Trouble getting seams to match up
I started working on a "Five Star Tribute" quilt and I measured and cut the pieces very accurately. I am also sewing with accurate 1/4" seams but i can't get the seams to match up. The first block i tried didn't match up so i measured all my pieces again and made sure they were cut correctly then tried again and still no match. Any ideas? http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r...013_193145.jpg
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I'm making a quilt with that block in it and mine did the same thing!!
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Could you give us the finished dimensions of the block and also the cutting dimensions of the pieces please.
This looks like a Sawtooth Star. I have cutting directions for 4,6,8,10 and 12 inch finished blocks and have successfully made several from my pattern. If you could provide the dimensions above, I can compare them. |
also press the seams open. that might help. they seem not to lay flat now.
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Perhaps your 1/4 inch seams are a thread or 2 off? It adds up the more pieces there are. I know!!
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The cutting dimensions are, center square 2.5". The points are 1 7/8" squares cut in half to make the triangles. The green triangle between the points is made from a 3 1/4" square cut into 4 triangles by cutting the square into an X. The small squares in the corners are 1 1/2". The block is 4". 5 stars with 2"rectangles between the 4 corner stars make up the larger block of 10". http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r...013_202153.jpg
This is a picture of the pattern I'm using http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r...013_202235.jpg |
Check the measurements on the center block. It may be the way it is laying, but the center block looks to be more of a rectangle, rather than square. The geese on the top and bottom do not meet and the ones on the sides overlap.
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Originally Posted by carolina quilter
(Post 6927841)
Check the measurements on the center block. It may be the way it is laying, but the center block looks to be more of a rectangle, rather than square. The geese on the top and bottom do not meet and the ones on the sides overlap.
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Originally Posted by krafty14
(Post 6927827)
Perhaps your 1/4 inch seams are a thread or 2 off? It adds up the more pieces there are. I know!!
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Originally Posted by nativetexan
(Post 6927816)
also press the seams open. that might help. they seem not to lay flat now.
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