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Hi Kip,
When sewing your Star sections (completed rows that make up your Star) together, do not sew all the way to the end. STOP at the seam allowance. When you have them all done and made into your two sections, place them as usual... front sides together and sew your 1/4 inch seam as usual. When you lay out the completed star and turn over to press, the center should "fan out". It will look like a miniature spiral flower! Press all long seams of the completed star in the same direction! Hope this helps! Karen :) |
How about a giant rubber hammer!!!!??
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Originally Posted by magpiefeather
Make the seam a tiny bit larger as you go inwards toward the middle.
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Originally Posted by pittsburgpam
This isn't a lonestar but the same concept of all the pieces meeting in the middle. The seams are sewn as normal and they are all pressed in the same direction, it just swirls around the center. Mine don't all meet exactly but it still lays perfectly flat.
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i find pressing each seam as i sew it helps . press on a hard surface not your regular ironing board. press the back and front of the seams so you don't get any little humps. sharon shamber has a free video on how to make a small board. elanor burns has a video showing how to fan out the joining point of the seams, i've also been known to use a batting covered mallet.
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IT is gorgeous. I remember coming across this myself but don't remember the solution because it was so long ago.
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Your quilt is very beautiful! Isn't it funny how us quilters can come up with such ingenious methods to fix our problems,?, i.e. the rubber mallet. lol, very creative.
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Sometimes a "mountian" comes from just ever so slightly stretching the material as it is sewn. Try wetting the material (not just misting) and let the material dry again. You can iron while it drying but you would have to do it without stretching the material again. Good luck.
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QUILT IT DOWN!!!
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Wow! Very pretty!
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