Macybaby

the lines are printed on the paper are going to be a mirror image of the final results. Normally when you buy already printed papers, that is done for you, so if you look at the printed side of the paper and the finished picture, they are mirror images.

I don't think you are taking that into account with what you are looking at. When you are looking at the sewing lines, you are seeing the Back of the completed project, not the front side. when you remove the paper, you'll see all the seams.

when you flip it over, you'll see the front side, but it will be reversed of what you saw when looking at the sewing lines.

Just like any other block, if you can see the seams (actual thread) you are looking at the back side, not the front side where the thread is hidden by the fabric.

What I meant about tracing the lines to the back, if you want your end result to be facing the way the lines show, then you need to trace then to the back so you can use them from the back side. You don't have to do that unless you need to change the orientation - IE the paper shows the crab facing left, so the front side will have it facing right. If you want it facing left, you need to do the paper so the lines show it facing right.

one more addition - it appears you are taking a pieced pattern and converting it to paper piecing - the pieced pattern is meant to be face up, but paper piecing is meant to be face down. You just have to adjust accordingly.