Old 01-20-2013, 04:09 PM
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I think I meant "attic windows" as shown here:
http://quilteddelights.blogspot.com/...-tutorial.html

Thank you for the link to the tute about sewing toward the intersection. I think I'll open it on the sewing room PC and follow each step closely when I try it. That is one perfect looking hexagon flower!!

Originally Posted by PatriceJ View Post
i don't know what the "window box method" is.

there are a few ways to do Y-seams.
one is to do a continuous seam. that involves stopping at the intersection with needle down; fiddling with the pieces to rearrange them; continuing to the end of the other "leg". i have trained myself to do it just so i can pat myself on the back for it. frankly, though, you can't tell the difference between that way and the other. in most cases i find it to be much too annoying and "fiddly" to be worth the ego boost. LOL

the other way is to do each "leg" of the inset as a separate seam. start at the outside and sew toward the intersection. make sure to NOT sew into the intersecting seam allowance. (see this old tute for close-up photos: http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...ons-t3419.html)
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