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Holiday Quilt 04 Dec 2020 08:53 #151909

HelenW OFFLINE Posts: 604 Thank you received: 1621	Building a whimsical holiday wall hanging...HelenW
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Holiday Quilt 04 Dec 2020 07:37 #151907

mamamouse1 OFFLINE Posts: 6 Thank you received: 32	Playing with leftover hst's to make a new gift for one of my friends. This star is sew much fun! ]
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Holiday Quilt 04 Dec 2020 07:28 #151906

HelenW OFFLINE Posts: 604 Thank you received: 1621	Sondra17 wrote: I certainly hope it turns out! It looks OK, but where the seams cross, it's just so thick! Sondra17, Have you tried twirling the seams at the intersections? HelenW
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Holiday Quilt 03 Dec 2020 23:37 #151903

Rhondi OFFLINE Posts: 18 Thank you received: 33	My Holiday Star in process, I just love it! Thanks Alex Attachments: 9CC68FFA-D...F22.jpeg (55KB)
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Holiday Quilt 03 Dec 2020 18:47 #151896

Sondra17 OFFLINE Posts: 10 Thank you received: 24	Thank you for taking the time to share this suggestion. I've been doing that for the last 5-4 projects and it's wonderful! However, the places where the seams cross are thick -- as in 6 layers of fabric thick. It may be because the HSTs are so small that I really notice it. We'll see how it is to quilt when I finish the top.
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Holiday Quilt 03 Dec 2020 18:43 #151895

Sondra17 OFFLINE Posts: 10 Thank you received: 24	I certainly hope it turns out! It looks OK, but where the seams cross, it's just so thick!
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Holiday Quilt 03 Dec 2020 13:21 #151892

Kurtel OFFLINE Posts: 7 Thank you received: 20	This has been so much fun! I’m making a spring one in hopes of renewal from this pandemic soon!!!
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Holiday Quilt 03 Dec 2020 10:31 #151889

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Sondra17 wrote:

This is the first time I've attempted something with so many small HSTs. Does anyone have any suggestions for pressing? The seams are awfully thick -- I've tried pressing them to the dark side and also have tried pressing them open. Open seams seem to be a little flatter, but I'm not really happy with either. Help, please?

Sondra17, One thing you might try that was a tip from Sally Collins, wrote the book Precision Piecing, is to first set the seam, then press to the dark, while still hot lay a heavy book on it until it cools. She does it assembly line like. She has several books on a table near the ironing station and that allows her to iron the next while one is cooling. I have tried it and it works well. Usually I am in too much of a hurry
to take the time but you might want to give it a try. HelenW

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Holiday Quilt 03 Dec 2020 06:26 #151886

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This is the first time I've attempted something with so many small HSTs. Does anyone have any suggestions for pressing? The seams are awfully thick -- I've tried pressing them to the dark side and also have tried pressing them open. Open seams seem to be a little flatter, but I'm not really happy with either. Help, please?[/quote]

SONDRA
Alone the seams may seem thick but when you piece them together those seams will be the same thickness and everything will look correct.

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Holiday Quilt 02 Dec 2020 23:22 #151885

Sondra17 OFFLINE Posts: 10 Thank you received: 24	Thank you, Rhondi. I'll try that, and 80 wt. in he bobbin. However, I wasn't very clear when I wrote about the seams -- the seams themselves are flat, it's the 1/4 inch seam allowances that are awfully thick. Maybe I should get a rubber mallet and pound them
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Holiday Quilt 02 Dec 2020 22:20 #151884

Rhondi OFFLINE Posts: 18 Thank you received: 33	Use Quilters’s Select 60 weight thread for piecing. Made a huge difference in ironing.
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Holiday Quilt 02 Dec 2020 19:59 #151882

Sondra17 OFFLINE Posts: 10 Thank you received: 24	This is the first time I've attempted something with so many small HSTs. Does anyone have any suggestions for pressing? The seams are awfully thick -- I've tried pressing them to the dark side and also have tried pressing them open. Open seams seem to be a little flatter, but I'm not really happy with either. Help, please?
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Holiday Quilt 02 Dec 2020 19:50 #151881

Kurtel OFFLINE Posts: 7 Thank you received: 20	Yes they are tilda Attachments: 5D381709-8...6B4.jpeg (48KB)
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Holiday Quilt 02 Dec 2020 19:49 #151880

Kurtel OFFLINE Posts: 7 Thank you received: 20	Yes my star is Tilda fabric !!
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