HELP!! tired of ripping
 

I am starting my second quilt and having trouble getting the seams to match up. They match perfectly when I pin but aren't matched after sewing. I am pinning through the seam, front to back and everything looks great so I baste and it's not good, every seam is off by about 1/16 all the way down . There must be a trick or something I am missing, thanks, Arlene

Your sewing machine probably does not feed the upper and lower layers evenly.

Have you tried glue basting? I do this on the ironing board. Take a pin straight down through the two seams and into the ironing board. Place a tiny dot of Elmer's washable school glue (white glue) inside the seam allowance. Use hot iron on the seam for a few seconds to set the glue. Remove pin. Glue secures the seam for me better than a pin does.

When you take the pieces to the sewing machine, pay attention as you sew and see if the presser foot is pushing the top fabric into the seam. If it is, you will see a little ripple on top as you come to the glue. On some machines you can adjust the presser foot pressure to lighten it up. This is also why some people use a walking foot while piecing -- to make sure the two layers are feeding evenly.

Boy, Prism you are so helpful. Everyone on this board is!

What a great idea!!! Thank You so much!!

What size pins are you using? I had much more success when I switched from pins with large heads to super fine pins for seam intersections.

http://chocolatecakequiltdesigns.wor...atchwork-pins/

Ditto to what Prism said. I found that pins distort the fabric just a hair, and my seams are much more accurate when I use glue.

You might try using your walking foot for piecing if you can not adjust your regular pressure foot to feed evenly.

Perhaps the pressure on your pressure foot is to high...try lowering it a bit to allow those feed dogs to slide that fabric thru as they are designed to do....

are you nesting your seams? Or did you press open if the seams are nesting try to sew with the top seam pointing toward the foot of the machine. WOW is that clear as mud or what.:)