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Posted by Susan Laity Price on July 1, 2009, 11:37 am
Designer Jo Morton advocates clipping seams as you describe. This
always bothered me so I questioned her about it weakening the seam.
Her answer was to ask if I had every sewn a sleeve in a garment. Did I
clip the seams? Did the sleeve ever fall out? As I clip a seam now to
assist in pressing in a less bulk direction I remember Jo's question
"Did the sleeve ever fall out?"
Susan
On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:28:08 -0500, "Polly Esther"
>Only a minor thought on that one, Heidi. Nobody will die if you press
>something halfway in one direction and halfway in the other. Just clip the
>rascal seam midpoint and all will be well and behave. I wouldn't do it on
>something loosely woven and I wouldn't on something that was going to go to
>the laundry daily.
> Also. Do remember. There are just so many bias things going on in a
>Carpenter's Wheel that you must press and not iron. None of that shoving
>back and forth. Up. Down. That's it.
> Sometimes layering will help a little. That means trim one of the seam
>allowance down to 1/8". Eliminates only a little bulk. Polly
>
>> After all this time, I'm realizing that there are serious holes in my
>> knowledge and experience. Decided to do a Carpenter's Wheel quilt.
>> Points look fine stitching a row together. But I just don't seem to
>> understand how to deal with the points of two half-square triangles in
>> one row against seams in the next row. I can't alternate pressing rows
>> left and right to nest, because the triangle squares don't want to
>> play nice. (Does this make any sense?)
>>
>> What do you do? And do you press a row as you finish it or finger
>> press as needed as you put rows together and then press seriously
>> after?
>>
>> Can you recommend any place online to learn more? I thought there was
>> a Quilt U course on pressing, but I don't see it now.
>
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