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How to Adjust Your Seam Allowance

We've been talking about the need to adjust the seam allowance when your patchwork isn't coming out accurately. If you own an HQ Stitch 710, we covered this in an earlier post. But if you own a different machine, there are two ways to adjust a seam allowance. Many times, my students aren't aware that [...]

2018-09-24T13:45:53-06:00October 2nd, 2018|Quilting 101, Uncategorized|0 Comments

That Pesky Seam Allowance

I taught at a retreat earlier this month, and some of my students struggled with their seam allowance. More specifically, they couldn't wrap their head around the idea of measuring the patchwork instead of measuring the quarter-inch. Do you understand the difference? I gave them this exercise. Use patches cut 1-1/2" x 2-1/2"; five from [...]

2018-09-24T09:06:00-06:00September 24th, 2018|Quilting 101|1 Comment
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