Libits

For those of who you offered suggestions and links to my Lumpy Pattern problem, I thank you. I learned a lot. Some of the advice applied to this quilt, some I’ll definitely use on future quilts and a lot I wished I had used on previous quilts. All was very much appreciated.

I ended up ironing the seams open and it helped to a degree but the unavoidable fact was that I had 8 seams with 16 pieces of fabric all converging to one point and there is going to be bulk.

So, as the dogs were sleeping and the house was quiet, a little voice whispered to me “Follow rryder’s (Rob) advice.” And I did: I calmly made my way to the garage, found a hammer and pounded the living day lights out of the center point. And it worked like a million bucks! It was difficult to do since I tend to bond with my fabric and quilt but after a good walloping on the first center and seeing the results, I had no problems beating the rest.

Whatever old tailor came up with that trick is worth his weight in gold.