Originally Posted by
Tartan
There is PPP . The paperless paper piecing is when you have the pattern printed on paper but rather then sewing the fabric on the paper and tearing it away later, the paper is folded back on the line and you stitch beside it.
You can do this type of Paperless Paper Piecing with regular copy paper. We can get 20 blocks out of the same piece of paper. The creases are folded into it at the beginning and can be used for each block. I use the back edge of a seam ripper with a ruler to lightly crease the paper before it is folded. That makes the fold more accurate and straight.
This method also saves fabric, as the first fabrics are trimmed at a quarter inch (or an eight inch with tiny pieces) and the edge of the next piece is lined up with that cut edge. Easier to see where the piece fits. My Add-a-quarter and Add-an-eighth rulers are wonderful for this.