Originally Posted by
Pattia
but here is my question, sorry still newbie at this.- If you are using a square in the beginning to start so it doesn't get gummed up in the beginning, won't the leader square get gummed up? How do you start to avoid that? and if you have a method, why bother with the leader? (or just to do another project at the same time?)
On the rare occasion I don't have something under the foot, I use a tiny scrap that gets discarded and then return to the system of sewing squares together. I had been wanting to do Bonnie Hunter's system for years but could never get myself organized or motivated enough to cut up my scraps into little squares. That is until I recently got the Accuquilt fabric cutter. Now I have a ball cutting everything into 2.5" squares and the bin next to my sewing machine is full. I plan on making a postage stamp quilt.