Are you doing the EPP, hand sewing without the paper or machine sewing them? When I do the EPP I leave the seams open, when I did the hand sewing without the paper I can't remember what I did exactly, just let the fabric dictate the way it went. The instructions at the time were to have it go to the darker fabric, but can't remember if I did that. Check out Linda Franz website Inklingo she does a lot of the hand sewing without using paper templates.