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02-20-2016, 02:46 PM

#11

Lafpeaches

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I mark if sewing with my FW. I use the laser beam if sewing with my BL crescendo.

02-20-2016, 07:56 PM

#12

quiltingshorttimer

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I have to mark it somehow --either with pencil, etc or by pressing in a crease/sew line---otherwise I end up having matching up problems later.

02-20-2016, 09:40 PM

#13

Claire123

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Yes! I always mark it. I saw this on Fons & Porter and they recommended marking it.

02-21-2016, 02:43 AM

#14

Siodach

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ManiacQuilter2

Am I just getting old?? Isn't this called snowballing??? No wonder blocks can have so many names.

Yep snowballing it is.

Stitch and flip is just one of a variety of methods of achieving the snowballing.

02-21-2016, 04:28 AM

#15

twinkie

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I agree with this method. It is the way Jenny from MSQC shows to do it. It only takes a second to do this.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bj

You can finger press the diagonal to get a sewing guide. Faster than actually marking it with a pen. I do it a lot with small bits. Sewing straight is helpful too. :0)

02-21-2016, 05:11 AM

#16

quilterpurpledog

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I don't like to rip! I find I do a whole lot less of it when I take time to mark things carefully than when I just decide to wing it. However, if you are accurate on other things without marking, give it a try.

02-21-2016, 05:50 AM

#17

ctyankee

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I just eyeball it & I rarely have a problem. (Notice I said rarely, rather than never!)

02-21-2016, 07:41 AM

#18

AZ Jane

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You can also mark the bed of your sewing machine with a piece of painters tape. I find that helps also!!

02-21-2016, 02:57 PM

#19

madamekelly

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Since I drive a sewing machine about the as straight as I do a car, (which is why I gave up my license), I draw nearly all my stitching lines with a #2 pencil on light sand paper. Works for me.