The posts by Suz and Peckish sound like the way I learned to hand piece.
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I saw Jinny Beyer on Simply Quilts a LOOONG time ago demonstrate hand piecing. Here is the initial link.
http://www.hgtv.com/video/quilting-b...deo/index.html Here is the second link, where she shows how to match up her points. Interesting that she does not sew through the seams pressed to one side or the other showing how different hand piecing is from machine. http://www.hgtv.com/video/quilting-b...deo/index.html And, finally, her third video. And all without glue. http://www.hgtv.com/video/quilting-b...deo/index.html BTW, I do NOT hand piece but if I did I would employ her methods. The up-side of hand piecing is that you can take it anywhere, do it watching TV when the machine is in another room, or work on a quilt at a family picnic. It does have its' advantages over machine piecing. |
Does anyone know if the Elmer's glue for keeping the seams together will do damage to your sewing machine if you glue a bunch of seams? Was just wondering, know this is a new technique and it works, but was wondering if the inside of my machine will have all the slivers of glue all over it like my fingers and what it might do.
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I agree with trying the glue basting method. There was a thread on here just last week with many positive things to say about this method. I'm sure you could find it by doing a search for glue basting. Good luck.
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I pin before and sfter the seam. If you pin in the seam, the pin makes a space and will not be matched. I only sew by machine.
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Originally Posted by meldmac
(Post 5779354)
No matter how hard I try I can't seem to line up my seams when hand piecing my squares. I'm getting really discouraged with this. I was using pins through the seams but it didn't seem to matter, any tips for hand piecing?
Oh, you don't need glue to piece--ever. |
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