Abstract: Patchwork is produced by preparing patch shapes each consisting of a sheet of relatively rigid material such as thin cardboard, adhering said patches to the fabric to be used for the patchwork with a strippable adhesive, cutting out the patches with a seaming edge as needed around the individual patches, sewing the patches together while maintaining the rigid material in contact to protect the fabric against wrinkling and soiling during the operation, and then stripping the rigid material with the adhesive adhering thereto. The method is facilitated by laying out the design on the thin cardboard carrying the strippable adhesive and a protective strippable backing; the design can then be cut into individual patches or the cardboard can be cut without cutting the backing layer, so that the individual cardboard patch patterns can be stripped from the design sheet and adhered directly to the fabric.