Open Sails

I’ve done a lot of paper pieced blocks, as any of my quilting friends will tell you. I love the laser accuracy they afford. It’s a great method if you don’t want to be limited to 90 and 45 degree angles. But I’ve never done English paper piecing until now. I didn’t even intend to learn it this year. I sort of signed up by accident. When I realized what I’d done it was too late to back out. So I picked up my supplies and asked the quilt shop ladies if they had any pointers. My favorite answer: “You should watch British television while stitching.” I think I can manage that. I have almost every episode of Downton Abbey on DVD. If I run out of that, there’s always The Forsyte Saga (2002), Wives and Daughters (1999), North and South (2004), Sense and Sensibility (2008), and Casanova (2005). I might learn to like English paper piecing after all.