Allietare! - Bonnie Hunter's 2015 Mystery Quilt
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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?
#1793
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.
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I found this bit (post #974) referring to trimming the finished unit rather than each component.
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.
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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
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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).
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