Originally Posted by
osewme
Here's a tutorial from Donna Jordan where she shows making her floating points. She cuts her "point" fabric 1/4" shorter than the background fabric. I saw a better tutorial of hers one other time but can't find it now. Hope this helps you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsnBBKzSghY&t=11s
In one of her videos she puts the tip of a pin at the seam intersection to make sure she doesn't sew into the point