Today I wanted to share the project I am making for the #QuiltLikeABoss sewalong. Are you going to join in too?

I’ve had this paper piecing pattern by QuietPlay for a while now and I’m quite excited to use it. I’ve done a little bit of paper piecing and it’s a lot of fun. I love how accurate it is and how much detail you can squeeze into a small block. I’ve chosen to do the Geometric Sewing Machine pattern since it has the vintage sewing machine shape and I’m a bit of a sucker for a vintage machine.

I have also used the Geometric Bird pattern before in the past and the free Paper Plane pattern. They don’t come with full instructions, just piecing order, but you can find a full tutorial on how to put together a paper pieced pattern here.

I have to admit, I had a lot of fun pulling out all my fabrics for this! You can see in the picture below, that I roughly coloured in the pattern guide to get a sense of which colour goes where. This can really help when putting your paper pieced block together. Once I had coloured it in, I put a matching coloured cross on each section of the pattern so when it comes to sewing, I know what colour each section should be. Just remember when you’re doing this that the paper templates are a reverse of the finished block and the pattern guide).

I’m pretty sure this will end up being a cushion, but who knows?! You can also take a look at what Rachel is making and what Sarah is planning.  Are you going to sew along for #QuiltLikeABoss? What are you making?