Thanks so much, knew pressing was important, but didn't know how you pressed made that much difference. Thanks again.

Very good info...many thanks.

Thank you for the wonderful tut maybe I can do it now.

thank you

Ditto :thumbup:
P.S. Can you run out of "bookmark" room???

Ellen, Your simple stated, well planned and easy to follow tutorial will help so many newbies and people who have problems with patterns with points Thank you for the time you spent doing this tutorial.
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Thanks for taking the time to put together such a great tutorial--the pictures are wonderful. I'm going to have to try your method of ironing the seams open on my next pinwheel because I have never been able to consistantly get the seams to "spin" open on the back the way I was taught.

Wow! Thank you! This is the best explanation ever.

I appreciate your tutorial. I need all the help I can get!

Thank you for posting this tutorial. I was looking for some kind of guidance for pressing pinwheels a few days ago. I didn't find any help but somehow I did it the same way you did! I will be bookmarking for future reference.

Yes, I do use steam but I don't recommend that for everyone, you must use it carefully or it can mishape your blocks.

What a great tute, thanks a bunch. I will try harder to improve my locking seams, but I still pin, pin, pin!

Wow, that was great

in this first picture of the twosies for pinwheels, it looks like there's no seam allowance where the points will come together.

two pictures down, where i see them again, seam allowances are shown.

is that supposed to be that way? i always leave a seam allowance whenever i put points together, but maybe there's an easier way.

have i made a mistake?

In the first picture it is just how you should layout your HST's, they are not sewn yet, in the following pictures they are sewn.

i was looking at picture #4. where the twosies will come together in the center, won't they lose the points? two pictures down, there are seam allowances that will let them come together without losing the points. is that the way it belongs? it looks different.

Great tut! :)

In picture 4 the HST's are not sewn together, once sewn together the picture looks different. Is this what you mean?

if you look at #4, the HST points come all the way to the center edge.

in #6, there is a seam allowance shown. the seam allowance lets you bring the top row and the bottom row together without losing the points. at least, that's how i do it.

on the #4 one, where there is no seam allowance shown, won't you lose the points when you bring the top row and the bottom row together?

this is #4

this is #6. see the seam allowance. when you put this together, you keep the points.

do you mean that none of the pieces in the first picture have been sewn yet? is that what you mean?

Yes, in photo #4 I am just showing the layout of the HST's. They are not sewn together.
In photo # 6 they are sewn together.

got it. that wasn't clear.

WOW!!! Super tute!!! Thanks :)

I had been trying too figure this all out on my own and your terrific tutorial is very helpful! Thank you for creating it. I now know NOT to keep the habit learned from sewing garments of pressing the seams open.