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Old 11-18-2010, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Lori Peercy
what's a dog leg?
Lori, maybe this only happens to me - It's when your pieced elements don't line up correctly and and your stitch in the ditch seam kinda has to make a detour because the 'ditch' isn't a straight line. I call it a dog leg. I learned that a patterned background is a good idea when you're a beginner, so those little detours aren't really visible.
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