Re:Matching Points

• Re:Matching Points - 2008-01-02 12:09:33-05
  I agree with Kathy. Once I learned why there is a thing called scant 1/4 inch it was easier to visually make it happen. If you sew exactly on the 1/4 inch mark and you loose a bit in the seam when you press because even fine thread has a thickness, then you are going to have problems later when you need to match up points. I find it easier to take up a little extra in the final seam that joins the points together than try to make do with a tiny seam to keep the points, ummm pointy.
  
  We all have our own way to get it to work for us and it is just a matter of practice making perfect I think. My new machine has a clever little bar that I can set at just under the 1/4 inch and my fabric runs along it before it gets to the feed dogs. I LOVE it.
  
  When I was working on my double wedding ring quilt I found the only way to get my points to line up and stay that way was to pin, then hand stitch just the points, turn right side out, check and if it was good, then machine sew. But that is curves and another whole issue of its own.
  
  PS, the double wedding ring is almost quilted now and I will be posting a finished picture any day. YIPPPYYYY. We will not mention that it was a wedding gift that should have been ready for last August.
  
  Have fun Mary,
  Anna