It Doesn't Really Bother Me
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It Doesn't Really Bother Me
I try very hard for this not to happen, but once in a while the seams on the back go in different directions. As I said it isn't upsetting, since I figure once the whole thing is quilted it is not easily noticed. I wonder if it is because I am always wanting to press to the dark...
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Mine do that, I think it happens when sewing rows together and the bottom just naturally folds back when the feed dogs it them. I nest my seams, or try to, but it happens all the time! I just let it go. Like you said, after it is quilted, it doesn't show, especially after washing.
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I also press to the dark because threads from the dark seam can really show up in a light fabric. I do go back and fix any twisted seams when I find them in my final pressing. Twisted seams can cause a thread nest when you try to quilt the quilt. I just snip the few stitches at the problem seam and restitch the seam so it will lay flat.
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I try so hard to keep the seams in the right direction but they always turn when the rows go together. So I press as best I can from the back and force them into submission. Once it's quilted, nobody can tell. So I leave them.
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I also press to the dark because threads from the dark seam can really show up in a light fabric. I do go back and fix any twisted seams when I find them in my final pressing. Twisted seams can cause a thread nest when you try to quilt the quilt. I just snip the few stitches at the problem seam and restitch the seam so it will lay flat.
If I do clip, I clip each seam allowance separately so that they are not in the same place and I will reinforce the cuts with fray-chek.
A twisted seam bothers me as much as underwear put on backwards.
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