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03-08-2016, 08:37 AM

#1791

Fraew

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Thank you sewbizgirl and joe'smom!

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Beautiful, Fraew! I love that quilting around the edge as seen from the back. What do you mean by a swag?

I keep using the wrong term. I mean scallops.

03-20-2016, 05:41 AM

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I just cleaned up my piecing area and have been working on piecing Clue #4. I'm wondering if I should trim my rectangles before putting them together or if I should just go ahead and put them together and then trim the squares. Any suggestions?

03-20-2016, 07:18 AM

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sewbizgirl

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I find things always fit better if they are the right size before so sewing, so I'd trim, join, then trim again if necessary.

03-20-2016, 09:22 AM

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I find things always fit better if they are the right size before so sewing, so I'd trim, join, then trim again if necessary.

I agree. It's pretty important that they are trimmed at each step. (as tedious as that can be at times)

03-20-2016, 10:32 AM

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nothing is as tedious as unsewing and removing all the tiny threads........be sure both pieces/patches are the correct size before sewing together. IMHO (in my honest opinion)

03-20-2016, 11:44 AM

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joe'smom

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I think I recall some people saying it seemed to work better to just trim the completed unit. That's what I did.

03-20-2016, 11:49 AM

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joe'smom

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I found this bit (post #974) referring to trimming the finished unit rather than each component.

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I have five units done! This is going to take a bit of time. Thank you to the person who said that they don't trim until they are sewn together as a unit as that is what I am doing now and it is working better. That said, mine are not perfect, I gave myself permission to be off a smidge. It is ok, I want to be finished, not perfect.

03-20-2016, 03:24 PM

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baronreads

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Thanks for the input. I guess I'll have to figure out what will work best. I'm pretty sure I don't have any undersized rectangles as I've been randomly measuring as I do them. I guess I'll just have to try it both ways. This is such a tedious step as it is and I'm not even doing a full size quilt. I'm about 75% of the way to having all of my rectangles done. I can't WAIT till this step is done! LOL

03-20-2016, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by SunlitenSmiles

nothing is as tedious as unsewing and removing all the tiny threads........be sure both pieces/patches are the correct size before sewing together. IMHO (in my honest opinion)

Have you tried the seam ripper that has a rubber grip on the end? It works really well for the tiny threads. You just brush them away.
http://www.amazon.com/Seam-Fix-Rippe...bs_12899521_12

03-20-2016, 06:22 PM

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This is such a tedious step as it is and I'm not even doing a full size quilt. I'm about 75% of the way to having all of my rectangles done. I can't WAIT till this step is done! LOL

Yes, it was tedious. Finishing clue #4 very late at night I think was the one time I felt grumpy during the mystery (but I think that's mostly because I'd tried so hard and they were still wonky).