Sewing your blocks/rows together
#21
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: SW TN
Posts: 592
It appears several of us sew our tops together into squares, then bigger squares....to me known as the Mary Ellen Hopkins "Twosie-Foursie" Method. This cuts down on the amount of seams you have to abut in rows across the quilt, which, indeed, makes the quilt fit better, squarer.
Jan in VA
Jan in VA
#25
I hadn't thought of alternating rows, but will try it soon. I learned a good way to be sure your blocks line up perfectly, and learned it here on the qb.
Baste the blocks together with big basting stitches. It really holds them in place well, and not nearly the 'taking out.'
Mariah
Baste the blocks together with big basting stitches. It really holds them in place well, and not nearly the 'taking out.'
Mariah
#26
It appears several of us sew our tops together into squares, then bigger squares....to me known as the Mary Ellen Hopkins "Twosie-Foursie" Method. This cuts down on the amount of seams you have to abut in rows across the quilt, which, indeed, makes the quilt fit better, squarer.
Jan in VA
Jan in VA
I too learned this from Mary Ellen. Thanks Jan.
#27
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Manitoba
Posts: 281
I chain piece my tops. I sew column 1 block 1 to column 2 block 1, then chain piece column 1 row 2 to column 2 row 2, then column 1 row 3, etc the length of the quilt. Now you have column 1 and 2 chain pieced together. Then I add column 3. So...take the column 1 and 2 section and add column 3 block 1 to the top, column 3 block 2 next, etc.
I do this for the entire quilt and you end up with a completely chain pieced top. I now know which way to press the seams and they match up! If for any reason you mess up, just stitch near the end of the oproblematic one and keep going. If this makes no sense or you want a diagram, let me know and I will try to draw it out. This method has helped me make straighter quilts!
I do this for the entire quilt and you end up with a completely chain pieced top. I now know which way to press the seams and they match up! If for any reason you mess up, just stitch near the end of the oproblematic one and keep going. If this makes no sense or you want a diagram, let me know and I will try to draw it out. This method has helped me make straighter quilts!
#30
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Southern, Utah
Posts: 1,233
I chain piece mine in columns causing a web effect. I don't need as many pins in doing it this way and the seams match up easier for me. Bonnie Hunter has a tutorial on her website on how this is done. My other method has been the same as Jan described. Both method have served me very well.
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