Open seams or pressed to one side
#1
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Open seams or pressed to one side
Dear Fellow Quilters,
When you have 8 pieces meeting together in the center of a block,
do you press the main seam when you join both sides (each side has 4 pieces)
open or to one side? Also, do you tend to open the seams or press to the side
when you are first sewing each two pieces together to make the four piece on one-half of the block?
I am trying to do it the way that would be less bulkier in the center for when the long-arm machine quilts my quilt.
Thank you so much for your help in this matter.
When you have 8 pieces meeting together in the center of a block,
do you press the main seam when you join both sides (each side has 4 pieces)
open or to one side? Also, do you tend to open the seams or press to the side
when you are first sewing each two pieces together to make the four piece on one-half of the block?
I am trying to do it the way that would be less bulkier in the center for when the long-arm machine quilts my quilt.
Thank you so much for your help in this matter.
#7
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Are you able to open the place where they come together like a pinwheel? If so, that's what I'd do that--but I'm pressing open more and more where there are many seams that come together due to bulk, and without any "bearding" of the batting.
I'd probably do a sample block and play around with it and see what leaves less bulk.
I'd probably do a sample block and play around with it and see what leaves less bulk.
#9
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I made clothing for myself and family members for many years, so I've always been taught to press the seams open. Unless I have a fabric where the seam is going to show up as a shadow on the face of the quilt, I press my seams open. With the improvements in batting products, I have not had any problems with "bearding". Of course, I am just an Official Rank Amateur, so I might be proved wrong. If the stitches are short enough, there shouldn't be a problem with bearding, even with SITD!
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