How to - Paper Piecing
How To Paper Piecing Instructions
The production of pre-cut templates for paper piecing projects has made this taditional technique quicker and easier. It is no longer necessary to trace each template individually and then cut them out. Templates can be bought in all different shapes and sizes and usually come in packs of 100,and they can be reused many times over. This is wonderful news if your passion is paper pieced quilts. The process involved with paper piecing is very simple. The templates are placed over the fabric, pinned and cut out with a 1/4" seam allowance. It is not necessary to use a rotary cutter and ruler for this, a sharp pair of scissors is fine. The seam allowance does not have to be exact as in machine piecing. The fabric is folded over the template and secured using a hand tacking stitch. Once each template is covered, the shapes are sewn right sides together using a small whipped stitch as shown. Eventually the tacking stitch is removed and the cardboard template is removed. .jpg)
