sewing squares
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If your seams aren't matching because the top fabric always seems to 'walk' a bit further than the bottom fabric, try pinning the center, pin the last edge, and piece with your walking foot.
Jan in VA
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Originally Posted by wolfkitty
I sometimes get in a hurry, and get a bit careless on my 1/4 seams, and I think that throws me off. Maybe that's part of it.
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Originally Posted by frugalfabrics
When I sew 4-patch square sets together, I always match the 2 pieces together from the center...that way the intersection of the 4 squares always looks good.
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I like to butt the two seams together and use two pins, one on each side of the intersecting seam to really hold it in place and prevent any shifting. I find that using two pins makes a difference and I seldom have seams that do not match.
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I use a tiny dot of white glue in the seamline instead of pins; helps me line up intersections better. To do this, use Elmer's white washable school glue and seal the seam closed with the heat from an iron. Just make sure the dot is tiny; it doesn't take much to "glue pin" a seam.
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I always butt my seams, but, some days that isn't even enough. So rather than rip out the whole seam, I put a couple of stitches at the seams, check to make sure they are aligned and then sew the whole block. I have also tried pinning the seams, but had trouble doing that to. By just sewing a couple of stitches over the seam, the worst that happens is I rip out couple of stitches instead of the whole thing.
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Reading these, I can still hear Eleanor Burns saying, "wiggle, wiggle, wiggle" as she would match up two pieces with seams pressed opposite. That was in the good ol' days when I could still get PBS, (sigh).
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