Pressing a disappearing 9 patch
#11
Hi, bkay. Surprise I occasionally venture out of the vintage section.
Sounds like there are some options. Just for fun, I tested my googlefu and found that some will clip seams and sew one seam pressed in different direction from other end or just press each end differently. You might want to check http://mlquilters.org/documents/Split9-Patch.pdf and Question about matching seams...
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
Sounds like there are some options. Just for fun, I tested my googlefu and found that some will clip seams and sew one seam pressed in different direction from other end or just press each end differently. You might want to check http://mlquilters.org/documents/Split9-Patch.pdf and Question about matching seams...
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
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Thanks, Janey. I made up some dummy squares on paper and have figured out one way of pressing and laying them out that will work without having the conflicting seams.
You have to press the top and bottom rows in the same direction with the middle row in the opposite direction. Then, press the cross seams in the same direction. Once you slice the 9 patch, you can then flip the diagonal squares around. Then you have no matching seams at all, so you don't have to worry about it.
There may be other ways of doing it, too. I tried to figure out how you can lay it out so that it looks like it is sashed with cornerstones, but haven't gotten that one figured yet.
bkay
p.s. Janey, I just looked at the pdf. you found. That layout is the one that will work with the pressing I describe above. No cutting seams or matching seams. (at least it does with paper blocks)
You have to press the top and bottom rows in the same direction with the middle row in the opposite direction. Then, press the cross seams in the same direction. Once you slice the 9 patch, you can then flip the diagonal squares around. Then you have no matching seams at all, so you don't have to worry about it.
There may be other ways of doing it, too. I tried to figure out how you can lay it out so that it looks like it is sashed with cornerstones, but haven't gotten that one figured yet.
bkay
p.s. Janey, I just looked at the pdf. you found. That layout is the one that will work with the pressing I describe above. No cutting seams or matching seams. (at least it does with paper blocks)
Last edited by bkay; 05-15-2018 at 11:22 AM. Reason: another thought
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Don't press anything with an iron until the top is completed. Finger-press the seams as you come to them so they nest. Yes, some of them may end up going one way on one side and the opposite way on the other side. Just squash everything flat after completion. Who's going to see it once it's sandwiched and quilted?
#14
I agree with not pressing them at all until your top is done. Just doing the finger pressing as you go along. You can also press with half a wooden clothespin, using the rounded tip.
I also press from the top, not for speed, but because I had so much trouble with little folds at the seams when I pressed from the bottom. It kept throwing my accuracy off till I discovered pressing from the top first.
I also press from the top, not for speed, but because I had so much trouble with little folds at the seams when I pressed from the bottom. It kept throwing my accuracy off till I discovered pressing from the top first.
#16
I will add that I find the pressing issue shows up in most of the patterns I make, so I have learned to just deal with it and keep sewing!
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