Help again - with points
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Help again - with points
I'm doing a PP block and it's very small LOL and I'm having problems with my points ...
I've looked at lots of videos about swirling ... but from the way this is PP'd ... I'm thinking I might have problems ...
Here's the pic ... each square is made of up two triangles ... so in the middle there is TONS of fabric ... I've tried swirling, seams open, seams to one side ... and I just can't get it to work ...
if anyone has a great video link?
I DO have perfect 1/4 inch seams (for a change LOL)
thanks so much ...
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I've looked at lots of videos about swirling ... but from the way this is PP'd ... I'm thinking I might have problems ...
Here's the pic ... each square is made of up two triangles ... so in the middle there is TONS of fabric ... I've tried swirling, seams open, seams to one side ... and I just can't get it to work ...
if anyone has a great video link?
I DO have perfect 1/4 inch seams (for a change LOL)
thanks so much ...
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Do you press each seam as you sew or only finger press? Granted, I'm pretty overzealous in my pressing but I use my iron both the sewn seam as well as the reverse side after each new piece is added - even with pp'ing. I'm not sure but that may help with this particular block as there are so many joins in the center.
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I highly recommend carol doaks craftsy class. I found with pp many of the online videos were skipping precision steps and I like you wasn't getting my point and when I took her class I learned so much.
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Hello Krista!! Yes, I tried that and I have tried pressing them to one side I have tried sewing them with seams open. I was just hoping someone would have a video link that is different from the ones that I have looked at
I will take them all apart right down to the triangles and take pictures at every step
I will take them all apart right down to the triangles and take pictures at every step
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I hate to be Debbie Downer but I don't think it is ever going to lay flat. 8 pointed stars are hard enough To get a nice center and your block has more intersections. Unless it effects the overall design, I might applique a square in the center (in the blue fabric) and trim away the center of the block behind it.
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I am doing a PP BOM and having trouble.
One thing I read in my quest for information is use pins to mark where ends of seam are. You would put them straight through just to mark and hold in place. Check the middle of the seam. If everything lines up, points meet, etc, hold together with a plastic coated paper clip instead of pinning because pinning will distort, especially smaller units.
I am going to try this on the next block. I believe my seams are distorted from pinning. I did a quilt of 12" PP blocks before and didn't have much trouble but didn't have tiny pieces and multitudes of points and things to match. The BOM I'm doing right now has a ton of little things that need to match up perfectly and tiny tiny pieces and units and I can't seem to match anything!😬
One thing I read in my quest for information is use pins to mark where ends of seam are. You would put them straight through just to mark and hold in place. Check the middle of the seam. If everything lines up, points meet, etc, hold together with a plastic coated paper clip instead of pinning because pinning will distort, especially smaller units.
I am going to try this on the next block. I believe my seams are distorted from pinning. I did a quilt of 12" PP blocks before and didn't have much trouble but didn't have tiny pieces and multitudes of points and things to match. The BOM I'm doing right now has a ton of little things that need to match up perfectly and tiny tiny pieces and units and I can't seem to match anything!😬
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