When I have a tough match like that I use a little bit of elmer's stick glue. I line up my two pieces like they are to be sewn, hold a straight edge usually any handy ruler, on the sew line of the seam, open them enough so I can see if they match or not, and when they do I put a tiny dab of the stick glue in the seam allowance (then set it w/ a hot iron). I do that in a couple of key matching points the length of the seam. That way nothing shifts w/ pinning or no pin distortion
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Janice McC
My apologies to NanaKathy. I posted your block NK but don't think I acknowledged it. Thank you!
Here's my block for Marcialee. It's an Aunt Eliza's star. The rows on this one are put together on the diagonal, always a challenge for me. Well...no exception this time as I almost went super nova on this one. Had to baste it together repeatedly to get it right. It would have been better (easier!) had I not attempted to keep the corners going in the same direction. Finally, I gave up on the quarter square triangles and just went with it. And, I must admit, it does not come up to exactly 12 1/2 inches square but it's as close as I could reasonably get after many tries. It's pretty darn close. Here she is, Aunt Eliza's star aka Janice's Super Nova:
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Edited to add: Marcialee, your fabric held up extremely well to repeated stitchings and frogging. I loved it and wouldn't have been able to fix it as well as i did had you not chosen a sturdy (and pretty!) fabric. Thank you!!!