stringing along

i've been wanting to try paper piecing for awhile and finally decided to give it a try.
for those who have never heard of this, it just means that you sew your fabric onto a piece of paper first - as a guide. when things are pieced together, you rip away the fabric.
i looked at this tutorial from film in the fridge...
i do two things differently. i folded my paper in half... and i did iron my white center strip of fabric in half too and then matched up my creases (instead of using the glue stick to hold the center strip in place) .

does that make any sense? if you want me to show you what i mean, let me know and i will :)

the blocks went together really quickly and i found that i enjoyed this process alot.
i used fabric from my scraps.
v e r y simple... a just right project for the holidays.

here is the top pieced together... needing some trimming.

i have chosen this flannel for the back. i have learned that my family doesn't really care what my quilts look like - it's all about warmth. flannel backed quilts are the ones they fight over, so it's time for some more of them in this home.
i'll show you the finished project when it is done :)