So I have a question for all of you that have worked with paper piecing.
Do you remove your paper backings
before or
after you have joined all of your blocks together?
I have watched a few online videos and have read different instructions given by different designer/teachers and some said to remove the paper before joining blocks together and some say wait till blocks are joined.
I'm thinking that when the paper is removed some of the bulk causing any wonkiness and the cause for making a few edges slightly undersized by a 1/16" or 1/8" might be able to be pressed out to achieve the final 12.5" block size. My blocks are turning out to be either correct size or have a quarter that is slightly under.
I also know that I have to be careful when pressing so that any bias edges don't get stretched out of shape. Perhaps when the blocks are squared up it will work out.
**Please share your thoughts and your experience with this
Oh - on a side note - I found my wooden Tailor's Sleeve Board and have been using that like a Tailor's Clapper and putting it on top of a warm pressed seam to set seams and flatten out the seam layers. I would place it on the seam right after pressing and then I put my 2 heavy pressing hams on top for weight till it cools ( only a few seconds). It has been working really well and I have noticed a big difference.