Happy almost summer!
Ottawa has had such horrible weather this spring - rain, tornadoes, flooding, etc. It's been awful. Thankfully, I haven't been affected by any of it, but have been busy helping out those that have.
I have a huge piece of fusible 2-inch grid, and I decided to do a scrappy quilt out of. Cut out all my pieces, ironed them down, and then got to sewing.
(For those of you that don't know what I'm talking about -
https://www.amazon.com/Quilt-Fuse-Fu.../dp/B001BLPBCY)
Here are my questions:
1 - do you experience the squares falling off? I've been sewing the rows, and all of a sudden I realize there is no square. So I go hunting around for it, find it, unstitch a couple of stitches (which is very frustrating because of the fusing), iron the square back on, and then stitch again.
This happened to me five times while I was doing the first set of sewing the rows.
2 - once you've sewn all the rows one way, and are ready to sew the other way, how many of you snip the "corner" of where the squares will meet?
I'm in the process of doing that right now, and then, while I am sewing, I am nesting the seams (making sure one is going up and the other folded down)
3 - Once you have done all of the rows, do you then go back and unstitch the other "corner" piece so that your seams are open and not bunched up?
4 - When I go to quilt it on my DSM, what needle should I use so I don't break my thread all the time? Topstitch?
I really like this method on the one hand, it's a super fast way to sew a ton of small squares together. But I'm not sure if these frustrations are worth it!
Thanks so much for the input!