Originally Posted by Phyllis Trotter
Can anyone tell me why I got a hump in the middle of my stack & whack?
that's what you get for making it from camel skins!
:shock:
seriously, though, lumps in the middle are there because so many seams come together in one place, there's nowhere for the seam allowances to "go", so they pile up on top of each other. starting with the top of the lump (on the back side, of course) carefully trim away the excess fabric to within a few threads of where the stitching ends. trim away one patch at a time until it flattens out.
when you make your next block(s), press, then trim the excess as you go.
just be careful to not trim away TOO much or you'll end up with a hole in the middle. (don't ask me how i know that. it NEVER happened to me. it happened to that other woman who lives in my house and looks exactly like me. she confessed it to me one night when she was sloppy drunk. LOL)