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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Pressing seams open

I was in such a hurry to get my previous post done before I left to get my hair cut that I forgot to answer the question that came up in the comments yesterday. I press the seams open rather than to one side in any piece that has LOTS of close together seams. This way it just feels like one flat piece of fabric instead a piece with a lot of lumps. It also makes it easier to quilt through. Otherwise in my piecing I press my seams to one side when there is a lot of space between seams.
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8 comments:

  1. UnknownSeptember 16, 2008 at 9:17 AM

    Amen! Sometimes you just have to press those seams open!

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  2. Julia WoodSeptember 16, 2008 at 10:18 AM

    I love your work! Exuberant is the perfect word for it!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2008 at 12:45 PM

    Always press a seam open... Then press to one side or the other if situation calls for it. That is what I was taught so many, many, many years ago when I was in college.

    To this day I always press seams open and leave open.

    J~MT

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  4. Susan LoftinSeptember 16, 2008 at 2:40 PM

    I love your colorful quilts.
    I have given your blog the "Kreativ Blogger Award". Check out my http://sunrisequiltstudio.blogspot.com blog for details.
    Susan

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  5. Paula, the quilterSeptember 16, 2008 at 4:27 PM

    I press seams open when I do kaleidoscope blocks and quilts. Those triangles just seem to fit better that way.

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  6. PattieSeptember 16, 2008 at 4:31 PM

    Hi Wanda -

    I know you’ll think I'm pulling your leg, but I kept thinking of you while I was in Alaska. Every time we'd run across a field of bright autumn colors, I'd think, "There's Wanda's exuberant color!"

    I just paged through your recent posts... how fun! I love the little scrappy strips you're pulling together. You’ve always got something creative going on!

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  7. Kay Koeper SorensenSeptember 17, 2008 at 12:46 AM

    I love the composition with your strip sets.
    It is EXUBERANT to the nth degree.
    K

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  8. SharonSeptember 17, 2008 at 1:27 AM

    I love how your strippies are coming along! The old ones blend quite well with the new ones. And thanks for the tip about pressing the seams open. Good to know!

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