Originally Posted by
SophieHatter
It looks like I may have somehow left out a whole load of steps? Like adding paper, and then tacking, and then sewing? I just draw the lines, pin it and sew it! It didn't occur to me to do anything else.
The adding paper, tacking, and sewing steps are part of EPP, or English paper-piecing. I don't bother with that; I either draw lines or I use the template-and-starch method.