Originally Posted by
Bearpawquilter
A true 1/4" seam is too big and doesn't allow for the space taken by thread and folding. Another thing that has helped is using thinner thread. When I started using Aurifil 50 wt. thread for piecing, the clouds parted and the sun came out!
You have that so right. But sometimes you have to be really careful about getting the 1/4 in too scant.
I made a strip set of seven different fabrics, then cut them up into squares. I should have gotten three squares out of WOF strips, but they were too short. Because of the scant seam, the squares were a little bigger.
Those squares (two squares and a short one) are still sitting in my sewing room. I haven't the heart to try to figure it out. I could sew each seam on the two of them just a little closer to 1/4 inch. Then at least I could use them with the rest of the quilt . . . . when I get back working on the rest of the quilt.