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Been quilting long enough to know how....but don't.

Old 04-26-2012, 05:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Lori S View Post
I know we have discussed the benefits of starch on this board quite abit. But I starch my fabrics , and that really helps the seams to behave . I starch my fabrics to force them to submit to my will. LOL. And torture the fabric a bit more by sticking it with pins and a hot iron. Some fabrics are more stubborn than others , but I can usually claim victory with starch and pins.
Your posts always make me laugh, Lori!

I am with the people who say "The seams twist and I don't care" - I usually pin my block intersections, and try to have the seams going in opposite directions of course, but they do occasionally twist nonetheless. I just let them be...after giving them the hairy eyeball, of course...

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Old 04-26-2012, 05:38 AM
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Yes ,I must admit this happens to me to. I just leave them.
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Old 04-26-2012, 05:44 AM
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I always sew with the seams allowances to watch on the top. I iron and starch my rows before stitching them together and I usually place a pin on a 45(across both allowances) if I have a tricky spot. I am careful when I approach the pin and remove it and hold the seam allowance with my stiletto. If I find the occasional twisted seam, I remove a few stitches and fix it.
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Old 04-26-2012, 05:52 AM
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I do much the same as Tartan, holding the seam with . . . okay, I just use the tip of a pin. Anyway, it the cross seam STILL doesn't lie flat, I finish the long seam, then go back and rip-and-redo that one spot.
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Old 04-26-2012, 05:55 AM
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Yep, happens to me too. I've never been able to spot an errant seam allowance after the quilt is finished, so I don't usually fix them.
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Old 04-26-2012, 07:02 AM
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It happens to me quite a bit. I just don't care about it. Like, at all.
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Old 04-26-2012, 07:25 AM
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I also have a problem with this occasionally. I think whoever said to set the seam first is correct, I think it does work better. My quilting teacher always had us set the seam and I remember that they laid flat and I rarely had it twist. But later when I got really into quilting and was in a hurry, I didn't always set the seam. And that is when my problems started. Glad you mentioned this because now I will go back to setting the seams.
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Old 04-26-2012, 09:41 AM
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Just part of the process I guess
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Old 04-26-2012, 09:47 AM
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Happens all the time. I just go back and fix it. Dont know what else to do.
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And when all else fails, I clip near the unruly seam and within a hair's breath of the seam, leave the unruly seam where it is and press the rest of the seam to where it should be!
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