Paper Piecing - Mine are Backwards :(
#22
This is not specifically on Seaside Quilter's question, but I thought it might be a good place to include it. I am definitely spatially challenged but I love paper piecing. I have found that when I have to do more than one of the same block, I have better luck if I do all of #1 and then all of #2 and so on. After I get the first #1 done, for example, I lie it next to my machine and use it as a guide for all the subsequent ones. It has saved me many mistakes. I'm sure others do the same, but I just wanted to suggest it.
#23
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Yay! I'm glad it worked out for you. Your block is super cute! Paper piecing is a really great technique, so I'm glad you figured it out.
#26
Glad you were able to figure it out!
I do the same as someone mentioned above, and mark the paper with the proper color so I don't have to figure it out once the paper is all cut out. I also pre-fold along each line (this takes more time up front, but helps when I'm piecing, and then when I tear the paper apart). Finally, I don't tear the paper off until the block is completed. This helps me be able to assemble the block faster so I'm not getting confused with what is supposed to line up where, or which order it should be assembled.
I do the same as someone mentioned above, and mark the paper with the proper color so I don't have to figure it out once the paper is all cut out. I also pre-fold along each line (this takes more time up front, but helps when I'm piecing, and then when I tear the paper apart). Finally, I don't tear the paper off until the block is completed. This helps me be able to assemble the block faster so I'm not getting confused with what is supposed to line up where, or which order it should be assembled.
#27
I love, love to PP.... It's all I do. Learning is just like learning anything new to you.... practice, practice, practice!! In the past, I'd see a tradional pattern I liked & figure out how to do it PP. I'd make my own master & scan & print on thin paper bought from dickblink.com. Really cheap & last a l-o-n-g time... Good luck...
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