what did I do wrong? Help
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http://www.allthingsfrugal.com/pinwheel.htm
This site really helped me get my pinwheels to look much better. Not perfect, but usable.
This site really helped me get my pinwheels to look much better. Not perfect, but usable.
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If the last seam you sewed was the up-down one in the picture, then just sewing over this seam taking up more seam allowance should fix this problem. When you are making a seam deeper, you can just sew again -- no need to rip out the first one.
If the last seam you sewed was the left-right one, then it looks to me as if your seam allowance was too small when you sewed the two half-square triangle blocks together. You would have to rip out the last seam, then re-sew the remaining two seams with a wider seam allowance.
Also, it looks as if these blocks got a lot of handling. Starching before cutting and/or starching when ironing seams should help prevent the pieces from being stretched out of shape.
If the last seam you sewed was the left-right one, then it looks to me as if your seam allowance was too small when you sewed the two half-square triangle blocks together. You would have to rip out the last seam, then re-sew the remaining two seams with a wider seam allowance.
Also, it looks as if these blocks got a lot of handling. Starching before cutting and/or starching when ironing seams should help prevent the pieces from being stretched out of shape.
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Over the weekend I picked up a little magnet gadget that sits right next to your machines needle after you measure from the needle what size seam you want, I am hoping this helps w/ my scant 1/4 seams. I have a older kenmore so its not computerized, I would be leery to to use any magnet on a computerized machine, I have heard both ok to use & not ok to use...not sure.
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it looks like the fabric wasn't cut on grain and the edges got a little stretched out.
then where the hst came together to make points, that 1/4" went missing because of the stretching.
then where the hst came together to make points, that 1/4" went missing because of the stretching.
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Originally Posted by skavanau
I made this square and my points dont come together...Im frustrated. What did I do wrong?
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