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This tutorial does a great job of explaining how to swirl the seams to reduce bulk. It can also be done very sucessfully with pinwheel blocks. I believe I first saw this on Alex Anderson with Billie Lauder.
http://cuttopieces.blogspot.com/2010...tch-block.html
Eleanor Burns uses this method as well.
Nancy in western NY
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Glad to hear that. I haven't done any of her patterns for a while.Originally Posted by QuiltnNan
I just caught Eleanor's Quilt in a day show the other night and she was doing her "Night and Day" quilt and showed how to do this. I thought it was pretty slick!
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Maybe I'm being overly cautious . . . but wouldn't that leave a weak spot, in the center, where the threads were snipped?
Neesie
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Only the threads in the seam allowance are loosened. The stitching from the seam crossing at that point keeps everything solid.
Great tutorial! Thanks!
This is one of the reasons I press my seams open. I'm too scatter-brained to remember which seam to press which way. But I have seen Eleanor Burns do this & it seems to make sense if you press to one side.
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Once you've done it a few times it becomes second nature.
Last edited by IraJane; 06-18-2012 at 04:22 PM. Reason: poor grammar
So far I've never done this to a seam, though I've wanted to - after seeing this tut I should be able to do it next time, thanks for the link!
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