I bet you are wandering at the end of each stitching....check the seam allowance on a couple of the blocks...that's why you are getting curves. It's easy to do, especially on such small pieces. Don't trim any more...recut the ones you trimmed...hang the error on the wall (shoot frame it)...will give you a good chuckle one day.
It will help to press your squares to freezer paper (or a fusible, lightweight, nonwoven interfacing)...freezer paper is cheaper. Just the bottom pieces... when you lay the top piece on top of the ones that are held in place by the freezer paper or fusible...(you can even mark 1/4" on the little space between the fused squares...so you know where the stitching should start/stop). I did this on a doll quilt & it really helped me figure out where I was getting off. You can also starch the heck out of the pieces before you cut them out.
Don't give up...we have all had our off days with sewing/quilting.
Originally Posted by
sval
I needed to trim a gazillion 1.5 inch squares. So I invested in a BlocLoc Ruler. Which is fabulous,by the way.
All my HST's are perfect.
I start to sew them together. First seam. Off. How can that be? Both HST's were perfect. How could one seam throw them off?
So I trim again. And sew the 3rd block on. Now I have a curvish piece. So now the misbehaving HST's are all in a bag in the drawer.
Drove me to tears.
Not sure I'm a quilter after all.
SVAL