Thread: Advice please on sew easy strata star

I put a binding on mine and quilt before.Maybe you can try that next time and hope you can quilt this one where it looks ok......

Originally Posted by Mary O

I put a binding on mine and quilt before.Maybe you can try that next time and hope you can quilt this one where it looks ok......

Hi Mary ~
Thanks for taking the time to reply....Ohhhh, I must confess I cannot understand how to cut bias strips. I've watched a couple of YouTube videos and fold like this and cut like this makes all those old gears in my head go whack a doodle.

I never gave a thought to quilting a birthed quilt...so I hope I can 'get' quilting this smallish piece as it was fun seeing the star come together and I do want to make more.

Just wanted to add that I have never understood how to cut bias binding, either, and that whenever I try to quilt something I've birthed, it's very problematic if I quilt too closely. Somehow the pieces don't fit as well together after I turn as before

But then again I'm a little lazy with the pinning...

Originally Posted by Dogwood Quilter

I have made five of these. If you are using cotton batting and press well the layers will stick together. I pin mine well and like Ruby quilter I stitch in the ditch point to point then quilt each section from the center out. I may start past the center so I don't have so many loose threads right in the center. I do have a pfaff with the even feed and never have had puckering. Use a walking foot to do your quilting. You can pull your loose threads to the back or hide them with a needle like Leah Day. Good luck. Just take your time, it's not hard.

Thanks so much for your time and encouragement. I did exactly as Ruby Quilter suggested and not one pucker, or fold, I'm so very pleased. I did make more of this than necessary and you are right Dogwood Quilter it was easier than I thought it would be. I'm going to search for your post which shows your completed Star Spin pieces!