Paper

A lot of people think free-piecing means sloppy craftsmanship and no planning. My quilts are anything but. My craftsmanship is on point, as anyone who has seen the back of my quilts can attest. My seams are straight, my threads are clipped, my seams are pressed flat and my quilts lie square. None of that is an accident.

And if it's IN my quilt, it's because I wanted it there. Which means I plan, plan, plan. The fabrics above are the fabrics I will use in the letters PAPER PIECED, but before I could sew, I needed to know what I wanted the letters to look like. To do that, I had to draw.

I knew I wanted the letters to be blocky and regular, and I kinda wanted them boring. So I picked the gold color. I did not want them the hot red /red violet of the NO and QUILT.

When I knew what I wanted the letters to look like (and choosing the fabrics took at least an hour), then I got to work.

Unfortunately, once I get into working I forget to take pictures, so here are the PAPER letters.

Here is the first P in PAPER and if you are wondering if I fussy cut the fabrics, the answer is most decidedly YES. (Then again if you are a regular reader, you knew that already.)





If you want to make letters, you can get my tutorial here, at my Etsy shop. It's an instant download so you can get started right away.