drj2athome wrote:
I missed a quilt I meant to admire. I went as far back as to see the tree of life by Lois. That was very nice as well. I am still at the point of having a tough time getting blocks to be the same size and getting seams to be 1/4" all the time, so it's nice to see so many people who have that down and I think the scrappy nature of this exchange makes me appreciate how beautiful scrap quilts can be.
crocus999 wrote:
Maybe talk to Rosemary about seams --- it seems that what shows on front is more important than the back - , or so it seams! I'd just wiggle them a bit, so it's right on the front. I had the same problem with my HST's, However most of the Wot Rotts were good.
Personally, I consider that the front measurements are more important than the back. When I first started on the 2009 BoM, I found myself measuring the blocks as I went along, particularly as we got into the stars. Sometime it isn't the whole seam that need undoing, just a short length of it, so I would just frog that section nudge it about & re sew and re check. Just as Sally Collins recommends, it doesn't
have to be right the first time, just the last, and if you check as you go along, you catch the problems as they happen, rather than at the end and you can be more inclined to correct it if you catch it right away.
That said, theoretically if you cut accurately, stitch accurately, press accurately then you would have the right size on the front & 1/4" seams on the back. But remember fabric does stretch, unlike paper.
It does come down to what
you personally consider to be important to the finished item. With my embroidery, I was taught to keep the backs as neat as the front, and when you do 'both side's alike' embroidery this is vital, but from my dressmaking/tailoring when fitting the human body if you need to slightly adjust the seam so that the garment lies better over the body, then I will adjust the seam, even if it means that the seam allowance is now no longer perfect, because that is what will give the best look to the garment. My piecing comes somewhere between the two, and I do for my pleasure, rather than for others to judge, and can depend on how fussy I am feeling towards the project when I am working on it. Some days my 'tolerences' are more generous than others (as in oh ***** I need to finish this, or not)
