So confused
#11
Thank you for the video that I have been searching youtube for but couldn't find. Guess I need a little more terminology to get the correct video's, lol. That's how the pattern said to do it but needed visual reference to be certain that I'm completing the steps correctly.
#12
Bearisgray the picture drawing also helped me to understand better as well, thank you for taking the time to draw that. Now off to do some cleaning then right back at it again hopefully not till 1 A.M. Pacific Time, lol.
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if I remember, using that ruler will give you bias edges...and for a beginner that could be daunting.....
also, here's another tip that may help....fold that square in half, finger press a small crease on edge that you are going to put that triangle on...then do the same with the base of that triangle. Match those creases, so that it is centered...and sew that seam! just a small thing, but it might help.
also, here's another tip that may help....fold that square in half, finger press a small crease on edge that you are going to put that triangle on...then do the same with the base of that triangle. Match those creases, so that it is centered...and sew that seam! just a small thing, but it might help.
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You may be having a problem lining them up. You want to finger press a center mark on the triangle and the square. Line up those marks, pin and sew. Do the opposite sides and then press. Then do the other 2 sides. Again finger press and line up. Once you are more experienced, you will be able to eyeball how they line up, but until then, the finger pressing will help with the little 'hanging ends'. And, as we tell all our students (quilting and sewing), the iron is almost as important as the sewing machine!
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