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.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]589385[/ATTACH]

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.

I would paper piece something that small, probably using graph paper (because it is pre-marked in inches).

I just finished a block for Long Time Gone with about 150 - 1 1/2” squares and I used a smaller needle 70/10 or 75/11 and sewed a scant quarter inch. [ATTACH=CONFIG]589449[/ATTACH]

If possible, cut a bit large, sew and trim - especially for things like HST, FG and QST. I like my ruler that is marked in 1/8" increments - all along the ruler in both directions.

I also use thinner thread, and a shorter stitch length. When paper piecing, I grade the seams, since often you are sewing over them with the next seam.

I still have never used starch, don't find it helpful for how I sew.

And for learning, complete the 365 block challenge. It's got a bunch of 3" and 6" blocks and you start easy and get harder with smaller pieces.

Blocks like this become easy.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...psjkithbzx.jpg

Beautiful
 

Beautiful. Love this.