Tutorial English Paper Piecing Applecore Part 1 can be found HERE. Once you have prepared all your pieces, you can lay them out to decide on placement or randomly select the order. Select 2 applecores and lay them like this. Flip the core to the right so that the wrong side shows. Rotate the applecore so that the end points meet as shown. Grasp the papers keeping the points right sides together. Begin a whip stitch. I suggest using a small Straw needle so that you can just take a tiny bite of the fabric and leave the paper underneath untouched. After stitching about a 1/4" of the pieces.... Bend the fabric between your fingers. I have one finger to the outside, one in the middle and one on the outside of the other applecore. This will give you about another 1/4" of fabric to whip stitch. It takes practices and is a somewhat slow process, however, with practice it begins to go quicker. Here is one completed applecore set. Finish with a small knot. It will be hidden on the back side of the piece. Add another applecore to this 'block'. (This sample is made in Ruby) Make {5} A blocks Make {5} B blocks Here are both 'blocks', you can see how they will next together. *Note* leave the papers intact at this point. to be continued in Part 3........
