Originally Posted by Barb M
Oh i think your crumb blocks came out so nice! I have done a few, and my problem is overthinking too, so i was scared to try crumbs, but find them very relaxing. I don't get up for the iron at all, in any of my quilting any more, not until a block is finished and ready to be trimmed. I use a trick that i learned in home-ec years ago. Called finger pressing. You just press the seam, by scraping your fingernail along the seam. Only takes a second, and it's a real crisp press. As for size, i dont need to sew crumb blocks on paper, i just keep a piece of paper beside the sewing machine, the size the finished block should be, and when i wonder if a block is big enough yet, i just hold the piece of paper up to it, to see if the block is a bit bigger than the paper.
That's a good idea Barb - I had the same thing K describes sometimes - trying to be economical with the scraps and ending up with a little corner missing! I think you have to be more extravagant and cut away - you can then use bigger trimmings in the next block.