Your Best Piecing Tips for Accuracy
I love to machine quilt and I feel like that is my strong suit - where I'm trying to improve is accurate piecing. I just made a block called "Western Spy" (in EQ and also shown on Jinny Beyer's website) and I think it turned out pretty darn good. I wasn't able to paper piece it which is usually my method of choice because you get such great and dare I say, perfect results...instead I made freezer paper templates and drew out the 1/4" seam allowance and pieced it the more traditional way.
What I'm interested in are any tips or tricks for blocks like this that cannot be paper pieced or contain lots of Y seams for best results? Are you a starch person and if so what brand? I actually like to sew beyond V of the Y seam and un-stitch one or two stitches with a seam ripper when I turn to close of the second seam of the Y...what do you do?