Old 11-01-2010, 06:10 AM
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JNCT14
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
Are you handpiecing this block?

Pressing is going to be important in this block.

Sometimes I will handpiece one block (only sewing on the seam lines and leaving the seam allowances unsewn) to see which way will be the best way to press it.

Then I will go on to machine piece the rest of them.
I machine pieced the insets which are composed of 3 triangle pieces. I pressed open the seams on the insets. The large star is only one piece. I am hand piecing the insets into the large star. I did notice that the seam allowance wanted to flip up towards the inset but didn't look very good so I pressed that seam allowance down towards the large star. I should take pictures, shouldn't I....... :oops:
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