You can't see any seams! The green square is set into the big red square, and the little red square is set into the green one. I've been thinking about trying this for a while, and just needed a block of time to think it through and then just do it. I love learning new techniques! This just took a lot longer than I thought it should.Here's what it looks like on the back -- the green square came out with 1/2" seam allowances (I guess I'm a little math challenged), but that really doesn't impact how it looks on the front.
Anybody know of an easy way to do this? I used a combination of methods: part Ruth McDowell, part Dale Fleming (in the sense that I ended up using freezer paper, but no glue), part trial and error, and part conquering my own ineptitude. I still need to figure out why my corners aren't coming out clean, but it's a start.
I'd like to use this approach on the back of yesterday's quilt top, but need a lot of practice before I can implement it with bigger pieces. Any advice would be appreciated -- feel free to point me in the right direction.
Thanks!
4 comments:
sorry, i can't offer any advice-- but maybe if you get good at this, you can do a tutorial!
Ricky Tims has a LOT of great info about setting in seams in his book "Rhapsody Quilts". Go you! I have not yet done anything with set in seams, but you are inspiring me to try! ~ Jennie
I did a tutorial with something similar on my blog.
http://exuberantcolor.blogspot.com/2007/10/i-just-had-to-see-if-i-could-do-it.html
I did queen sized quilt - blocks about 15" square - and inset squares. There were about 30 block altogether. I used the freezer paper technique. Some of my corners came out great - other I had a small pucker. After it was quilted it looked fine. The corner is the weakest place so you almost have to quilt over it to add some strength.
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