What do you think of Paper Piecing?
 

I am so new to quilting and my friend talked me into doing a quilt (Goldies Fish). It is the cutest thing. I had no idea what I was getting into. It was a class for 3 hrs for 3 Saturdays. Well let me tell you it took 3 hours to just cut the background material. It was a costly class $30 for the pattern, $54 for the class and if you did not have a stripology ruler well that was another $70 plus material and I only have 1 fish square done. Does this get easier as you go? I like the look the paper piecing gives. I would like for people to continue this thread and show what they have done with paper piecing.

Pre cutting fabric for paper piecing is silly. Grab a piece and random cut it to fit, being sure it is bigger then the shape and sew it. I took a very expensive Judy Niemeyer class, cutting the fabric beforehand was a waste of time for me. I did the pattern like regular paper piecing and was done in half the time. Of course I did this at home, not at the class. I followed the teacher's instructions and realized it was a long drawn out process of paper piecing, I guess to make it different and worth the price. ? Simple paper piecing is all you need to learn. I learned from best, Carol Doak. Buy her DVD for less then $10 and love paper piecing!

When I first tried paper piecing, I hated it and thought it was horrible.
Second try, I thought pretty much the same. Detested it and swore. Never!

Then ... there was something I wanted to do and it required paper piecing.
I went at it because I wanted the results and and by the time I was finished it, I had developed my own style and flow of how to do it and was in love with the technique. Bits and pieces of how to's grabbed from here and there. My basic training came from here
http://www.quilterscache.com/StartQu...tingthree.html
I made four of these blocks, stitched them together and then started at my major project.

Like OneByOne, I have become a "grab and go" PP'er.
It might be using scraps that I have, or right out of a piece of yardage!
In the end, I don't think I waste any more fabric in doing it this way, than those who pre-cut.
In all honesty, I often think that I use less than if pre-cutting, but have no "official" assessment of that.

What works for one, does not necessarily work for the other.
So keep at it, and develop your own style.
You already have said you like the results ... perfect points and precision piecing!

You asked what we have done .... here's some of mine for inspiration.
This was my first PPing effort, beyond that four block self-training that I mentioned above.
https://www.quiltingboard.com/pictur...t-t226726.html

https://www.quiltingboard.com/pictur...r-t226710.html

https://www.quiltingboard.com/pictur...s-t259838.html

I like paper piecing, and my avatar is one of my examples. I got a hand out for paper piecing when I got some Dear Jane help and it was the one that "made sense" to me. I seem to waste less fabric using this method. Like QuiltE and One by One I don't pre-cut.

I'm really getting into paper piecing. Started out with Carol Doak's 50 stars. Have them all done, can't decide what to do with them now.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...pszvmaqahh.jpg

Started making roses, got about 50 of them done and plan to do more (some year . . .). they are 6.5" square

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...psdj9bun0n.jpg

Played around with a BOM - only did a few, saved the pattern for all 12 some maybe some day I'll get back to them.
Pattern is 12", and I played with doing a 6" one too.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...pstnhvtmny.jpg

then two Fire Island Hosta quilts, because I could not decide which colors I liked best. I did not sew on the papers for those though. They in line to be quilted now.

Right now I'm working on Catch Me If You Can - I did precut all my peices, but I'm not as generous as the pattern calls for. I rarely use a "add a quarter" ruler any more, and do more trimming with scissors than a rotary cutter.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...pssz4jvglk.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...psxzkrfcn8.jpg

It does get easier and faster, once you get confident enough to skip a lot of steps that really are needed when you are starting out.

Love it . I'm currently working on a storm at sea. For paper-piecing paper check your local Dollar General for Crayola Doodle Pads. 60 sheets of what is essentially newsprint for $2.00. Works great.

Love it! Especially since I started doing the freezer paper method. Check out you tube. For me it is easier that piecing. Start with a simple pattern of only three or four pieces per block and practice.

What is name of flower pattern? I cant wait to make some!

here is the Rose pattern - but be careful, this seller has a lot of neat patterns!

https://www.etsystudio.com/listing/6...ock-rose-quilt

I googled Paper Pieced Rose - and, wow! found a bunch of designs I'd love to try!

Has anyone here done any of the "picture piecing"? I bought the book by Cynthia England but have never started one.