The 1/4" Seam
Hello!
Although I made my first quilt years ago, I'm still a relatively new quilter as I have only ever made a couple of them over the years. Now that I have my own embroidery and screen printing business in a studio on my property, I have a little more time (although that keeps us pretty busy around here!).
So here is my question. What is the reason for the 1/4" seam in quilting? Is it to reduce bulk or save fabric or maybe both...or neither!? The reason I ask is that we have 5 dogs (yeah, not sure how that happened!). And of course they must always circle and scratch in their spot on the blanket or quilt when they are trying to get comfortable. This is hard on such small seams and can cause them to come apart. I was wondering what would be the harm of doing 1/2" seams. Obviously it will change the size of the pattern, but if I do it for all of them is that a bad thing? Of course I'm not going to be entering any quilt shows but just want them for our use.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Susan