fold it over and crease and unfold and tear. I am too cheap to buy the expensive paper and this works great for me :D:D:D
2-I have made my own, I use them off of EQ, and from many online sources... Do a online search for free paper pieced patterns :wink: Quilters Cache has a number of them.
3-Find a pattern for a New York Beauty.
4-No class for me, I just dove right in after looking over a few free online tutorials
5-Like MadQuilter said, make ALL of your copies at once if you are using a copy machine. Not ALL copy machines will make identical sized copies. If you need 30 for the quilt, I would take home 40 :wink: I use my printer, set it to fax quality, I only use 1/2 of the ink and the copies are very readable :D
When you get started PP, if you have any more questions, feel free to ask :D:D:D