Thursday, November 10, 2011

Swoon Block 5

Another day, another block. I really do love the purple & orange combo.




Seam-Pressing

Like a lot of patterns, Swoon doesn't have any instructions on how to press the seams. If you're an experienced quilter it's not too bad, but if your a bit of a newbie, it can be a bit daunting. These are my tips.



HSTs: For the blocks that are half colour/half white, press towards the coloured triangle. For the block that is colour 1/colour 2, press towards colour 2 (the colour of your centre star). That way your seams will go together nicely when you make the corner blocks (shown below).


This gives you an idea of how I pressed the seams, starting with the HSTs as described above. I tended to press the seams in the direction they wanted to fall which helps minimise bulk.




The other component is the unit made of of the flying geese and solid rectangle. No matter which way you press the seams, they don't fit with the corner units. So I found it easier to press them open. There is still enough bulk in the seam to allow the seams to butt up against each other fairly well, without being too bulky.

2 comments:

Kate R said...

These are looking great - I love the blue and orange from yesterday too!

a good yarn said...

Great tips for seam pressing. It pays to take your time so that you don't end up with all that bulk. ann :-)