Curved piecing is difficult. Glue can help with that.
When I first saw block nine in the Desperate Housewife’s
Quilt (http://quiltjane.blogspot.com)
I was intrigued. Here Jane was going to show us how to make a block with curves
without sewing any curved seams. Brilliant! Instead of sewing the seams
together and risk distortion, the block is assembled with a little glue and
topstitched into place. Well, I didn’t have any glue so I put this block off
for a very long time until I just couldn’t hold off any longer and decided to
just make due with materials I had on hand. Instead of interfacing I used
freezer paper (seriously, amazing stuff for any quilter to have in their
arsenal) and instead of glue I mixed up a little cornstarch in water and used
my fingers to dab along the folded edges before ironing the pieces together. For
the topstitching, I decided on a gradient Aurifil thread in blues to go with
the blues in the block. My only regret was that I used a much smaller stitch
than I intended to, which doesn’t show off the beautiful colors in the thread.
Oh well, live and learn.
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