Pin Wheel Practice Squares...
02-08-2011, 11:36 AM
#22
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It looks great! Sounds like you're like me....picky...LOL. I want everything I make to be perfect and I get frustrated with myself when it isn't...which it NEVER is!!
I use the Easy Pinwheel block method from Missouri Star Quilt Co. There is a great tutorial on their web. It's so much easier than how you're doing them. Be sure to use a lot of starch on those bias edges :)
I use the Easy Pinwheel block method from Missouri Star Quilt Co. There is a great tutorial on their web. It's so much easier than how you're doing them. Be sure to use a lot of starch on those bias edges :)
02-08-2011, 11:48 AM
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You will be making perfect pinwheels by the time you finish!
Practice makes perfect and all that. They look good to me and I'd use them in my quilt!
Something to try is to press your center seams open instead of to the side for less bulk in the middle.
See if that helps.
Practice makes perfect and all that. They look good to me and I'd use them in my quilt!
Something to try is to press your center seams open instead of to the side for less bulk in the middle.
See if that helps.
02-08-2011, 12:05 PM
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mythreesuns, that's how mine look and like you for a while I agonised over getting that final point 'perfect' - then I told myself they looked fantastic and sewed up more just like that one...
Your pinwheels are perfect just the way they are :)
Your pinwheels are perfect just the way they are :)
02-08-2011, 01:46 PM
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I love pinwheels, and other HST blocks. Even that small discrepancy would also drive me crazy. Try this.
When you are pinning to combine your subunits, make sure the seam allowance that is on top 'faces' the machine needle. Another way to say it is that the needle comes to the seam allowance before the previous seams.
If you want to have the seam allowance the other way because you will end up with dark under light, clip that previous seam allowance close to the new seam.
Doing it this way is no harder, but it looks much more impressive when the points meet exactly.
If this is not a clear statement, let me know and I'll post pix. I figured this one out for myself then saw it on Simply Quilts, back in the day. The reason is that once the seam allowance is locked in place with a stitch, the pressure foot can't push the upper seam allowance away from the lower one.
When you are pinning to combine your subunits, make sure the seam allowance that is on top 'faces' the machine needle. Another way to say it is that the needle comes to the seam allowance before the previous seams.
If you want to have the seam allowance the other way because you will end up with dark under light, clip that previous seam allowance close to the new seam.
Doing it this way is no harder, but it looks much more impressive when the points meet exactly.
If this is not a clear statement, let me know and I'll post pix. I figured this one out for myself then saw it on Simply Quilts, back in the day. The reason is that once the seam allowance is locked in place with a stitch, the pressure foot can't push the upper seam allowance away from the lower one.
02-08-2011, 02:20 PM
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missgigglewings...thats the one I am talking about..when others have posted pics...theirs all look awesome.
QM sorry I do not understand what your trying to explain to me.
I am by far not a perfectionist...but I would like to be close. ha ha ha
It is just everyones quilts on here look so awesome..and I would love mine to be the same way.
QM sorry I do not understand what your trying to explain to me.
I am by far not a perfectionist...but I would like to be close. ha ha ha
It is just everyones quilts on here look so awesome..and I would love mine to be the same way.
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