Help me my quilt buddies ... wedding ring troubles
05-04-2010, 07:56 AM
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I have always wanted to do a wedding ring quilt, so I bit the bullet an bought a quilt kit.Right now it does not look like the picture on the front .. Does it ever ?
Is there a secret way to do the curves so you dont end up with little balloon like pieces ...help before I float away .. will try to put pics up of the project .. newbie here ...
Is there a secret way to do the curves so you dont end up with little balloon like pieces ...help before I float away .. will try to put pics up of the project .. newbie here ...
05-04-2010, 08:02 AM
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Try to handle those pieces very gently while sewing and pressing. Bias edges stretch so easily, and I am assuming they didn't starch the fabric before it was cut.
Make sure the pressure foot tension is set so that it doesn't stretch the fabrics as you sew, too.
Make sure the pressure foot tension is set so that it doesn't stretch the fabrics as you sew, too.
05-04-2010, 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by slvrseven
I have always wanted to do a wedding ring quilt, so I bit the bullet an bought a quilt kit.Right now it does not look like the picture on the front .. Does it ever ?
Is there a secret way to do the curves so you dont end up with little balloon like pieces ...help before I float away .. will try to put pics up of the project .. newbie here ...
Is there a secret way to do the curves so you dont end up with little balloon like pieces ...help before I float away .. will try to put pics up of the project .. newbie here ...
05-04-2010, 08:11 AM
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Thanks , I will try that . Should I starch the fabric now ? I dont have them completely put together as yet just those wedge like pieces ( that look puffy). Should I take them apart? Starch them, then try again?
05-04-2010, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by slvrseven
I have always wanted to do a wedding ring quilt, so I bit the bullet an bought a quilt kit.Right now it does not look like the picture on the front .. Does it ever ?
Is there a secret way to do the curves so you dont end up with little balloon like pieces ...help before I float away .. will try to put pics up of the project .. newbie here ...
Is there a secret way to do the curves so you dont end up with little balloon like pieces ...help before I float away .. will try to put pics up of the project .. newbie here ...
wedding ring
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comes together okay here
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05-04-2010, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by slvrseven
Thanks , I will try that . Should I starch the fabric now ? I dont have them completely put together as yet just those wedge like pieces ( that look puffy). Should I take them apart? Starch them, then try again?
I add these and ..they look puffy after
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look puffy
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05-04-2010, 10:10 AM
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When I made mine, I cut a 13-1/2" square of my background fabric and fused by arches to that. It was much easier for me than the way you are doing it.
I can't help you with this but if you were doing it the Eleanor burns way, I could. Sorry.
I can't help you with this but if you were doing it the Eleanor burns way, I could. Sorry.
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