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05-13-2013, 04:43 AM
#32
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Also on four patches & nine patches ---any block where you want your seams to turn in opposite directions. As you press, allow the few stitches at the intersections to pop open so the iron can
smash them down flat. (Makes the cutest little "four-patch" on the back.) This greatly reduces
bulk, makes a smoother looking surface from the top side, and makes it easier to FMQ as your machine will glide over those intersections much more easily.
Learned this years ago in a class with Georgia Bonesteel (the original queen of QAYG). She in turn learned it from a student in Billings, MT so Georgia called it the "Billings Bonus".
smash them down flat. (Makes the cutest little "four-patch" on the back.) This greatly reduces
bulk, makes a smoother looking surface from the top side, and makes it easier to FMQ as your machine will glide over those intersections much more easily.
Learned this years ago in a class with Georgia Bonesteel (the original queen of QAYG). She in turn learned it from a student in Billings, MT so Georgia called it the "Billings Bonus".
If you iron all your seams in a clockwise direction, (or counter-clockwise, just they are all done the same) the four patches will nest with the next one no matter which way you turn the colors in the 4-patch.
05-13-2013, 05:00 AM
#34
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No question is dumb - it is so much better to ask a question about something that puzzles us - at least that way we can find out why some do it this way and some do it that way. So many times in quilting there isn't one "correct" way to do something - I can think of at least 6 different ways to do 1/2 square triangles for instance - you just pick what works best for you.
05-13-2013, 05:21 AM
#35
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I frequently use the lock stitch while using the buttonhole stitch to do machine applique on quilting projects.
It takes the place of pulling threads to the back and knotting them to secure the applique stitching.
It also saves a lot of time.
It takes the place of pulling threads to the back and knotting them to secure the applique stitching.
It also saves a lot of time.
05-13-2013, 10:58 AM
#38
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here is another quilter that does not backstitch or lock stitch. I might start running a line around the sides of a finished top though. Never thought about doing that before. I usually hand my tops on hangers in the closet until I quilt them so there is little handling of them in-between quilting sessions.
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