How to Paper Piece

Gayle from BERNINA of Naperville takes you through beginning to paper piece, a popular patchwork quilting technique where fabric is stitched then flipped to cover numbered areas (paint by number with fabric).

[@tafh3842]

This helped me so much! Thank you! now I feel confident enough to try a paper piecing quilt.

[@sylviablack7729]

So much better instructions for me as a 1st time paper piece! THANK YOU!

[@coloniabcs97174]

Gayle, your explanation as well as your execution of this paper piecing method is much easier than many of the other youtube videos out there. Kudos to you!

[@hernandobeach]

You were great!! I have the atomic starburst quilt to make and your video has made this so so easy!!Thank you again for the great instructions!!

[@tkatzer8877]

Thank you so much! I am brand new to paper piecing and am getting ready to start the atomic star. Your instructions were so easy to understand.

[@notesfromleisa-land]

Add a quarter rulers are great. Dritz easy hem makes a good folding tool or a thin metal ruler. I find glue basting the pieces at the seam allowance keeps things in place. Brilliant idea on the needling of the pattern on the butcher paper. Once you train your brain to think in the obverse it is very therapeutic. Until that training it it can be very grit.

[@maryroman9670]

Great instruction

[@rajaal-taqi8122]

Great demonstration and explanation for the pieces and parts. Does Bernina of Naperville sell both the add a quarter ruler 6" and 12"?

[@BERNINAofNaperville]

Yes www.berninaofnaperville.com/search?q=Add+a

[@joannedifrancesco4555]

I just started the atomic star quilt. I am finding it super difficult to get it to join (the two halves of the star) and get pressed open and flat, due to so many seams. Any suggestions?

[@BERNINAofNaperville]

Remember to not line up perfectly. The weird angle requires that you sew with a 1/4” offset “dog ear”

[@joanboyle68]

What light box and see through cutting mat are you using in this video?

[@BERNINAofNaperville]

www.berninaofnaperville.com/products/backlit-light-pad-with-mat-11x17?_pos=1&_sid=fe757573c&_ss=r

[@kathywatson7326]

are you cutting directly on the light pad glass?

[@BERNINAofNaperville]

No, there’s an iridescent cutting board that comes with the light pad.

[@jbd9507]

Should you always stitch into the quarter inch seam allowance, or is it better to stop at the end of the seam?

[@BERNINAofNaperville]

Yes

[@jbd9507]

@@BERNINAofNaperville ????

[@BERNINAofNaperville]

@@jbd9507 you would So this for your regular piecing too. I don’t understand you many question marks.

[@jbd9507]

My question had two choices and you said yes. I am wondering which choice is the best method? L O L

[@BERNINAofNaperville]

@@jbd9507 stitch into the seam

[@springslady1]

I know that this is an old. Idea but what foot do you use for foundation paper piecing? Thanks a bunch!

[@BERNINAofNaperville]

Any foot. Some like a clear foot, I use a 1/4” foot