Originally Posted by
Iceblossom
I am sure there are techniques that use fusible grid interfacing, but I don't think I'd go that route. I think great piecing is largely a practice, practice, practice sort of thing. Even though they are fine motor skills, we need to keep in shape/practice and just can't expect to do perfect work if we've just taken months off of sewing, do some warm ups first!
I use a combination of techniques for piecing accuracy. For my first 20 or so years of quilting I worked at doing everything very precisely, and then for the last 20 or so years I've been doing a lot of "cut large/trim down" techniques and I find even with extra steps, I am faster, more precise and overall happier.
I agree with this. I used to have so much trouble matching seams and points. I used to always use glue stick to keep things in place til I sewed them which helped a lot. I've noticed since I've done a lot of piecing with 2 1/2" squares and other "matchy" things that I don't have to use the glue stick as much and get good results. I think, like IceBlossom says, it's mostly practice, practice practice. I also use cut large and trim down wherever I can. Its just makes life easier and gives an excellent result.