This week the plan is to assemble the center section and finish the quilt top.
There are just a few places I’d suggest paying particular attention to as you join your blocks and rows.
In my personal opinion I think that the most important aspect of sewing blocks together is matching the seams together. Because during the final stages of completing a quilt (basting, quilting, etc.) there is nothing you can do to fix misaligned seems. But if your quilt is a little wavy, you can quilt over it, wash it – which makes the entire quilt wavy and crinkly, and those things don’t show up really at all once you’re done (as long as it’s not out of control!!). But you can’t hid those mismatched seams.
Does that mean all my seams are perfect? No. It doesn’t. I do my best but I don’t stress over it. I love to quilt, but perfection is not something I bring into my quilt making process. Quilting to me is a stress release, and a pressure free zone, so while I take my pattern designing and writing very seriously, my personal quilting does not fall in the same category. Is that bad?? (I will be the first to admit that I am a perfectionist rebel! I will not follow the trend of putting on a perfect show. I am grateful for those who do provide the beautiful visual atmospheres, but for now, that’s not me… ok. anyway.) π
Alright, back to my tips…
Here are the places where I want to point out to pay attention to when matching seams:
- There are 3 seams that need to match for the little inside triangle
- Where the fabric E rectangles meet up
- And where block B meets up with the setting triangle.
You can use this first picture as a reference to where I’m pointing to in the other photos.