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Anybody have tips for sewing itty bitty squares together

Anybody have tips for sewing itty bitty squares together

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Old 08-17-2015, 04:41 AM
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Make sure you show it to us when you are finished!
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Old 08-17-2015, 05:51 AM
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When I was working on my 1.5" postage stamp quilt I just made sure each square was nestled/nested with the next and everything turned out just fine.
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Old 08-17-2015, 07:25 AM
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Well I finally got all those little squares together!

I used four different sewing machines in the beginning but settled on the sphinx reproduction.

It wasn't as bad as I thought.

Each block has 289 squares in it.

There are 30 blocks.

I am now sewing the QAYG blocks together and it's turning out okay I guess.

I was expecting a whole lot of variance because with that many seams even a tiny variance can add up but it's working okay.

Not perfect but it still looks good and my daughter is happy with it which is the main thing.

I ran out of black thread though.

Can't do much more at this point until I grab another cone from the fabric store.

Probably gonna have 5,000 yards of thread in it.

The blocks were a little wonky looking but it's "quilting out".

I'll post pix in the pix forum when I'm done.

I have enough little squares left to make a couple of pillow shams but will need to buy a bit more black fabric.

Right now I just want to finish the quilt.

In the end, I wound up just sewing the squares normal.

Too time consuming to do adding machine tape and all of it.

Thanks to everyone for your advice and support.

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Old 02-25-2016, 08:46 PM
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Just another "you can do it" from another "overthinker"! Good luck, and I know you'll do great! We usually do when we finally let go and just do it!
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Old 03-16-2016, 10:43 PM
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Other than lots of patience, I'd try using a glue stick either in addition to pinning or instead of pinning. Also, periodically check w/ a square up ruler to see if you're off somewhere.
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