Why I Love Paper Piecing for Quilts
If you've ever looked at a finished quilt block with impossibly sharp points and wondered how on earth someone managed that level of precision, you were probably looking at paper piecing for quilts. It's one of those techniques that looks incredibly intimidating from the outside, but once you get the rhythm down, it's actually kind of addictive. I remember the first time I tried it; I spent about twenty minutes staring at a piece of fabric and a piece of paper, trying to figure out how to sew them together so they'd actually end up right-side out. It feels a bit like trying to pat your head and rub your stomach at the same time, but once it clicks, your quilting game changes forever. ...