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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Set-In Seams

Somehow I have managed to avoid set in seams over my 10 years of quilting. OK, not "somehow", I have avoided them like the plague! Most of the time I try to stick to the KISS motto (Keep It Simple Stupid) and set-in seams didn't look all that simple to me. At the Dear Jane Mini Retreat on Saturday I decided that as long as I had lots of tech support it would be a good time to give set-in seams a whirl with an "easy" spool block. It took some coaching from several seasoned quilters and a little unsewing, but I finally ended up with a fairly flat alternate DJ block when all was said and done.
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4 comments:

  1. jovaliquiltsFebruary 24, 2009 at 9:43 AM

    Congrats! I've only done set-in seams a few times, but they did get easier with practice. It's the sort of thing that I think would be much easier with hand sewing.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2009 at 10:42 AM

    Well done for pushing your boundaries. It looks really good. I'm in awe! I've only set in my hand, or if dressmaking I hand baste 1st.

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  3. BarbFebruary 24, 2009 at 6:43 PM

    Looks good to me ~ I'd say "well done" my friend! I like your fabric colors!

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  4. quiltingnanaFebruary 24, 2009 at 7:44 PM

    great....I've only done set in seams by machine a couple of times ...they are frustrating!

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