Help Please on corners
#1
Im working on a new square pattern called Farmers daughter. I am having trouble with puffy puckers where Im suppose to inset the squares.. can anyone refer me to a visual aide link or tut for sewing these squares in properly?? I appreciate any and all comments..Thanks
Jen
Jen
puffy corners
[ATTACH=CONFIG]143229[/ATTACH]
#4
Thank you both..found some videos on You Tube that were helpful and it showed the marking technique. Back to work on my square...after I take out the puffy ones..of course. LOL
Thanks again
Thanks again
#5
Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Western Kentucky
Posts: 96
I love your color choices for the block. If you over stitch even one stitch from the other side you will get a bubble. Better to be a little short. If you backstitch it will hold just fine and after pressing the diagonal seam open it will lay flat.
#6
Thanks Bizy, Im lovin the fabric and I'm really looking forward to seeing this table runner as a finished product. I didnt think to press the diagonal seam open. I still been gettin a lil puff..that is probably why...unless Im directed I have been pressing towards the dark fabric. Will post some pictures when I get it completed :)
#8
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Ridgefield WA
Posts: 7,765
Jen, this tutorial by Kaye Woods looks good to me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLkHfcuNzCA
Good luck!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLkHfcuNzCA
Good luck!
#9
Thank you again ladies for all your help posting pics of my finished square and also the pressed side of my Y seam now that I have incorporated all your great help and watch the youtube videos... Im very please..have two more squares to make than I will be ready to put the table runner together. Will post the final pic when its done :)
Jen
Jen
#10
Power Poster
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Northern Michigan
Posts: 12,861
start with a sharp pencil and a ruler...draw your 1/4" lines on all of the pieces to be joined...that way you know where to start/stop (right on the x where the seams cross...do not sew into the next seam allowance) also, if you start at the (inner) corner and stitch -out- to the edge you will have better luck.
your blocks are beautiful!
your blocks are beautiful!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post