If you have not done paperpiecing please be sure to review the tutorial on the quilting board under tutorials.
Remember that you paper is the top layer when you sew, underneath will be your material and it will be wrong side placed against the back of the paperpiecing. It took me a couple tries when I first started. About 1-1/2 hours to get it right, the first three pieces are the most difficult in terms of understanding the concept. but once you have it....bam... it just goes smoothly... be paitient, you can do this.... I had to review the tutorial a couple of times and then it all just fell into place! Good luck!
Originally Posted by blahel
now before I start..is there anything a newbie to paperpiecing should know before I go ahead and make ALL the mistakes?? :lol: :lol: I better go and measure my pattern to make sure it is 6 inches..whew it is! Lucky for me as I have traced out 4 copies of the pattern! I dont know how my paper will work as have seen numerous discussions on this board about what paper to use. i am using an exercise book (for australian users as they might be able to get this themselves if it works well..) It is called a Spicers Olympic stripe brand - A4 64 Page Mapping Tracing Book. On the outside it has black and yellow stripes and I think i got it from a school supplies store. it is good to use as it is a book and the original pattern fits in and doesnt move around. The paper seems a bit thinner than copying paper that you would use in your home printer. will let you know how it goes..