I love pressing. I love ironing. I must own 10 irons. Most are still in their boxes...I do not want to be without an iron if one were to die. I have three ironing boards too. OCD...remember?
I know the importance of pressing as you sew. Rule of thumb is never cross a seam with another seam until that previous seam is pressed. I finger press. I have good strong nails. It is ALMOST as good as pressing with an iron. It works for most blocks. It has almost always worked for me.
But unfortunately not for the blocks shown below.
And the first 16 blocks (right block) were sewn on another sewing machine. Says something for seam allowances that can vary from machine to machine although they are both Janomes. And I do feel I know what I am doing!!!!!!
At least those 16 blocks are exactly to same size. That was one manic day of sewing.
The next 38 blocks were sewn on my main machine. That took 2 days. And I also pressed each log as I went around. The ironing board is sooooo handy in this room. I had the first 16 blocks on the design wall and as I added more and more rows I realized that my next 38 were going to be bigger than the first 16.
ARGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And I loved the effect. Sorry, the next photo is out of order and I did not feel like moving them around. I wanted to get this post made so I could get back to sewing today.
I know the importance of pressing as you sew. Rule of thumb is never cross a seam with another seam until that previous seam is pressed. I finger press. I have good strong nails. It is ALMOST as good as pressing with an iron. It works for most blocks. It has almost always worked for me.
But unfortunately not for the blocks shown below.
At least those 16 blocks are exactly to same size. That was one manic day of sewing.
The next 38 blocks were sewn on my main machine. That took 2 days. And I also pressed each log as I went around. The ironing board is sooooo handy in this room. I had the first 16 blocks on the design wall and as I added more and more rows I realized that my next 38 were going to be bigger than the first 16.
ARGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, I threw caution to the wind and decided to use my blogging friend's,
Rebuilt Log Cabin technique to resew those first 16 blocks.
I cautiously cut one block. See below
Here they are in their glory...still untrimmed but ready for assembly.
We had our first bit of snow last Thursday afternoon.
It came down hard and fluffy and then melted away.
If you click on the photo you can see the flakes.
I LOVE SNOW!
XOOXOXO Subee
This my 300th post!!!!!!!
