The other day I promised you I would do a tutorial about how to actually use paper piecing patterns such as scrapbooksetc.com offer for free on their website. And today is the day! Like many other resources on the internet, these paper piecing patterns come in .pdf files, which is great when you only want to use them to trace the shapes on an actual piece of cardstock. But how do you go about when you want to use them with a graphic program such as Photoshop? The answer is really simple, and there are different ways how you can actually utilize pdf paper piecing patterns, create clipping masks, or resize these patterns to better meet your needs. Access Patterns in Photoshop The first thing you have to do when working with pdf files, is make sure, you can access the file with photoshop. Some files easily allow that: Simply right click on the file in your folder, and choose the option “Open with …,” and then pick “Photoshop” in the fly-out menu. This will …