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Posted by Karen, Queen of Squishies on November 17, 2009, 1:30 pm
I have realized that I'm not exactly sure how to approach the assembly
of this Jinny Beyer quilt top. The directions just say lay it out and
sew it together. Hmmm. There must be some way of going about it that
would be easier than other ways. Should I just go up one side block by
block, attempting a sort of row by row assembly? There are hardly any
straight seams, only y-seams. I don't mind those, but don't want to
complicate things for myself either.
Karen, Queen of Squishies
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Posted by Louise in Iowa on November 17, 2009, 1:52 pm
I think I'd start with by sewing the 8-point stars and then setting in the
nine-patches. It should go together fairly well, I think, until you get to
the nine-patches that are shared between two stars. That could get a little
fiddly, but you can handle it.
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Louise in Iowa
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> I have realized that I'm not exactly sure how to approach the assembly of
> this Jinny Beyer quilt top. The directions just say lay it out and sew it
> together. Hmmm. There must be some way of going about it that would be
> easier than other ways. Should I just go up one side block by block,
> attempting a sort of row by row assembly? There are hardly any straight
> seams, only y-seams. I don't mind those, but don't want to complicate
> things for myself either.
> Karen, Queen of Squishies
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Posted by NightMist on November 17, 2009, 4:49 pm
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:30:22 GMT, "Karen, Queen of Squishies"
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>I have realized that I'm not exactly sure how to approach the assembly
>of this Jinny Beyer quilt top. The directions just say lay it out and
>sew it together. Hmmm. There must be some way of going about it that
>would be easier than other ways. Should I just go up one side block by
>block, attempting a sort of row by row assembly? There are hardly any
>straight seams, only y-seams. I don't mind those, but don't want to
>complicate things for myself either.
For the sake of stability, I would do it in sets. Connect two
diamonds, and add the nine patch that goes between them, then connect
two sets of those and add add another nine patch. Assuming you are
dealing with miters from the star to the corners, I would finish it
out to the borders, then connect the halves adding the last two nine
patches. That is a tough call though.
With that many angled seams I would just be more comfortable working
with sections for as long as possible, because drag can really throw
you off. I might try doing it in quarters rather than halves, and
then put in the last four nine patches.
On the other paw doing it in either two or four sections could make
those final nine patches a bit of a PITA.
The one thing I will swear to is that usually eight pointed stars are
most easily done in quarters. So that is the first way I try to sort
them out.
NightMist
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Legolas is my house elf
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Posted by Maureen Wozniak on November 18, 2009, 8:56 am
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:30:22 -0600, Karen, Queen of Squishies wrote
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> I have realized that I'm not exactly sure how to approach the assembly
> of this Jinny Beyer quilt top. The directions just say lay it out and
> sew it together. Hmmm. There must be some way of going about it that
> would be easier than other ways. Should I just go up one side block by
> block, attempting a sort of row by row assembly? There are hardly any
> straight seams, only y-seams. I don't mind those, but don't want to
> complicate things for myself either.
>
>
> Karen, Queen of Squishies
I'd divide it into quarters. Put together one quarter of the quilt, then
another. Sew two quarters together to get half the quilt. Repeat. Then sew
the two halves together.
Clear as mud?
Maureen
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Posted by Roberta on November 18, 2009, 11:00 am
Easiest way to tackle Y seams IMO is to do the "arms" of each Y, then
the stem. Once you have 4 of these Y units assembled for one star
(sort of a hexagon shape), start putting them together with the
in-between 9-patches, again arms before stems. Remember to stop 1/4"
before the end of a seam. The only seams you could sew all the way out
would be the ones at the very edge of the piece.
Roberta in D, Queen of the Scrap Heap and Duchess of Y seams
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:30:22 GMT, "Karen, Queen of Squishies"
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>I have realized that I'm not exactly sure how to approach the assembly
>of this Jinny Beyer quilt top. The directions just say lay it out and
>sew it together. Hmmm. There must be some way of going about it that
>would be easier than other ways. Should I just go up one side block by
>block, attempting a sort of row by row assembly? There are hardly any
>straight seams, only y-seams. I don't mind those, but don't want to
>complicate things for myself either.
>Karen, Queen of Squishies
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> this Jinny Beyer quilt top. The directions just say lay it out and sew it
> together. Hmmm. There must be some way of going about it that would be
> easier than other ways. Should I just go up one side block by block,
> attempting a sort of row by row assembly? There are hardly any straight
> seams, only y-seams. I don't mind those, but don't want to complicate
> things for myself either.
> Karen, Queen of Squishies