Good luck, I hope it helps!

I recently purchased the add-a-quarter ruler and boy am I glad I did. now it's very quick and easy to get those 1/4" seams. I didn't get paper-piecing the 1st time I tried it but a couple of months ago something 'clicked' and now I love paper piecing. very nice tutorial Sue.

I ordered tha Carrol Doak Paper Piecing DVD from CT and it arrived yesterday, I can't wait to try it. I have such rotten luck squaring blocks, I hope this is my answer. PLUS I hope somehow I can make it turn into QAYG since I can't machine quilt either!!

[quote=larkspurlanedesigns]I get up to trim and press but I have a "triangle" set up in my sewing room just like they suggest for the kitchen between the sink, fridge and stove.

Great idea but if I don't get up for the trimming and the pressing, I get pretty stiff...
so my moving around for those jobs, keep me at the PPing a lot longer.

Thanks for all the advice on PPing......since discovering it, I tend to forget about the other forms of quilting......

love it, love it, love it, love it!!!!!!!!

I tried paper piecing and really like it, but I did it on my own and I know I could improve. I'll try it again with your instructions and see if it helps. Thank you!

when i first taught myself the paper piecing technique i took the time to mark the pattern on the blank side, too, this helped take some of the stress out of doing something blank when you are trying to learn this technique, now i just love it.

I find with PPing it isn't necessary to square up blocks so this might be just the thing you need!

That's a great idea but you could also use vellum which is easy to see through.

I still get up for these steps because I need all the "excercise" I can get! LOL But I try to make the best use of my time by not having to run all over the room to get things done.[quote=mjsylvstr]

Thanks for the post. I have a number of things that require paper piecing and I would really like to improve my skills. The worst problem I have is either cutting the piece of fabric too small, OR shifting it in the wrong way so when I flip it over there is too much fabric on one side and not enough on the other. Guess I just need to practice more! Thanks...