Paper Piecing the Mariner's Compass

Step 1:  Cut out a ton of pieces.  Paper piecing wastes a ton of fabric, but it gives you really nice points that would otherwise be impossible for people with my, ahem, extensive quilting experience.

 Step 2:  Get the first piece lined up on the paper.  The right side of the fabric goes down; the right side of the paper goes up.  Pins come in handy for a step or two.

Step 3:  Line your second piece up off of the first piece (and even better, off of the first seam you're going to sew).  The second piece should have it's right side facing the right side of the first piece.  (Confused yet?  It took me a while to figure out what youtube was talking about.)  You'll be sewing a seam using the paper's dotted line as a guide.  then you'll be opening the two pieces up so that all the fabric right sides face down while the paper's right side still faces up.

 Step 4:  Sew the seam.

Step 5:  Fold the paper along the seam you just sewed.  Trim the seam allowance back to a quarter inch.

Step 6:  Set the seam with your iron; then press open your stitching.

Step 7 -> Step gazillion:  Repeat en mass until all of your paper pieces are filled in

Step Gazillion-and-one:  Trim the fabric to match up with the paper stencil.

Step Gazillion-and-two:  Start attaching those paper pieces together!

Step Gazillion-and-three:  Admire that incredibly awesome block with all of its perfect points.  Wonder how exactly you managed some of the not-paper-pieced corners.  Start frantically researching how to turn a circle into a square block.