Scant 1/4inch
#31
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Central Wisconsin
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I sewed seven strips together with a scant 1/4" seam. Then I was supposed to cut them into squares. It turns out I should have been able to get 3 squares out of the width of fabric, but there wasn't quite enough for the third square.
#33
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Central NJ
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Back in the day when I first started quilting and Simply Quilts with Alex Anderson was on TV (which is where most of my quilting education comes from), she had a guest quilter on one of the programs and the subject of seam allowances was discussed. The very renowned (sorry, don't remember who) quilter's advice was to certainly strive for a perfect seam allowance but more importantly - be consistent! As one of the other poster's here said, all things being equal, if my quilt is a half inch smaller than the pattern calls for, I'm good with that as long as my blocks line up properly (with or without a bit of fudging along the way).
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