[quote=Honchey][quote=Darcene]
Originally Posted by Honchey
Originally Posted by Darcene
Originally Posted by Evie
Hi Darcene, Long time no see!!! Welcome Back!!!I love your #18. I call it the transformer block. I pp this one and I had a very difficult time with the very middle center seams I'm wondering if I made the seam allowance wider-would the seam lay flatter?? Yours looks so nice and flat. Anne
Hello Anne,
I used the standard 1/4" seam, but there was a big ugly bump in the middle...so, I clipped into the seam allowance (almost up to the stitching but not quite touching) on each side of the center intersection-this allowed the seams to be pressed to one side...Then I picked out all of the stitching in each of the seams that made up the bump (huh???) This allowed me to squish the bump open and then I pressed the dickens out of it from the back and then from the front using a press cloth...I have scanned the back of the block since as they say " a picture......"
Thanks for the photo--I'm wondering if sewing it by machine the way handpiecing is done-just up to the intersection then maybe the points will flare after pressing. I do that with some blocks--it's hard and time consuming. Oh well--It might be worth a shot! Anne
You may want to configure your PP order to allow it to be put together in halves? That's what I did...I always take off my papers...I know, I know...most of you don't do that, but it works for me...here's the backside of my block and it's not overly bulky in the middle...you do see a marking line on the back of one piece...but it doesn't show on the front.