Jeanne, That is very clear - thank you. Now, just tell me this again just before I iron please. I also seem to iron to the wrong side for this to work. But now that I understand it hopefully I'll have better luck. Thanks!
Lynn
I love your sewing strategy! Sympathies on the eye surgery. I've been through a course of the drops, which worked to bring the pressure down to "normal" but gave me trigger thumb! (Fortunately cleared up when I no longer took the drops.) Don't know if I could face the surgery -you are brave! Roberta in D
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Lynn, if its just for a four patch... set it up for sewing and if its not got that upper seam ready to pass under the needle first, turn the whole thing around, no dont flip it over, turn it around right there on the bed of the sewing machine and sew the other side of the four patch. the majority of the fabric out to the left of the needle, a 1/4" to the right, upper seam away from you. now go for it, Lynn. i'm sure once you do it, all will become clear......grasshopper :) keep me advised how it worked. hugz, jeanne
most happy to be of service. so few ways i can with quilting but this made complete sense to me soon as i tried it out. aint it great when a small trick can improve your quilts that wee bit. i think learning all the right ways to press the different seams within a block is a real learning curve. i dont always get it right either, sometimes i will snip the seam allowance on the diagonal back just near to the seam, then press half one way, half the other way. on a 4 patch you can turn the thing around and sew it so they nestle right and wont make any diff to a 4 patch at all. other seams on a block it makes a difference and i've yet to work out the best side to press each to so they work. it isnt always pressing to the dark, much as we'd like it to be that easy, lol. cheers, jeanne
snorfle, anything for a chuckle. happy i could do that for you today. try one four patch and see how it works for you vs the other way round. cheers, jeanne
Oh, that might work if I knew how to use the walking foot. My old Pfaff Hobbymatic 950, (12 years old and not been used but once until now) don't even see any info about them anymore, came with one, also. Now I might have to figure out what to do with it and see if that helps me.
Jacquel>Use a walking foot to get past that feed
Jacqueline
Big Foot in VA more like :-)
Hanne > Jacqueline:
Yes, do, Jacqueline, because they really are enormously helpful. Never thought of it in this particular context before - but great idea PAT. However, apart from all the quilting types they are good for, they are great for sewing on bindings, where there are lots of layers. They are perfectly straightforward to use. Once they're on, just treat them like a regular foot. Only thing to remember is to get the top bar (it's usually quite obvious) *above* the needle screw/fixing arrangement. . In message , Jacqueline writes
that sounds sensible. my machine doesnt have the IDF and i dont use the walking foot except for quilting as it does not behave well sometimes. just my inexperience with it tho. thank goodness we have more than one choice these days. cheers, jeanne
Pat, I didn't ever tell you I was the smartest knife in the drawer did I? I admit I am not stupid but, and I know this is going to sound silly, when I go to working with my sewing machine, I miss my mother so much. I have one of those on the back of my machine too and if I had said that to my mother she would have said, Jacqueline you have that. Why did I not learn to do this when she was alive. I think I have the next best thing, you folks helping me, but it would have been a lot easier to be able to ask her questions.
That's something for you younger folks and older one's too that still have your parents to find out now, learn all you can from them because when they are gone or even their memory is gone, you don't have them to ask and that is a big shocker too. There is not a day that goes by that I don't say I wish I could ask Mother this or I wish I could ask her that. So ask them while they are alive because that is the only chance you have to learn from them.
Jacqueline
Jacqueline
BTW Pat, Thanks for pointing it out to me.
I am off my soap box now.
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Jacqueline
Good for you, J!!
Jacqueline, are you going to be in the new directory?? Or please send me your address, I think I have some fabric that would work for your dad's quilt.
Pati, > Thanks for the tip. I actually didn't pin the first three and I did
Pati, I replied to you in email, if this is your real email address. I do not know if I will be in the directory or not, I did get the reply email but then later I saw a post by Alice that said this does not mean you made it to the directory. I am keeping my fingers crossed and will be disappointed if I don't make it but at the same time it won't kill me and I will just wait until next time to make it. Hey that will give me another full year to collect fabric for mailings and maybe by then I will know how to cut fabric, and even make a block other than four squares sewn together to make a 4 square block.
Thanks for thinking of me when it comes to fabric, I am still building my stash but it is getting bigger.
Jacqueline
Jacqueline
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