re: foundation paper piecing pattern
#11
using the longest stitch on your machine. Then check if they match.
If they don't, remove the stitches and try again.
Once you are happy, then sew with small stitches.
#12
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Sincerest thanks to each of you for your thoughts and suggestions. Very helpful! I think I'm going to try one block pieced the standard way and one block paper pieced in 3 sections, see what I'm better at.
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I tried making a PP using EQ and realized once I started sewing them together that I had to split the design and then sew the sections together. Made it much easier. Your pattern looks to be similar to what I had to do. The top 3 triangles should be 1 section and each side 3 triangles should each be separated put together and then you can sew each section to the large triangle. Accuracy is the key to PP in my opinion.
#15
Some paper piecing requires several "chunks" of the design to be sewn in separate sections. This is just because of the design detail. I love making Carol Doak's PP patterns and all of them demand that you make each block in sections and put the sections together to get the perfect block. So what I am saying is do not be alarmed with this kind of design detail. I would trust EQ8 to give you the right layout for a block even with a lot of triangles.
#16
This is how I see it: A1 is your first piece. Add A3. Then add A2, A4 and A5. Stop at this point. Side triangles are pieced: A6 to A9, then add A10 and A8. Sew to the A1,2,3,4,5 piece. Repeat with other side: A7 and A12, then A13 and A11. Sew to other side of A 1,2,3,4,5. This completes the block.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.