The top's not done, there's a bit of blue to go in there, but it's progressing nicely.I know that many, many people quilt on a small scale. A lot of that is done with foundation piecing, and I can understand why. Even with diligent trimming, seaming and pressing, the sheer number of seams makes flat and square an elusive dream. Ease a little, press a little, pat, pat, coerce, bargain, curse, concede.
Is there a trick? I expect I'll keep going, get it pieced, layered, quilted, and then block it into submission. (and mail it flat. heh.)
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the only "trick" I've seen is one by Sally Collins, the Queen of miniature quilts. She suggests cutting slightly larger pieces- spray starching or sizing them to death and then trimming the individual pieces to perfection before sewing the block. I wish I had her patience. Unfortunately I just lumber along imprecisely or paper piece. I do use the spray sizing tip.
You could use freezer paper templates to keep things perfectly square. But I like Dee's suggestion to starch the hell out of it.
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