I just did this and I thought would blog about it while I’m fixing what I did.
You know when you are in a hurry, or inspired and you just want to do the idea or finish the piece and you don’t always think the process through….
Just now I did that and I know the right way to do this. I’m making the borders for the Yellow Brick Road ( I will write about my delayed week later today or tomorrow). Any how I’m joining the pieces on the bias. Well in order for them not to stretch and match when you finish, you really should sew that diagonal seam from the centre out. It takes an extra 60 seconds. The result is a border that matches start and finish that you don’t trim away later to cover your goof. I really should have done that. I would have been happier with myself.
Now lets talk about marking that diagonal stitching line. I grabbed the closest available marking tool. An water/air soluble pen. Now in the catalogue, when I’m teaching or giving notion presentations, I always tell you to remove the markings with water before you press the seam. I didn’t do this on the North South bindings of the quilt. I know the purple line will reappear. So as I sew the east west bindings, I’ve soaked the seams with water . They will have to dry before I can press them. This is what I’m waiting to fix while I write this.
There are 2 lessons here.
1. Slow down and think about what you are doing. The extra 2 minutes (1 to think, 1 to execute the task properly)is well worth the investment.
2. Walk over to the drawer and get the appropriate marking tool for the task.
The next time I write here I WILL have that darned Quilt top ready to go to Lynne for Quilting. You’d better get their quick, she’s getting very busy.
Have a great day.
J
