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Old 01-30-2011, 05:16 AM
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geckogirl
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Originally Posted by Cuddly Quilter
I am not sure that you did sew your squares sizes wrong. Try this : Firstly did you use a 1/4" inch foot and make ALL your seams the same size? Secondly before you stitch the rows together, i use a PIN and i pin the two joining strips together and put the pin where my 1/4" seam allowance stitching line will be. I then turn the material over and see if the triangles match point to point. If NOT, then i move one of the fabrics up a little or down a little till the points meet, then i re pin and then stitch. This is how i work for mine. Hoping this does help. Maybe someone can assist further. Good luck. Love your material.
I did all of the above ... minus the pinning and removing ...

Apparently I did not take into account that when you are using triangles and sewing on the diagonal your square has to be a little bit larger or when you sew it next to a square it will not be the size it needs to be ...

I am going to make another one tonight and see if I can get it :)

Thanks!!
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