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Old 09-05-2015, 07:40 AM
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bearisgray
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After looking waaaay more carefully at the block - I do see what the original poster means - especially on the bottom miter.

There also seems to be some puckering of the fabric against the outside strips - so - perhaps the inside block is "a bit too big" for the outside strips and needs to either be cut down a bit - or the seams need to a very tiny wider to "shrink" the block size. Or did the puckering occur when it was pressed?

Is that last seam a diagonal one through the center of the block?

As far as those last miter joins - for "marking" or pinning - I stick a pin vertically into the "exact" spot where the vertices meet - and then pin on both sides beside the vertical pin - and remove the vertical pin.

The reason I do not leave the pin in the "exact" spot is that when I "lay the pin on its side" - there is a bit of distortion and then the seam gets more "off" then when I insert the "holding pins" on each side of the "exact" spot.

Hand basting of the join is another possibility. It's sometimes worth the effort!
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