How to Foundation Paper Piece
Foundation paper piecing (sometimes referred to as FPP) is a foundation quilting technique that uses paper to guide stitching lines for a quilt block. The outline of the quilt block...
Foundation Piecing
Make precise quilt blocks with foundation paper piecing. You simply stich on the pattern lines printed on foundation piecing paper, then remove the paper when you finish sewing the block. If you don’t want to remove papers, you can piece on a muslin foundation that stays in your quilt. No fussy 1/4-inch seams with foundation piecing – just stitch on the line and you are foundation piecing quilts!
Browse our foundation piecing quilting projects for your own inspiration.
Paper Foundation Pieced Quilts & Quilters
Paper Pieced Kaleidoscope Quilt
Oh, how I love designing in Electric Quilt! The drawing tools helped me design one side of a paper-piecing-friendly 60-degree triangle and mirror-image it: I made six of them. I...
How to Foundation Paper Piece using Freezer Paper
The traditional method of foundation paper piecing stitches through the paper. Then the paper needs to be removed when the quilt block is sewn. With freezer paper, the fabric temporarily...
More Foundation Piecing
Scrap-Happy Stash-Busting Quilts
I love scraps. To me, they are the comfort food of quilts. My first contact with quilts was not the ornate Baltimore Album quilts or the intricately hand quilted whole…
Design Challenge Art Quilts
For a number of years, I have had the privilege of gathering with a talented group of fiber artists that studied with Lorraine Torrence. The "Off Grain Stitchers" continue to…
Seasonal Door Quilts Make the Year Go ‘Round
When I worked for a quilt shop, I made small quilts as store samples. Before long, I had a "collection". I shared most, but kept some. I like to decorate…
Super Makoplasti-Girl Doll
Last summer I had a total hip replacement due to a too-close encounter with our large (92 pound!) Lab mix. He meant well - I think he was genuinely trying…
Best Sewing and Quilting Supplies
Whether you are sewing a garment, home dec, or making a traditional, modern or art quilt; there are some notions that you need to have in your sewing room /…
Log Cabin Prayer Flag
Born as a Log Cabin block, this wall quilt grew into something more with fun fabrics, narrow foundation piecing and lots of pressing! No marking - wonky!
Paper Pieced Kaleidoscope Quilt
This is an original art quilt, drafted in Electric Quilt. I printed foundation papers from my pattern, taped them together, then on to sew, press, cut, repeat.