How Do You Paper Piece A Quilt Block?
Paper piecing a quilt block creates very crisp corners and sharper points. Paper piecing is an easy quilt block, even for beginning sewers. Every pattern is worked the same way, follow the numbers. Start by pinning the piece to the paper, check the alignment, sew, trim and press. Each quilt block is made with four sections that are the same then sewn together. For this block, a clear plastic template was created and placed over the flower then cut. To paper piece, copy the pattern onto computer printer paper. Trim the edges to a minimum of ΒΌ inch past the outside boarder. Four pieces of paper are needed for one square. Make some rectangles. The pattern will tell you how many, the sizes and colors for each rectangle. Use your computers word processer to create some rectangles according to the sizes needed. Label them with the size, color and piece number. Cut fabric according to these rectangles. Layout of work area. Lay out the fabric pieces by numbers. Add a post it note with the numb
