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Piecing with 1 1/2" squares
Lori Holt uses a lot of 1 1/2" squares for the 6" blocks in her tutorials. I really love to watch her and have tried a few blocks just for fun. However I find it difficult to work with 1 1/2" squares. I cannot get them accurate. I starch my fabric before cutting. The smallest size pieces I am comfortable working with and get the most accurate results with are 2 1/2" Are there any quilters out there with the same problem ? If you do use 1 1/2" pieces how do you get accurate results. Thank you for any comments.
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If the squares are for snow ball corners, I cut larger pieces and the square up the blocks. On internal small pieces I sew inside of the line , not on the line so the thread doesn’t make the pieces too small.
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Sorry my patient level does not allow me to do anything that small.
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I’ve made a couple of doll quilts for my friend’s daughter’s American doll’s bed. They were fun, but also tedious. One was an around the world layout with 2.5 squares. The other was a zig zag with 1.5 x 1.5 or 2.5 or 3.5 strips. She loved them, so well worth the effort! I plan to make a couple more.
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I have done it for a couple quilts. I suffer from lack of “precision “ regardless of how much I try so I usually make things a little bigger and trim them down hoping to be as accurate as possible.
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Originally Posted by Jingle
(Post 8498098)
Sorry my patient level does not allow me to do anything that small.
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I found that using wash away fusible featherweight grid to sew the small squares together is excellent to get perfect results. I can't find it anywhere now though. I took a class years ago and we made 1" square nine patches. We used the fusible and I bought it at the shop that had the class. The shop is long gone. It's the same method of making the Mondo Bags but the fusible washed away and was gridded for small 1 1/2" squares. I have contacted the ones I remember that took the class but they have no idea and most said they forgot all about it. Ugh. I guess drawing a grid on wash away fusible will be the way to go.
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Six inch blocks can be tricky. Make sure you use very fine thread.
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Such an interesting thread. I have never tried 1 inch squares and probably never will. Two inch is my limit. The fusible grid is still available. https://www.amazon.com/Pellon-Quilte.../dp/B00ILYSO82
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Originally Posted by Barb in Louisiana
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The fusible grid is still available. https://www.amazon.com/Pellon-Quilte.../dp/B00ILYSO82
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