I'll admit it. I've not done much paper piecing before. In my mind, I thought it was the "easy-peasy" way to get nice clean lines and crisp points...worth doing for unique shapes and tight angles, certainly, but easy. Almost cheating. Oh my, I take it all back!
I really had to think to figure out how to best cut and place my pieces so they didn't end up just a little shy in one corner or the other. I think I unpicked every other seam, including the last one because a sliver of white kept showing up in the middle of my asterisk. Grrrrrrr.....
At the end of the day however, I'm so glad to have done this block. What a fun pattern! Now I have a few little paper-piecing tools in my quilting tool-box. Who knows, maybe next time it will be easy peasy!
Thanks for such a fun block Tara!
Paper piecing is something else, isn't it?! I'm glad you figured it out! I have limited paper piecing experience, but would it encourage you to know that this block is not particularly easy? At least I didn't think so. :) You did great with it!! It looks fabulous!
ReplyDeleteI've done a fair amoutn of paper piecing and enjoy it. But the form of these shapes was tricky, I thought, and I unpicked A LOT of seams. Probably every one at least once! LOL. But it looks fabulous and I love how it turned out!
ReplyDeleteI had trouble with this one, too, but I LOVE how it turned out in the end once I figured it out, so it was way worth it. Yours looks great! I can't wait to see Tara's finished quilt . . .
ReplyDeleteWould never know there was any problem with you paper piecing this block Andrea - it's perfect!
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