Piping hot

KJ · 2009-02-21T23:06:33+00:00

I have a round robin center square that I want to turn on point for my round. Easy enough. I made some of the piping ala Susan Cleveland's method and tools. Again, easy enough. I think I've sewn myself into a corner with my next step...I sewed the piping on to two opposite sides of the block and thought I'd then sew it on to the other two sides. But what happens with the seam allowances? It seems like the seam will need to be pressed toward the center for the piping to "stand up" and not lie over the points of the previous border. If I sew on piping strips # 3and #4, I will have sewn down the piping strips from #1 and #2 strips. I have a mental block on how to accomplish what I want. I suppose I could sew the piping around the whole block much like one would do with a pillow top. But that doesn't seem like the way it should be done. And I've already cut my binding :-( Does this make any sense? I'd go ahead and try it if it were just my block...but it's someone elses'. I don't want to get it stretched out with my experimenting.

Piping hot

Feb 21, 2009 23 Replies

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Pat in Virginia 17 years ago

Kathyl: It might help to work this out in cloth. Get some small pieces you don't like and make a mock up ... maybe 6" square. This should guide you in choosing your technique. By the way ... a flat piping WILL cover those nice pointy points and will NOT go the other way and the end result is VERY annoying. I know this!! Pat in VA/USA

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KJ 17 years ago

Thanks for your advice. You are right about the piping covering the points. So I added a narrow border and added the piping over that. It really worked out great! The pictures are in my projects folder on webshots.

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Patti 17 years ago

Oh that's fabulous Kathyl. I hadn't thought to look again, after your question, to see what you did. It looks really lovely. I'm glad PAT wrote in today, or I'd have missed it. Thanks PAT! . In message , KJ writes

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KJ 17 years ago

And thank you for the kind words, Pat. I'm handing it off to someone in my small group today. I think they will like it too.

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