Steve

I love the perfect crisp corners!

Now I'm full of questions. Do you chain piece these as well when doing a large design with multiple copied sections? Do you always start right on the inner line, or a quarter inch in and back up? Is this as addicting as I think it is?

amma

Ahhhhh, you got addicted as quickly as I did, LOL. I also liked how easy it is to get perfect points, everytime. I am working on a wall hanging and am chain piecing them, one reason is when you work on other patterns, most of your pieces are of various sizes and it is easier to cut several, once you have determined the correct size. I also wrote on the paper which fabric goes in each space, it helps when you are using multiple fabrics... ask me how I know, LOL.

Steve

"...ask me how I know?" OK, I'll bite, how?

amma

As I was working on Tim's BOM and was taking the picture of it to post here, I realized I had used the wrong fabric in one of the stars :oops: :lol: :x :lol: :roll: I had to laugh because I remembered Sharon had done the same thing a few days before when she had posted her picture of a BOM ( placed her block incorrectly ) So now I mark the paper, it takes less time marking than it does ripping out stitches :D

lin

It really is a cool technique isn't it Steve? I'm not real sure what you're asking here, but I'll give it a try. You always start at the line between #1 and #2 obviously, and you start about three stitches before the line and end about 3 stitches after the line is done. No backtacking. The next seam (whose lines you crossed over in the beginning and end) will always cross over the last one so you don't need to. And even when you're done with the whole block you will be sewing that block to another one so still no need to backtack. Make sure you set your stitch length down to about 1 or 1½ instead of 2 (assuming 2 is the normal stitch length for your machine). You want your stitches tiny so you can get that paper off easily. Just be very careful, because I know from experience what a mess it is to have to take those tiny little stitches out!!! :oops: :D

Sure, you can chain these if you have multiple blocks. It's not that different than regular piecing in that regard.

Yes, it is definitely addicting. ;)

lin

Oh, and your block is really good. Look how nearly perfectly square that is!!! Yay you!

Steve

Actually it is square, it's the picture that is cockeyed.

lin

Alrighty then, look at how perfectly square that square is!!! :mrgreen:

Steve

Well, um, maybe not "that' perfect... but fun to make anywho. :D

Steve

Not quite right, but I learned a lot when working on it: