Advice needed please!- strips not matching up

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04-11-2011, 08:19 PM

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TonnieLoree

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Originally Posted by Millstream Mom

Now THAT explains it! Thank you TonneLoree!

I've reworked the pieces - with pins - and easing them together, with much better results!

My MIL is always telling me to press my seams and use Fabric Finish spray (like a light starch) Would the dampness of the spray make the fabric stretch a bit? Should I dry-iron only?

Yay, I did something right today! Glad to have helped. You really don't need the pins though. I have never used starch before sewing, unless the whole piece needed to be whipped into submission. Using steam can make some fabric shrink, so a dry iron, without starch would be my best advice to you.

04-11-2011, 08:21 PM

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TonnieLoree

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Originally Posted by BellaBoo

When sewing strips I always hold the top strip up and away from the bottom strip until it feeds under the foot. A professional seamstress who use to sew for fashion designers showed me this trick. Neat!

I got the same effect by the positioning of my hand that I posted in the picture. The idea is to not allow the feed dogs to drag in the bottom fabric.