HELP!! tired of ripping
06-11-2014, 05:59 AM
#23
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Seale, Alabama
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I just finished a top for my DD and have a few seams that are off just a tad. Sure wish this post would have been on here before I started that. This is my second quilt too. I think the glue method will be for my next one.
06-11-2014, 06:43 AM
#24
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Location: Hamburg,Western New York State
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When I am sewing a row of matching seams, I mesh the joinings and sew maybe five stitches and then go on to the next joint. Open it and check that the joints are correct and then I sew the completed seam. A little extra work but saves me a lot of frustration.
06-11-2014, 07:28 AM
#26
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Location: Michigan
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Your sewing machine probably does not feed the upper and lower layers evenly.
Have you tried glue basting? I do this on the ironing board. Take a pin straight down through the two seams and into the ironing board. Place a tiny dot of Elmer's washable school glue (white glue) inside the seam allowance. Use hot iron on the seam for a few seconds to set the glue. Remove pin. Glue secures the seam for me better than a pin does.
When you take the pieces to the sewing machine, pay attention as you sew and see if the presser foot is pushing the top fabric into the seam. If it is, you will see a little ripple on top as you come to the glue. On some machines you can adjust the presser foot pressure to lighten it up. This is also why some people use a walking foot while piecing -- to make sure the two layers are feeding evenly.
Have you tried glue basting? I do this on the ironing board. Take a pin straight down through the two seams and into the ironing board. Place a tiny dot of Elmer's washable school glue (white glue) inside the seam allowance. Use hot iron on the seam for a few seconds to set the glue. Remove pin. Glue secures the seam for me better than a pin does.
When you take the pieces to the sewing machine, pay attention as you sew and see if the presser foot is pushing the top fabric into the seam. If it is, you will see a little ripple on top as you come to the glue. On some machines you can adjust the presser foot pressure to lighten it up. This is also why some people use a walking foot while piecing -- to make sure the two layers are feeding evenly.
Your method of glue basting is the way I do most of my seams that need matching. Works like a charm, I started doing this years ago when working on a memory quilt of all sorts of fabrics and the seams just would not stay lined up no matter how well I pinned. I was at a retreat and I got the nickname of "glue lady" as no one had ever seen this done before and I just did it out of frustration. White school glue is now my best quilting buddy.
06-11-2014, 08:11 AM
#27
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Location: Phoenix, AZ
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I use those Clover superfine pins- they are awesome BUT the fork pins are just amazing for those intersections. I was taught to pin on either side of intersections but the fork pin replaces both pins! The fabric stays right where you want it and it helps keep the fabric underneath from flipping to the opposite direction too!
http://www.amazon.com/Clover-Fork-Pi...over+fork+pins
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06-11-2014, 08:32 AM
#29
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Location: Burke, Va
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Nancys notions has the fork pins. They are slightly bent. I got some U shaped pins at walmart not as fancy but may work as well. I haven't tried them yet.U pins are used for jewelry displays. If they work for you you can get 1000 for about 10 dollars on amazon or ebay.
Last edited by mengler; 06-11-2014 at 08:35 AM.
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