Do you use a leader when you piece?
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EVERY time!
Started doing this soon after I learned to sew, at age 10, and later added chain stitching (called "factory method" by my college Home Ec. teacher) when convenient to replace the leader with useful pieces. That was just a few...OK, quite a few...years ago. (Is Home Economics still taught anywhere nowadays? It's sure not in my area!)
Started doing this soon after I learned to sew, at age 10, and later added chain stitching (called "factory method" by my college Home Ec. teacher) when convenient to replace the leader with useful pieces. That was just a few...OK, quite a few...years ago. (Is Home Economics still taught anywhere nowadays? It's sure not in my area!)
#114
Originally Posted by Kristin in ME
So, I'm trying to understand what a leader is for. Is it just to keep the thread from bunching as you start sewing? Doesn't just holding the thread as you start sewing accomplish that? Or is it for something else...
Does this affect the outcome?
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I have pieces cut from another quilt I am making where I have to sew on a corner (like the snowball block). Right now I'm making a scrappy star that also has to have corners put on.... I use those as my leaders and when I'm thru with one quilt, I also have part of another one done.
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