How does one make a Lonestar withOUT the mountain in the middle?
11-21-2010, 04:13 PM
#61
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Hi Kip,
When sewing your Star sections (completed rows that make up your Star) together, do not sew all the way to the end. STOP at the seam allowance. When you have them all done and made into your two sections, place them as usual... front sides together and sew your 1/4 inch seam as usual. When you lay out the completed star and turn over to press, the center should "fan out". It will look like a miniature spiral flower! Press all long seams of the completed star in the same direction!
Hope this helps!
Karen :)
When sewing your Star sections (completed rows that make up your Star) together, do not sew all the way to the end. STOP at the seam allowance. When you have them all done and made into your two sections, place them as usual... front sides together and sew your 1/4 inch seam as usual. When you lay out the completed star and turn over to press, the center should "fan out". It will look like a miniature spiral flower! Press all long seams of the completed star in the same direction!
Hope this helps!
Karen :)
11-21-2010, 04:21 PM
#64
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Location: N.W. Florida
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Originally Posted by pittsburgpam
This isn't a lonestar but the same concept of all the pieces meeting in the middle. The seams are sewn as normal and they are all pressed in the same direction, it just swirls around the center. Mine don't all meet exactly but it still lays perfectly flat.
11-21-2010, 05:10 PM
#65
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i find pressing each seam as i sew it helps . press on a hard surface not your regular ironing board. press the back and front of the seams so you don't get any little humps. sharon shamber has a free video on how to make a small board. elanor burns has a video showing how to fan out the joining point of the seams, i've also been known to use a batting covered mallet.
11-21-2010, 06:08 PM
#68
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Location: Green Bay, WI
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Sometimes a "mountian" comes from just ever so slightly stretching the material as it is sewn. Try wetting the material (not just misting) and let the material dry again. You can iron while it drying but you would have to do it without stretching the material again. Good luck.
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