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Foundation piecing is all the rage right now, for several excellent reasons. It's fast, it's extremely accurate and it's a lot of fun. Once you start paper piecing, you'll never look at blocks or design the same way again. Foundation piecing is a lot easier to do than to explain. First, I'll show you exactly how to do it, and then we'll have some fun exploring where you can go once you've got the basics down.