Need help sewing 1 inch squares or mini quilts
 

Any suggestions for sewing very tiny pieces would be helpful. I have successfully made my zigzag
needle hole into a single hole (thanks to help from this forum). That has helped.
I shortened my stitch length to 2.0. Any other ideas of how to sew accurately?

Mini quilt tips
1.) starch your fabric heavily for accurate cutting and stitching
2.) measure the block, 1", when stitching, not the seam allowance. I know it seems odd to ignore the seam allowance amount, but it is irrelevant in mini quilts.
3) Use very thin thread, size 60 or 80 if you can find it. (You lose less accuracy when pressing seams open)
4) Press seams open to reduce bulk. Don't be afraid to trim seams smaller than 1/4" after stitching, use fray chek or elmers washable glue to reduce ravel until the quilt/block is built

Or they are sewn with 1/4" and cut down to 1/8" after sewing and before the next element is sewn to it. I have seen it taught both ways. Some good youtubes on mini's

Use 60 or 100 wt thread. I've made a few minis and this is my best tip.

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I recently came across this method of working with small squares using thin fusible interfacing.
I haven’t tried it but it looks interesting -

https://weallsew.com/postage-stamp-p...p.XQCyCuNPnOVg

Wow, that is small and beautiful!

Yes this! Best Press (product) and press, not iron, those seams open.

Working on a mini now. Thanks for the great tips.

Jenifer

When I have a very small piece to sew it is best if you sew very slow. This is what I did and it does help. Good luck.