Just shoot me the next time I select black as a background color....
08-03-2017, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Barb in Louisiana
I do all the light bit and then I put on a pair of really close up reader glasses so that I can see extra sharp. Like a +250 or +300. I wear contacts and can see quite well. The reader glasses really enlarge and make the edges stand out better. Some powder or chalk along the top edge may help out. I haven't tried that because the reader glasses help me out enough.
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08-03-2017, 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by feline fanatic
No hints or tricks but I can tell it will look fabulous when finished. So I hope that will make all your current frustration worth it.
I have made these blocks as well and I do sympathize those intertwined tail units. I recall they were a bugger and it seemed I ripped more then sewed the first couple.
I have made these blocks as well and I do sympathize those intertwined tail units. I recall they were a bugger and it seemed I ripped more then sewed the first couple.
Dina
08-03-2017, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Dina
This sounds like it might work...but I wear contact lens and glasses at the same time to read....(I am almost legally blind, and they can't make contacts strong enough to help by themselves.) I wonder if they make readers that fit over glasses....or maybe something like the dentist wears over his glasses, a magnifying glass-type thing. I will look into this. Thanks!
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There was a discussion here a year or two ago, and apparently you can get magnifiers that attach to any machine. You might want to look into that.
08-04-2017, 02:59 AM
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Originally Posted by JJBlaine
When I'm having trouble matching up seams, I dab the seam with a bit of glue stick, put a pin straight thru the points on both of the fabrics where I want them to match up, and give it a pinch to hold it. It greatly improved my accuracy on both matching up my seams, and get perfect points nearly every time.
I use a pressing pad. lay the pieces in place, pin straight through the intersecting points into the pad. Lift the top fabric a little and draw out a very thin line of EUWSG on a few inches of the seam allowance, reset the fabric down the pin and press with iron around the pin and then remove it. This is a few more steps than just sewing the seam and the resulting matching seams is well worth it. The seam will not shift.
I picked this tip up somewhere along the way from "expert, award winning" quilters. If I want to improve my piecing I will use any ideas that work.
There is no problem so big that we can't find a solution for it. If you join the intersecting seams the rest of the fabric should lay in place.
When doing two straight edges of black, a bit of powder chalk or baby powder along the edge may help for aligning them.
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Last edited by ube quilting; 08-04-2017 at 03:08 AM.
08-04-2017, 03:41 AM
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Dina, I use black a lot and my best advice is natural daylight. If you need to work at night use as much light in your area as you can, especially something like an Ott daylight lamp. I also have the bendable light attached to my machine so I can direct the light exactly where I need it. The kitties look wonderful, just keep going one at a time.
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