Quit Top Disaster
I worked on my little quilt project last night (this is my first one, and being done as a trial) and once I got the top all stitched together I noticed how bad it was turning out...
I have some seams that are off by almost a 1/4" or more and some of the blocks are staggered into other rows. I must have missed a step somewhere and I am really feeling down now. Where could I have gone wrong?
I don't have a picture of the disaster yet, but I am working with 12" blocks made up from 6.25" x 12.25" strips in what I can only refer to as a staggered pattern (example below).
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I made sure to measure carefully (a few times) and only cut once, but I still ended up off the mark. I was feeling kind of desperate looking for an answer, but the only thing I could possibly attribute it to is my own errors from being new to this and/or stretching fabric.
I will try to get a picture uploaded soon, but I appreciate any advice you can give me. For starters, should I start ripping out the seams to rebuild or should I just write it off as a learning experience and finish this out? Were my expectations to high for a first quilting project?
FYI - I plan on doing this all myself, not sending off to be quilted. I am using a small Singer 9100 so I am not expecting perfection, but usable results.
Regards,
Steve