Originally Posted by
luckydiver17
What is everyone's secret on how to sew your rows so that your seams line up perfectly? I press my seams open and am just working with squares, nothing fancy. I have tried pinning, not pinning, etc but it seems like things still shift/stretch by the time the needle goes over the seam. I have resorted to sewing over JUST the seam so I have less stitches to rip out if it doesn't line up and then going back and sewing the rest of the line once my seams are lined up which is taking forever. If you can't tell, I'm a perfectionist
I am neither expert nor perfectionist but here goes. I have a lot of trouble matching seams on my rag quilt. They're so bulky. I saw on SWN a tip she Gave. In addition to pinning on either side of the seam and nesting try a u shaped pin (tidy pin) for both sides of the seam with the same pin. They're inexpensive from WM or JF. Pinning either side worked pretty well on the last rag quilt I made but I'm going to try the tidy pins next time.