Jbennett975

Hi Everyone,
I am making the "Woodcarvers Star" quilt by Judy Niemeyer and I am having a time getting the center to match up. Nothing I have tried works. I love this quilt but it is a pain. I need help. Any suggestions?

Tartan

Welcome from Ontario, Canada. Is it just right in the centre or the whole side of quarter doesn’t match up? If everywhere else is good, perhaps you can appliqué a little star over the center?

juliasb

Welcome to the QB from SE Michigan! I too love Judy Niemeyer quilts. I have 2 sitting here to work on. What I have discovered in finding help on something like this is to contact and Quilworx Planner and they can usually help you out. On line at the Quiltworx site there should be a list of people in your area that can be very helpful. That is what I have done so far. The virus has slowed down everything. Nancy Kloster is one Quiltworx and Katheryn Eifert Groves. Again welcome to the QB

Peckish

Have you tried steam to get the seams to relax, then pin-and-glue-dots to baste?

This is the reason why a lot of her patterns are unavailable unless you're signed up for a class. They can be very challenging and a lot of people need help. I second juliasb's suggestion to find someone through Quiltworx (Judy's pattern company) who might be able to help you.

Jingle

I avoid any difficult patterns. Guess I am too lazy and don't like to waste time trying to learn.

Welcome to this board.

NJ Quilter

I'm working on a JN quilt myself right now and having a similar issue. I've sewn the center units together and have gotten a terrible lump. I'm in the process of ripping them all apart. My plan going forward is to join 2 units; join next 2 units, etc. until I have 4 units of 2 each. Then will join 2 of the 4 unit sections. This way I can sew a seam straight across the center. Hoping this will resolve my issue. One of the biggest issues I see is that there are bias edges everywhere in the quilt. I may have to re-sew these and then all future units with my walking foot, which I normally do not use for regular sewing.

Welcome from NJ and Good Luck!

bearisgray

That looks like an extremely challenging Pattern!

NJ Quilter

As an add on to the above... While working on this today, after separating what I had already sewn together, grrr, I decided to press my units with a heavy dose of starch. I use Sta-Flo liquid mixed in a 50/50 ratio. I was very careful not to distort any of the edges. I'm able to re-sew with my regular piecing foot vs the walking foot. The heavy starch has helped tremendously. Also, I decided to press those seams open. I'm normally an open-seam-presser anyhow but can't do that with paper piecing. But the seams joining the units I'm able to press open and things are laying much, much flatter. Of course, at the moment, I'm not sure I have all the units in the proper order and decided tomorrow was another day on that score.

But definitely try the starch and open pressing and see if that improves your results. Certainly did for me.