55 out of 56 blocks done. Just putting the last one together this morning - I lost the little squares but found them in my stash drawer before I cut new ones.
I'm tempted to skip trimming these blocks, I can see they are not perfectly square but I'm feeling lazy! Do you always trim your blocks?
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Bowties. To trim or not to trim, that is the question!
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Not always. Sometimes it just never occurs to me!
ReplyDeleteI have a bowtie quilt in my WIP pile that I didn't trim the blocks for and they were obviously uneven. I'm doing embroidery on the seams as my quilting though so it hides any unevenness pretty well. :D
ReplyDeleteI never thought to trim before I read about it a few months ago ... I usually trim blocks for swaps but if I sew them together and they don't look completely "unsquare" I just use "eye-measure" and sometimes I just pin them straight the seam allowance will than vary a little ...
ReplyDeleteMy blocks usually end up so wonky I have no choice!!
ReplyDeleteI don't usually trim, just do a little wiggle n' stretch to match them up! They look great!
ReplyDeleteA bit of wonkiness adds character..
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