pocoellie, I prepared the fabric by starching, and ironing it. Tried to be careful, but might have stretched things some during the process. Tough it looked like whomever put together the fat quarters did a little stretching while cutting things.
I remembered watching a video about sewing along the bias. They said you had to firmly hold the fabric ends together, while sewing all the way under the presser foot to keep the fabric from wanting to slip over to the right, causing a wider sew line than the desired 1/4 inch.
Right now I am finding the most difficult part of quilting being measuring and cutting, especially cutting the triangles. I do not see that well anymore, so trying to see those very tiny corners is difficult. I may have to break out my magnifying goggles to do that. Sure is tough getting old. Body seems to want to fall apart.
