A little more Zig and a lot of Zag

 I made a few more blocks last night and started putting them together. This will be a small quilt/tabletopper, though you could just keep making them to make a large quilt. I don't want to scare people away from taking the class so I am keeping the project small.

Most of the students I have had in class just don't enjoy paper piecing very much. I hope by showing them this new method that they will be more excited to try it. Plus making the blocks with all scraps is just fun!

I hope to finish it tonight. What was your favorite paper pieced project?

Zig and Zag

 I spent some more time last night working on these scrappy blocks. I love using batiks and have lots of smaller pieces, so it's a perfect choice for this block.

 Conrad decided to get in on the action...

 taking a little nap amidst all the scraps.

I really do make a mess when I paper piece! 

Super Sunday Sewing

 Does this look comfortable to you?

I spent most of Sunday sewing. I made quite a mess as I went through some of my smaller batik pieces to do some paper piecing. I find paper piecing is more fun when you don't have to worry about what fabric goes next.  So this project is going to be scrappy.

 I don't know if everyone makes this much mess when paper piecing, but I seem to. Since I am making each block scrappy, I can use some of the leftover bits on the smaller areas of another block.

How do you precut your fabrics for paper piecing? I usually cut strips and then use the straight edge to line up with the last piece.  I made the blocks yesterday using the freezer paper method, so I don't have to tear off the paper when I'm finished. I am debating whether or not to teach it this way. I usually teach pp the traditional way, sewing right to the paper, but I really prefer this method. People seem to have a resistance to pp because of past problems, and I hope that by doing a scrappy project it might be a little more appealing to most quilters.