Swirling seam allowances to reduce bulk
This tutorial does a great job of explaining how to swirl the seams to reduce bulk. It can also be done very sucessfully with pinwheel blocks. I believe I first saw this on Alex Anderson with Billie Lauder.
http://cuttopieces.blogspot.com/2010...tch-block.html |
Eleanor Burns uses this method as well.
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Maybe I'm being overly cautious . . . but wouldn't that leave a weak spot, in the center, where the threads were snipped?
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Originally Posted by Neesie
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Maybe I'm being overly cautious . . . but wouldn't that leave a weak spot, in the center, where the threads were snipped?
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Originally Posted by QuiltnNan
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Eleanor Burns uses this method as well.
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Great tutorial! Thanks!
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This is one of the reasons I press my seams open. I'm too scatter-brained to remember which seam to press which way. But I have seen Eleanor Burns do this & it seems to make sense if you press to one side.
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So far I've never done this to a seam, though I've wanted to - after seeing this tut I should be able to do it next time, thanks for the link!
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I learned this method at a quilting weekend with Eleanor Burns.
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Originally Posted by burchquilts
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This is one of the reasons I press my seams open. I'm too scatter-brained to remember which seam to press which way. But I have seen Eleanor Burns do this & it seems to make sense if you press to one side.
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