A Foundation
Piecing Primer - Part 1

Get ready to try a quilting technique where quilters are expected to stitch their blocks backwards, upside-down and half-blind! Why would anyone choose this method? Because it's great for working with small pieces, odd angles, and for stitching very accurately.

Foundation piecing pro, Brenda Groelz, introduces you to the simplest form of foundation piecing; working with consistent width, straight-of-grain strips of fabric, stitched to paper foundations. Read through the following steps and tips, then try your hand at piecing O Tannenbaum, a holiday log cabin quilt, published in McCall's Quick Quilts November 2003 issue.