Originally Posted by lorli
Why why why can't I sew in a straight line?
I thought it was my poor cutting skills, so when I decided to try the tube quilting, I bought the precut strips! How can anything go wrong? But it did. My strip sets of 3 strips are not straight and I have trouble sewing them into tubes.
I am trying really hard not to pull on the fabric strips - I just don't understand it!
Grrr.
I can't be sure, but you may be making the same mistake I did, when first learning.
I paid more attention to the width of the seam allowances, than to the part of the strip that would 'show'.
Use a mechanical pencil, it gives the thinnest line, and using your rotary ruler, draw your sewing lines on the wrong side of your fabric. Only make it dark enought to see. You don't want it to show through.
If you use these lines as your sewing guide, I don't have any that show through.
I still do this, often, when making very long borders, etc.
Beats pulling your hair out!:wink: