Sewing in one direction causes bows?
#11
That is so weird. Are there any ideas about why this happens?
I have a project going where I'll only need 3 strips, but it's something I can practice on since I have to make 13 sets of the 3 strips. I have never heard of that before.
I'm hoping with 13 strip sets I can hammer out a way to try and keep all that together. I've always sewn them in one direction so they are all even on one side.
That just seems so weird to me.
I have a project going where I'll only need 3 strips, but it's something I can practice on since I have to make 13 sets of the 3 strips. I have never heard of that before.
I'm hoping with 13 strip sets I can hammer out a way to try and keep all that together. I've always sewn them in one direction so they are all even on one side.
That just seems so weird to me.
#12
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Originally Posted by mpeters1200
That is so weird. Are there any ideas about why this happens?
I have a project going where I'll only need 3 strips, but it's something I can practice on since I have to make 13 sets of the 3 strips. I have never heard of that before.
I'm hoping with 13 strip sets I can hammer out a way to try and keep all that together. I've always sewn them in one direction so they are all even on one side.
That just seems so weird to me.
I have a project going where I'll only need 3 strips, but it's something I can practice on since I have to make 13 sets of the 3 strips. I have never heard of that before.
I'm hoping with 13 strip sets I can hammer out a way to try and keep all that together. I've always sewn them in one direction so they are all even on one side.
That just seems so weird to me.
I did notice it is not as likely to happen if you are sewing on all lenghtwise grain( both fabrics). it also does not happen if I starch well , and press after each strip. After the few major mishaps I've had with this issue , I do not chance it ... seeing how I just hate to unsew alot of strips.
#16
I heard once that this only happens if the machine has a little bit of a tension issue, it would happen. Of course, I didn't believe it and sewed my strips on the same direction. I ended up with a curved quilt top. Will not get caught doing that again.
#18
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I learned this the hard way. I had even seen the video where she talked about it.
I just didn't think it applied to my little bit of strips..it did. I had some serious wavy strip sets-which turned out ok because I was doing crumb type blocks so it added character.
I just didn't think it applied to my little bit of strips..it did. I had some serious wavy strip sets-which turned out ok because I was doing crumb type blocks so it added character.
#20
Originally Posted by woohoowendy
I think after cutting the thread, pressing, going downstairs to get coffee, answering the phone, picking up scraps off the floor . . . . . I will SURELY forget which direction I was sewing when sewing a whole bunch of strips.
Does anyone have an easy method for remembering which direction you sewed each strip?
Should I just use a perm. marker to mark an arrow in the seam allowance at the start of each strip? Or maybe there's an even easier solution . . . . please post any ideas.
Thanks!
Does anyone have an easy method for remembering which direction you sewed each strip?
Should I just use a perm. marker to mark an arrow in the seam allowance at the start of each strip? Or maybe there's an even easier solution . . . . please post any ideas.
Thanks!
If I'm sewing multiple strips together, I sew my strips in sets of 2, aligning the starting edge. Then I sew the sets together going in the opposite direction making sets of 4.
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