Stitch and Flip Corner Methods
08-01-2022, 06:39 AM
#11
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: South Dakota
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I much prefer not using the folded corner method, however I'm currently doing a pattern that uses it extensively, Dinosaurs by Elizabeth Hartman, and it would be a lot of work to figure out another method. I find that I have to sew just to the side of the middle line, or my corners end up too small. I don't mark, just use the stitching lines on my sewing table (it's a decal that goes over the machine bed). I line up the target corner just over the stitching guideline. I use my regulars ruler to trim off the corners, to leave a 1/4" allowance. So far everything is coming out fine.
08-01-2022, 05:32 PM
#13
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Join Date: May 2022
Location: Northeast
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Originally Posted by Irishrose2
I prefer the square sewn to the corner and the excess cut off. I know it wastes fabric, but it comes out so exact that way. I fold and press my diagonal rather than draw a line. I sew two threads off the fold toward the corner. That allows the fold to use up a little space.
