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English Paper Piecing

When you make a quilt using English paper piecing, you'll cut a paper shape for every patch in the quilt, and then use the paper templates to construct your project. English paper piecing differs from the technique most quilters refer to as simply "paper piecing."

English Paper Piecing History & Instructions

The Illinois State Museum offers basic instructions for English Paper Piecing, along with a few illustrations to help you visualize how it's done.

English Paper Piecing

This is kind of interesting. It's a glossary definition from the State Museum of Pennsylvania, but what's cool is the photo shown to illustrate the definition--the back side of a vintage Grandmother's Flower Garden with papers still intact.

English Paper Piecing Tutorial

This video tutorial will help you learn how to make an English paper pieced quilt.

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