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Posted by Trixie on October 4, 2009, 9:37 am
I'm making a jelly roll stars pattern and the stars are coming out great. I
am, however, nearing the time when I need to set in the Y seam sections and
I can feel my anxiety rising up. I've only done a few of these seams in the
distant past and remember a lot of reverse sewing and finally just accepting
the less-than-ideal end results, with resignation. Does anybody have a
favorite website that helped them get over the Y seam hump so you feel
proficient with them? I am being so careful with the stars and making sure
all points match, I don't want to get hung up on the Y seam or set in seams.
Thanks much!
Trixie
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Posted by Sandy on October 4, 2009, 10:33 am
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> I'm making a jelly roll stars pattern and the stars are coming out great. I
> am, however, nearing the time when I need to set in the Y seam sections and
> I can feel my anxiety rising up. I've only done a few of these seams in the
> distant past and remember a lot of reverse sewing and finally just accepting
> the less-than-ideal end results, with resignation. Does anybody have a
> favorite website that helped them get over the Y seam hump so you feel
> proficient with them? I am being so careful with the stars and making sure
> all points match, I don't want to get hung up on the Y seam or set in seams.
>
> Thanks much!
>
> Trixie
Trixie, I swear by Sharyn Craig's method (assuming you're talking about
doing this by machine), so I'd recommend seeing if you can get her
Lemoyne Star book from your local library. Jan Krentz used to have
Sharyn's method on her web site, but I can't find it now. :S
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http://www.sandymike.net
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Posted by Anne Rogers on October 4, 2009, 7:40 pm
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> Trixie, I swear by Sharyn Craig's method (assuming you're talking about
> doing this by machine), so I'd recommend seeing if you can get her
> Lemoyne Star book from your local library. Jan Krentz used to have
> Sharyn's method on her web site, but I can't find it now. :S
I definitely agree, I think she must present this method in more than
one book as I think the one I have is has 8 point stars in the name,
rather than lemoyne stars, I got it at half price books, new, not 2nd
hand, they had loads of them.
To practice I did a row of them for a row quilt swap I was in and I was
pretty impressed with how well it went. Definitely mark the quarter
inches rather than trying to eyeball them and steam the finished block!
Cheers
Anne
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Posted by Roberta on October 4, 2009, 10:39 am
No website, but I am the Duchess of Y-seams :-) Take a deep breath, it
won't be that bad. The trick is to mark a point on all relevant seams
a scant quarter inch before the edge, and match those marks precisely.
Then don't stitch any farther! 2 or 3 stitches in place right at that
point will secure the threads. (Backstitching just adds bulk.) Do each
"arm" separately, don't try to stitch across the intersection. 2nd
tip: don't worry about pressing until you have all 3 "arms" of the Y
stitched. Then press the "stem" of the Y open and the 2 right-angle
arms toward the stem, if that makes sense.
The way to feel proficient is to do a LOT of them! After the first
few, you probably won't have to mark your match points.
Roberta in D
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>I'm making a jelly roll stars pattern and the stars are coming out great. I
>am, however, nearing the time when I need to set in the Y seam sections and
>I can feel my anxiety rising up. I've only done a few of these seams in the
>distant past and remember a lot of reverse sewing and finally just accepting
>the less-than-ideal end results, with resignation. Does anybody have a
>favorite website that helped them get over the Y seam hump so you feel
>proficient with them? I am being so careful with the stars and making sure
>all points match, I don't want to get hung up on the Y seam or set in seams.
>Thanks much!
>Trixie
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Posted by Patti on October 4, 2009, 10:57 am
Well, as usual, I don't have a website to send you to; but I can tell
you that I have never had any wrinkly 'Y' seams since I started in the
middle of the Y, and go to each end separately. I believe it is so
critical that you start sewing in *exactly the right spot, if you start
at an end and pivot in the middle, that it is not worth the trying to
save a stop and start. Try it, start from the centre, as a millimetre
at the end doesn't make *nearly as much difference as a millimetre wrong
at the centre point.
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>I'm making a jelly roll stars pattern and the stars are coming out great. I
>am, however, nearing the time when I need to set in the Y seam sections and
>I can feel my anxiety rising up. I've only done a few of these seams in the
>distant past and remember a lot of reverse sewing and finally just accepting
>the less-than-ideal end results, with resignation. Does anybody have a
>favorite website that helped them get over the Y seam hump so you feel
>proficient with them? I am being so careful with the stars and making sure
>all points match, I don't want to get hung up on the Y seam or set in seams.
>Thanks much!
>Trixie
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Best Regards
pat on the hill
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> am, however, nearing the time when I need to set in the Y seam sections and
> I can feel my anxiety rising up. I've only done a few of these seams in the
> distant past and remember a lot of reverse sewing and finally just accepting
> the less-than-ideal end results, with resignation. Does anybody have a
> favorite website that helped them get over the Y seam hump so you feel
> proficient with them? I am being so careful with the stars and making sure
> all points match, I don't want to get hung up on the Y seam or set in seams.
>
> Thanks much!
>
> Trixie