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Originally Posted by jcarilyn
Originally Posted by watterstide
after you pin the seams together..and one is a little longer than the other..the longer one goes on the bottom..does that make sense?.
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Glue baste the seams then sew.
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Originally Posted by dakotamaid
Originally Posted by jcarilyn
Hi everyone. I know I'm famous for doing things that are WAY beyond my skills, but I thought this would be easy.
I have 1 1/2" strips, sewing 6 of them together, then cutting them all 1 1/2", then sewing those strips so the block is 6 1/2 x 6 1/2. All of my seams are going the right way, but I just can't seem to get them all butted correctly. Could be because I've been sewing most of the day, so my visions probably a bit crazy....but is there a secret to these? I thought small would be good, maybe not so much. Thanks! |
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Thank you so much everyone! I took all of your advice and what a difference it made. The first pic is one of the blocks from last night, the second one is the one I just did, listening to all of you! You saved me!
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Yes, yes, much better, go to it!! Happy Easter.
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That did make a huge difference. Great job. I can't wait to see your quilt.
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My very first quilt was with teeny-tiny blocks. So, I feel your pain. Except, I didn't know then you could sew strips and then cut. So, I had a gazillion, tiny tiny 1.5" squares.
Oh, and I backstitched each and every join. True story. |
YAY! I love the before/after pix
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Do you sew over your pins? I use IBC silk pins, sew (slowly) right over them, and that helps keep the seams together. Otherwise you're spending all that time pinning and then they escape!
And when you say the seams are going the right way, you mean they're nesting right (one goes one way, the other goes the other way)? I've noticed that depending if the top block has a seam pressed towards me or away from me, even when they nest, it will result in less accurate seams. It has to do with the feed dogs pulling forward and the top foot pushing back, so ... depending how the seams are, it can be pulling them apart or pushing them right together. But I've had some that were nested and should've been fine, but pulled apart a little. But lots of pins helped that. |
When I work with small pieces, starch is my best friend.
After you sew the first set together I would try to starch the strip set before cutting them again into the 1 1/2 in pieces that should set the fabric to hold it from stretching when assembling them back together. If your seam allowance is accurate then they should line up with no problem. As mentioned when you sew smaller pieces your seam allowance can make or break it. I as a rule always starch my fabric before cutting any of the pieces out for the block so the stretch is eliminated before I start sewing. Hope this might be of some help to you. |
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