I have never quilted. For fun and to experiment i am making a diamond shapes pillow cover. That is checker board pattern of swatches turned 45 degrees and then cut to pillow shape pattern to make cover.
the question is regarding the assembly of checker board pattern (? a classic quilting design i believe ?)
i will make 4" checker pattern so i have a two stacks of 4 3/4 " square pieces (Burgundy/Navy). i need my 4" checker board assembly to be (6 x 6) to cover the pillow in the diamond style.
I tried some practice square pieces to figure out how to assemble the checker board and ran into problems at the seams/corners etc
- tried building the square from center out. join two pieces, join two other pieces join those two etc... but the seams cause problems.
A. if i overlap i get a not so pretty bump/pucker at the corners
B. if i stagger the seams that is push the allowance flopped one way and one seam allowance flopped the other way.... it is dificult to stop the under side seam flaps from being shifted by feed dog when it comes through. so you get jumble or racking of the seam material at the corners again.
- tried making long strips of squares and then join two strips but then the stitches are not straight and i still get seam join problems
so is ther a proper way to join the squares into a strong and (
**square** ) checker board shape.thanks for any help, robb