Never Tear Out Paper-Piecing Stitches Again! My Favorite Tip 

Wow! I’ve watched many FPP demos, and you are the first person who has shown your method of fabric placement. This is even more surprising, given that this video was posted 4 years ago! I am now subscribed to your channel. I look forward to watching both past and future posts. Thank you, and stay well! Muskoka ON🇨🇦

Thank you for this video. I have been paper piecing for years and figured out this method about 7 or 8 years ago after making so many mistakes. I also don’t have nearly as much waste because I rough cut the shape of the piece I need instead of squares and rectangles. I will be teaching this method in my guild class and I’m happy to have a video I can direct them to for reference.

Brilliant! I've been paper piecing for a very long time, but have always struggled with those weird angles. No more! Thanks for this. It'll make my life so much easier from here out, as I love paper piecing and won't struggle with this going forward.

Oh my GOODness! Why has no one else ever been able to teach this like you have? This might be the KEY to paper piecing.

I love this. Every time I do paperpiecing I watch this again❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thank you so much for this tip! I'm new to paper piecing but have been sewing/quilting for years. This is a very helpful tip, saves on a LOT of frustration. :) Thanks again!

Thank you so much for your video I just started a quilt with paper-piecing and I was getting very frustrated with all the angles and kept having to tear out seams and redo them this is a life saver for me and other quilters. I can finally wrap my brain around this type of quilting.

OHMYGOSH! I have been paper piecing for 20 years and you just saved me sooo much time! Thank you.

Oh my goodness, I have struggled with this forever. This is purely genius! Not only works perfectly every time but saves me time from the way I was going it!!!!

Oh my goodness....thank you so much for this tip. Now maybe I can be more successful at paper piecing.

One of the best paper piecing videos THANK YOU!!!

Thank you Lee, I have just started paper piecing and was very frustrated by not being a be to fit the pieces at the right angle. Your video made it so much easier and has saved me so much time.

Thank you! Best tip of the decade!

Thank you SO much!!! This video made all the difference in the world to me when I was about ready to throw in the towel! My first 6x6 block took me about 5 hours to do but once I saw this video I'm down to about 45 minutes. Exactly what I needed to see!

Second time watching this. Watched once in the abstract (and couldn't get my head round it!) and watched a second time when I was running really short of fabric on a block and did it in practice and it worked brilliantly, thank you!

Such a great video! I’ve “saved” it & refer back to it before I start a paper-pieced project. One thing I do differently--After pressing, I SEW (using a 5” length stitch) my fabric to the pattern instead of gluing it. When the whole block is done, I can quickly remove these long “basting” stitches & I don’t have any glue residue to deal with.

Omg this changes EVERYTHING!

Mind blown!!! I just started FPP and these angles drove me bunkers....you're explanation is so simple and you explained it beautifully...Thank you Thank you!

Many thanks for this tip! I have been paper piecing for years now and this WILL save me from ripping stitches.

This is the best tip ever! I can finally do paper piecing. Thanks so much !

Life changing!!!!!

This tip will be so helpful. I've been enjoying FPP and this is the last piece in the puzzle I've been missing. Thanks.

I've taken on a HUGE pattern for my 2nd fpp quilt and I just spent the last 2-3 hours ripping out probably a dozen seams because of funky angles and not knowing how to place them. I was about to put my machine away but now I think I'm going to give this a try and kick this pattern's butt! Thank you!

Thank you for sharing this tip. I have some paper piecing patterns that I want to make. I get stuck placing the next pieces after the first. Now, it makes sense to my brain.😅 I'll subscribe to your channel.

Brilliant tip!!!!

best way I've tried..and I've made lots of foundation pieced quilts. That Elephant Abstractions is a breeze using this method. Thank you.

I'm subscribing immediately! I just started paper piecing ND can't wait to try this way of placing my pieces! Thank you.

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I have seen at least 20 people doing the paper piecing, but you explain it better.

Super great idea! You made a difficult sewing problem so easy.

i get confused with right sides of fabric vs wrong sides. good video. i just wished you used a printed fabric for the 2 so i can visualize better.

Absolutely sensational! Best tip of the year! Thanks

OMG! Thank you for this. I'm a dressmaker that is getting into quilting. FPP had seemed intimidating to me so I have stayed away. This week though I've been trying a free Baby Yoda one that I found. I managed to piece 2 sections ok but the third kicked my butt and I put it aside. This tip will help a lot and many I can get the darn thing done this week for my daughter. Thank you!

Thank you so much!! It took me 5 times to get a piece correct - it was always a smidgeon short here or there. Soooo frustrating. 😠 When it came to the next time (making the same project), I did it wrong twice and knew I was in for more frustration, so decided to look on YT for help. I tried your method and did it correctly on the first try!!! 😃 😃 😃 Seriously, you saved me so much headache. I do have to say, though, that I think the pattern for the fabric should be, at the very least, 1/4” wider. That would have been very helpful. This is my first paper piecing project (making 4 of them!) and was so concerned that I was going to have to abandon the idea. Thanks to you ... everybody gets a wall hanging this Christmas!! Other than that wacky piece (may have more to come), I was loving it! But now I’m prepared. Thank you again for taking the time and effort in putting this video together. 💕

Hi Lee, I have been a long time fan of yours but after watching this video, I'm now a "Super Fan"!!! Brilliant I tell you. Thanks so much!! You have just saved me many headaches no doubt.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is exactly what I needed and the best paper piecing tip ever!

Thanks for this information I can’t wait to give this a try. I did a paper piecing project last month and almost lost my mind.

Thank you, thank you! I have put this in my favourites because I know my brain will need to see it again and probably again and again BUT it made sense!

I love this video. I started working on my Tattoo Quilt today and came back to this video many times to get my angles right. Thank you so much!

Great tip. Thank you very much 😀

Just what I needed.Thank you😄

I am with you lee, I just love paper piecing

You are probably not aware that Judy Niemeyer of Quiltworx pioneered that method of trimming before the next piece is placed, not after (as Carol Doak taught us in the 90s). Also placing the next piece against the trimmed edge to make sure it covers. I learned it in 2010 when I became one of Judy's first certified shops. I just like to give credit where credit is due. If you thought of it on your own, you are a genius like Judy.

WOW!! I've PP for years and always had to play with the fabric to get it positioned just right. I will be using this tip now to make this easier. Thank you.

Thank you! Just watched 2 other videos and "WHERE" that 2nd piece goes was the question! Good teaching!

Wonderful Tip!

I agree with Lisalisa. Using both directional and printed fabric would be very helpful. As a relatively newbie that is where I get bamboozaled.

this is indeed a game changer especially for the Violet Craft patterns. Thank you so much.

wish I had seen this a couple of days ago! Exact angle I was dealing with. I lack spatial ability, and had to call my husband to help figure it out!

I love this!!! I love to paper piece but I hate the guess element previous to this video!!! Thank you!!!!

That tip is a life saver. I have a 4th block to finish up a wall hanging and the first 3 were so hard I didn't want to finish it...now I have to see if this will be more fun! :D

Thank you so much! I’m sitting at my machine and had already picked my seams once. I remembered I had seen a video on this very subject so I searched and it popped right up. I am in the Summer Sampler but this is actually for the Tattoo Block QAL. Thanks again you saved my brain!🤯

That was an awesome tip! I love paper piecing!

Thank you, I ran across this today and it really does help a lot!!

Great hint❣

Great video!

I’m working on a New York Beauty quilt and this has consistently confused me. I’ve ended up taking stitches out 2-3 times on some lines. Thank you for the visual!!!

All I can say is THANK YOU!

I really appreciated this video as I could not wrap my brain around those weird angles; however, in experimenting with this, at approximately 7:36 in the video, I fold over C2 printed side as in the video, but instead of flipping it over where part of the C2 paper/shape is then hidden behind the blue fabric, I take my C2 fabric piece, right side up, fold a quarter inch at the top edge WST, and then tuck it under the C2 folded-over piece. I can see it better that way. Putting a little mark at where the paper and C2 fabric meet up also helps to line the C2 fabric up once I move it to the "back" and flip the paper up to stitch. Somebody let me know if this helps. I don't want to steer anyone wrong because I'm a paper-piecing newbie.

Great trick. Thanks

That was very helpful!!!!!

I will be saving this video! Thank you!

Bless you!

I can't wait to try it. Thank you.

Great tip. Getting ready to start a new project. Going to use this technique

Dang, girl!! That's amazing! Thanks for sharing!

Great tip

Brilliant!

I have watched your video several times and it would be fantastic if you did another video using very opposite fabrics that show right and wrong sides of the fabrics and contrasting colours. Very hard to see the difference with the pale blue and white fabrics(wrong side and right sides) in your current video as you don t know which is the right side of the fabric and the wrong side of the fabrics. I would love to be able to master this technique.

Lee's "No more Tears" (double entendre) method.

great tip, thanks

Very helpful video. Please make more.

Thank you!

Great tip, thank you. Suggestion, have you tried and Add A Quarter ruler? They are wonderful for the step where you fold the paper back to trim the first fabric. It has a lip the butts up against the paper. They come in 6" and 12". How to decide which one to pick, depends on how big your sections are. I own both.

Glad I saw this before I started the sampler, only done a little FPP , thanks

thanks for a simple solution Ive spent my fair share of time unpicking

Very good video, but fabrics that it is easy to see right vs wrong side would make this even better. Thanks for the video.

Thanks so much for this tip!!! Those crazy angles are always a cross-my-fingers move. Not anymore!

I started piecing only yesterday, but sorry I had to fast forward through so much of your video

Good instructions. ❤️❤️❤️

That was very helpful. In addition, it would be beneficial to explain how you determined the sizes of the pieces of fabric needed to adequately cover the template. Just a suggestion. Thanks for this clear explanation.

Wow! That makes it so easy!

Nice tip! I always have problems with those tricky angles, not any more!

What a great tip! Thank you soooo much!💕

La mejor explicación que encontré !!! Gracias !!

Good tip for placement of fabric. But look into using freezer paper and not sew on paper at all. There are very good video here on YT.

I’m fairly new to PP, but when you had that pattern folded back, I’m thinking you could sew the two fabric pieces not on the paper? So you wouldn’t have to be sewing through the paper and therefore, not have to rip the paper off.

This was sooooooooo helpful! Thank you!

Wow, that’s a great tip. Thanks for showing us. I’m doing the summer sampler and that block made me have so much trouble because of the angles. Great love it.

That’s cool 😎

Say whaaaat? Wish I’d learnt this years ago!

BLESS YOU! Although the lady that does the video for the atomic star is awesome, I just was not getting it. This tip is amazing. Got it first try after this. Thank you so much

Thanks for sharing your tip, Lee. I’ll be putting it into practice tomorrow!

Great tip! This always gets me!!

Excellent idea and great video thank you.

Video comment, rather than content comment... Please cut down your preamble/lead up. It's almost four minutes of 'I promise I'll tell you soon'. We'll hang around for the extras if we like the tip. I was getting antsy after a minute. Yeah, I'm a millennial who watches a lot of RU-vid and has the attention span of a gnat, so I might not be your major audience. But I'll also watch videos of folks trimming down cow hooves because they get right to the interesting bits.

Awesome tip. Thank you.

Great Video Lee! Thanks!

Brilliant Tip!!! I’m giving that a try 😊

I just tried paper piecing for the first time and I did end up folding to find lines but my project was a paper that had 24 pieces on it. Is there a method for that that is helpful?