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06-11-2011, 12:56 PM
#12
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Milton DE
Posts: 3,189
Welcome from NY and I advise...Put each row together with a Baste Stitch...if your machine doesn't have one then the longest stitch your machine has which is usually a 6. This way if your seams don't match you don't have to rip but just pull your baste sting out and reallign and try again with baste stitch...once all OK just sew over the baste stitch with your regular stitch...SEW EASY no ripping
06-11-2011, 03:19 PM
#15
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 4,091
I think alot of it is practice. I was trying to get all "fancy" with my Boomerang blocks and kept messing them up because the points didn't match. I started doing 9 patch because my LQS teacher told me it is a great way to practice lining up all your seams. Still after making a ton of 9 patches.....sometimes they are perfect....sometimes not. I figure I'll keep practicing. I do know that alot of it is the direction you iron the seams and then put them together....like they should kind of "notch" together.
06-11-2011, 03:32 PM
#16
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Bucks County PA
Posts: 1,241
Welcome from Pennsylvania.
You need a quarter-inch foot on your machine. Check that you have that on when you are sewing blocks. When you have your fabric laid down right and the foot edge along the fabric edge, you should get the perfect quarter inch seam.
I think it's a good idea to check your seams. If you want to do that, cut three 3-inch squares. Sew one to another. And then sew the third on the row, so you have them all sewn in a row. If your seams are a quarter-inch, your row should measure 8 inches.
Have patience with yourself, practice a lot,and sew for the fun of it. Accuracy will come. I promise.
You need a quarter-inch foot on your machine. Check that you have that on when you are sewing blocks. When you have your fabric laid down right and the foot edge along the fabric edge, you should get the perfect quarter inch seam.
I think it's a good idea to check your seams. If you want to do that, cut three 3-inch squares. Sew one to another. And then sew the third on the row, so you have them all sewn in a row. If your seams are a quarter-inch, your row should measure 8 inches.
Have patience with yourself, practice a lot,and sew for the fun of it. Accuracy will come. I promise.
06-12-2011, 03:54 AM
#20
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 3,877
Are you starching your fabric before you cut it? That really helps. You may be getting your fabric stretched out. 1/4" foot is a wonderful investment. Make sure your seams are ironed in different directions. Do one row in one direction, next row other, then I sort of take the seams give a little pull nestle seams together and pin.
