I mentioned English Paper Piecing in a previous post ... It's a hand-stitching method that I love.
Recently, I tried a new kind of paper piecing. It's called, not surprisingly, "Paper Piecing". Yeah. Despite the similar names, they're nothing alike. Read on.
One version of paper piecing instructions involves freezer paper, which was not handy; the other uses tracing paper, of which I have plenty. I found a free pattern online, printed it on my tracing paper, and got out a big piece of multi-colored fabric.
I figured the stripes would give me a wide color-range, and it was a non-favorite piece of fabric, so I could relax about my first try at this. As it turns out, I do not recommend stripes for paper-piecing Mariner's Compass blocks ...
It's taking a while to get used to this paper-piecing process ... and this is not likely to become my favorite method of patchwork-ing anytime soon ... but I got a Mariner's Compass done.
You can't tell it, but there are 32 pieces in this compass. (Like I said, it's the stripes ...)
So, next time, I'll try something more solid-like. Nifty-looking anyway, and it was a pretty satisfactory first try.
First I commend you on paperpiceing. And second - those stripes give it a really neat look - maybe psychedelic?
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