Hand Pieced Dresden FAIL
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Hand Pieced Dresden FAIL
Please help me learn from this. Did I stretch fabric by pulling? sew bad seams? Need to cut on grain?
Out of town, ran out of cut hexes so I attempted to hand piece a dresden (one on left, right is machine pieced). Lesson learned: do not do this without a template for marking. The hole in the center is much bigger (hard to tell in photo).
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Actually took the wind out of my first-attempt-at-hand-piecing sail. I was doing so well with the hexagons I thought I could hand piece anything. Wrong!
Out of town, ran out of cut hexes so I attempted to hand piece a dresden (one on left, right is machine pieced). Lesson learned: do not do this without a template for marking. The hole in the center is much bigger (hard to tell in photo).
[ATTACH=CONFIG]475351[/ATTACH]
Actually took the wind out of my first-attempt-at-hand-piecing sail. I was doing so well with the hexagons I thought I could hand piece anything. Wrong!
Last edited by heartofwisdom; 05-12-2014 at 05:31 AM.
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You probably just stretched the seams a wee bit. Doesn't take much. And if you were hand stitching, you were probably holding the fabric over your fingers. That would be enough. I think you did great for a first attempt. Don't give up!
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It looks like the Dresden blades are the wrong size but I think you cut them with a Dresden die? Dresdens cut on the straight of grain still have slightly stretchy sides due to the angled edge. Starch well, handle gently and pin well. It looks like the machine pieced one is better so maybe hand sewing stretched the pieces?
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Try it again with marked stitching lines. It should turn out more accurate then.
Sometimes one can accomplish wonders with a little starch (I sure hate to admit that), hand smoothing/shaping, and pressing.
Sometimes one can accomplish wonders with a little starch (I sure hate to admit that), hand smoothing/shaping, and pressing.
Last edited by bearisgray; 05-12-2014 at 07:10 AM.
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