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Hope this works for you: I try to make the centre part swirl at the back, so that it sits nicely. I don't iron anything until it is time to press the finished middle bit. My theory is that it doesn't distort or stretch if it is not ironed. Mine all sit flatly but might be out of luck rather than expertise.
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I have heard that you should stop stiching 1/4" from the center and make a twist on the inside with the seams. Also you might try starch to shrink it up some. Sharon Schambers has an excellent tut on You Tube on taking up the extra fabric in a block, I'm sure it would work for you. Check it out.
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Oh my gosh, that is breathtakingly beautiful!
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My understanding is to not stitgh through the seam allowances but end the stitching 1/4 in short of the edge of the fabric. May be easier to begin 1/4 inch in from the edge. This elinates the bulk and the tension that causes the mountain.
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Originally Posted by Kwiltergirl
I've never been able to get an answer to this question and I've asked a number of people at a number of sites. I love Lonestars, but when I try to make one I ALWAYS get this "bunched up mountain" in the very center of the star. My only solution to this problem, so far, is to cut out the center and applique something on top to cover the hole. I had to do this with my latest one and I appliqued a yellow star in the middle. It looks all right but there's got to be a better way. Anyone got any ideas or great tips I could use??
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Any of the programs I've watched suggest pressing all the seams open to help in the bluk and also "unsewing" the vertical stitches when multiple blocks are joined. This opens up the center of the seam and makes for a flat point once pressed fown. I probably haven't explained it clearly, sorry.
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Originally Posted by QuiltQtrs
When you are stitching the diamond tips, you should stop 1/4" from
end, take a couple backstitches. Then I sew the center diamonds in groups of 2, then sew the 2 into group of four. Then carefully pin the center and sew from center to one edge, and again from center to other outer edge. There is an excellent book on making Lone Star quilts by Blanche Young, I believe. An older book, but has been most helpful to me. |
beautiful!
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Originally Posted by bonniebusybee
Originally Posted by QuiltQtrs
When you are stitching the diamond tips, you should stop 1/4" from
end, take a couple backstitches. Then I sew the center diamonds in groups of 2, then sew the 2 into group of four. Then carefully pin the center and sew from center to one edge, and again from center to other outer edge. There is an excellent book on making Lone Star quilts by Blanche Young, I believe. An older book, but has been most helpful to me. |
Go to where your mountain is and take out just a few stitches, sew in another 2 or three thread widths. Do this in all the seam that are puffing out. It works and doesn't distort your star. Just be sure you just do 2 or 3 threads width and a few stitches only. Then press (don't iron) it flat. If it is still a problem, smack the remaining bulk with a hammer as others recommended. PS- don't give up because your star is BEAUTIFUL.
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