Originally Posted by
DOTTYMO
I use safety pins and overlap each seam slightly and take one pinned row at a time. Once all pinned rows sewn and back on wall no problem doing the other way one at a time from wall.
This is what I do, but with straight pins. After all rows have been sewn and each row is numbered, I take them to the ironing board. Odd numbered rows get pressed to the right and even numbered rows get pressed to the left. Then they all nest perfectly. When you flip row one over row two, be sure and put a pin in the side where you will start to sew. You can really mess up an Around the World by sewing on the wrong side of the row.
Put two rows under the needle with the bottom seam pointing toward you and the seam on top facing away from you. That way, your bottom seam will never flip the wrong way and you can keep an eye on the top seam. If you sew to the right side of your needle for the first joining of two rows, it will be easier to sew all the rest of the largest quilt to the left of the needle. Row one can be added from the left later.