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Posted by Polly Esther on September 18, 2007, 10:37 am
Brevity isn't my strong suit but I'm going to try. The quilt top I'm
assembling is an 'on point' design. Putting it together is a challenge and
a lot of fun - but - I just realized that all of the outside block edges
must be trimmed on the diagonal after it is assembled.
That is going to leave me with hundreds of bias edges. Oh woe is me.
What Ever can I do to prevent a rippled lettuce? Is there a neat trick
where I can stitch the diagonals to something Very stable before I cut? My
mind has toyed with water soluble thread and twill tape, an iron-on water
soluble stabilizer . . . masking tape, duct tape . . . just all kinds of
solutions that are (or seem to be flawed).
help me, help me Polly
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Posted by KJ on September 18, 2007, 11:04 am
Oh Gosh Polly! What a pain in the neck. I guess you forgot those outside
setting triangles are squares cut from corner to corner....quarter squares.
That way the outside edge in on grain. Next time.
Back to the current matter.....what about getting some of the water soluble
stabilizer and sewing that to your outside pieces? This stuff feels like a
paper stabilizer but dissolves into teeny fibers when soaked in water. You
could sew on either side of the cutting line and then cut. I would even try
the water soluble basting spray to anchor the stabilizer before sewing.
Maybe that's overkill. Now, where to get the stabilizer?
I have bought some from Ricky Tims and Sharon Schamber at quilt shows. But
I'm sure you can order it online somewhere other than their sites if you
don't want to order it directly from them. Couldn't find it on Ricky's
site on my first glance, but here is the stuff Sharon sells.
http://www.sharonschamber.com/accessories.htm
I think after cutting my block, I'd trim the stabilzer away up to the
stitched line and save it for other uses...like Sharon's applique method.
Good Luck....I'm sure this is clear as mud.
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> Brevity isn't my strong suit but I'm going to try. The quilt top I'm
> assembling is an 'on point' design. Putting it together is a challenge
> and a lot of fun - but - I just realized that all of the outside block
> edges must be trimmed on the diagonal after it is assembled.
> That is going to leave me with hundreds of bias edges. Oh woe is me.
> What Ever can I do to prevent a rippled lettuce? Is there a neat trick
> where I can stitch the diagonals to something Very stable before I cut?
> My mind has toyed with water soluble thread and twill tape, an iron-on
> water soluble stabilizer . . . masking tape, duct tape . . . just all
> kinds of solutions that are (or seem to be flawed).
> help me, help me Polly
>
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Posted by Bonnie Patterson on September 18, 2007, 1:11 pm
What about stay stitching? I'm sure that those of us in the US, who
went to school in the dark ages, had home ec and had to sew something
that included stay stitching.
Bonnie, in Middletown. VA
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>Oh Gosh Polly! What a pain in the neck. I guess you forgot those outside
>setting triangles are squares cut from corner to corner....quarter squares.
>That way the outside edge in on grain. Next time.
>Back to the current matter.....what about getting some of the water soluble
>stabilizer and sewing that to your outside pieces? This stuff feels like a
>paper stabilizer but dissolves into teeny fibers when soaked in water. You
>could sew on either side of the cutting line and then cut. I would even try
>the water soluble basting spray to anchor the stabilizer before sewing.
>Maybe that's overkill. Now, where to get the stabilizer?
>I have bought some from Ricky Tims and Sharon Schamber at quilt shows. But
>I'm sure you can order it online somewhere other than their sites if you
>don't want to order it directly from them. Couldn't find it on Ricky's
>site on my first glance, but here is the stuff Sharon sells.
>http://www.sharonschamber.com/accessories.htm
>I think after cutting my block, I'd trim the stabilzer away up to the
>stitched line and save it for other uses...like Sharon's applique method.
>Good Luck....I'm sure this is clear as mud.
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Posted by Tia Mary on September 18, 2007, 2:54 pm
Bonnie Patterson wrote:
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> What about stay stitching? I'm sure that those of us in the US, who
> went to school in the dark ages, had home ec and had to sew something
> that included stay stitching.
>
> Bonnie, in Middletown. VA
Even doing the stay stitching can result in wonky edges after the
block has been trimmed. The only certain way I know of (and I have done
a LOT of sewing with bias edges) is to put strips of tissue paper cut
the appropriate length along the basting/cutting line. Baste the tissue
right next to the cutting line and then cut the block. LEAVE the tissue
paper on until the next portion of fabric is sewn to all of those bias
edges.
Now, you can use Solvy that is water or heat soluble (you'd still
need to leave it on until those bias edges have been sewn to something)
but that can get to be *very* expensive if there are a lot of bias
edges. That's why I recommend tissue paper. I save up old tissue from
gift boxes and cut it into long strips that are about 2" wide. I have
found from experience that using strips any narrower are just too
*$&%^$*$)% difficult to deal with. I'm not sure Polly wants or needs to
go to all that much trouble but it's just an idea I thought I'd toss out
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in case one of you had a need in the future :-). CiaoMeow >^;;^<
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PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
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Posted by Patti on September 18, 2007, 11:07 am
Not quite sure what you mean Polly?
However, if you mean you are not using setting triangles, but are using
blocks and will just cut them off along their diagonals (almost!), then
I suggest you sew a row of stay-stitching along the actual diagonal (you
will be cutting a quarter of an inch away from the diagonal for the seam
allowance I presume?). If you placed it just a thread or two into the
seam allowance, you wouldn't even have to unpick it.
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>Brevity isn't my strong suit but I'm going to try. The quilt top I'm
>assembling is an 'on point' design. Putting it together is a challenge and
>a lot of fun - but - I just realized that all of the outside block edges
>must be trimmed on the diagonal after it is assembled.
> That is going to leave me with hundreds of bias edges. Oh woe is me.
> What Ever can I do to prevent a rippled lettuce? Is there a neat trick
>where I can stitch the diagonals to something Very stable before I cut? My
>mind has toyed with water soluble thread and twill tape, an iron-on water
>soluble stabilizer . . . masking tape, duct tape . . . just all kinds of
>solutions that are (or seem to be flawed).
> help me, help me Polly
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill
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> assembling is an 'on point' design. Putting it together is a challenge
> and a lot of fun - but - I just realized that all of the outside block
> edges must be trimmed on the diagonal after it is assembled.
> That is going to leave me with hundreds of bias edges. Oh woe is me.
> What Ever can I do to prevent a rippled lettuce? Is there a neat trick
> where I can stitch the diagonals to something Very stable before I cut?
> My mind has toyed with water soluble thread and twill tape, an iron-on
> water soluble stabilizer . . . masking tape, duct tape . . . just all
> kinds of solutions that are (or seem to be flawed).
> help me, help me Polly
>