basting is the fun part

Here I go English paper piecing (EPP), and basting is the fun part.  Quick hand stitches baste fabric around paper templates - crisp corners, fancy shapes, in mere moments.  It's as if EPP seeks to redeem an otherwise weighty word.

No sooner had I finished that handstitched dress than I began plotting new slow-stitching project(s) with a free, unhindered spirit.  But shorter ones this time.  For starters, much shorter.