This is a great demostration for how to make a perfect block every time.
First, I want to thank Sharon Leadbetter for demonstrating her skills.
If you’re a beginner, she might help you develop skills/habits you’ll use the rest of your life when quilting.
If you’re an experienced block builder it might give you some insights you haven’t had before.
Sharon starts by explaining how critical the scant 1/4 inch seam. Suggests you use a 1/4 inch foot, (adjust your needle position left or right to get it right).
Use the same ruler brand, for all your rulers, creates accurate measuring and cutting, press your seams open for a flatter block makes it easier for the long arm quilts.
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Louella Johnson
May 15. 2017
very good, thank you
Mary Shoemake
May 16. 2017
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Carol Ann McGuire
Jun 10. 2017
Very good video.
Norma Saylor
Jul 04. 2017
A great video!
Beverly Le Long
Jul 05. 2017
Really helpful thank you ☺
Susan Curtis-Evans
Jul 05. 2017
Very helpful thx
Donna Simpson
Jul 05. 2017
Crystal Marie Scott This may help!
Barbara Hebert
Jul 05. 2017
Great!
Dianne Murphy
Jul 05. 2017
I didn’t think I would learn anything but have been ironing the blocks wrong.!!
Crystal Marie Scott
Jul 05. 2017
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Sharon Smith Olsen
Jul 05. 2017
My goodness! If I had to follow all those rules I would be afraid to do any sewing. Good thing I just sew for the family.
Kathy Holgate
Jul 05. 2017
An excellent demo, I suggest these things to the ladies in my sewing classes all the time with the exception of pressing the seams open. Usually I do not recommend this.
Ginger
Jul 05. 2017
Extremely helpful!
Robyn Miché
Jul 07. 2017
Donna Coleman
Pat Salvant
Jul 07. 2017
Very nice, But I can’t bring myself to press those seams open! I’d rather “nest”. Will surely try the shorter stitch length.:)
Ida Garrett
Jul 07. 2017
Really good information. Now I know what I’ve been doing wrong.
Patsy Frafford
Jul 07. 2017
Great ideas!
Bangge Leow
Jul 07. 2017
Simple tips that make a big difference – thank you .
Sue Doerksen Holt
Jul 07. 2017
My very first quilt class included a pressing lesson just like this lady does. I still do it like this today.
Gail Inglis
Jul 08. 2017
Love your video, will try this next time thank you
Ginny
Jul 08. 2017
Great instructions!
Karen Corley Longo
Jul 08. 2017
Christy Moon Calhoun
Sue Middagh
Jul 08. 2017
Good tips, who knew!
Morag Clark
Jul 09. 2017
Very interesting fur a beginner -the patterns I have looked at always say to press tqge seams toward the darker fabric. This wsy seems more logical.
Ann Wind
Jul 09. 2017
I was told to always press the seams toward the darker side because it was stronger .not sure pressing them open would help when you do stitch in the ditch. Would only be sewing the threads
Pam Alverson
Jul 09. 2017
Great things to do
Adele Rayment
Jul 09. 2017
Marie, and Carol, something for me to keep in mind. Now I see where I could have improved my finished products!
Carol Brown
Jul 09. 2017
lol I guess I talk in quilting for nothing, most of everything she shows I have said. Every quilter is different, I do not open my seams exception being lemoyne star, wack’n stack etc., these have a lot seams that meet in the middle and make it bulky. I never use sizing as it makes it difficult to hand quilt.
Karen Lynn Watson
Jul 09. 2017
Karen Lynn Watson
Ruth Biddle
Jul 09. 2017
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Suzanne Hill
Jul 10. 2017
A really good video! I’ve be ironing seams in general wrong! Sharing it so that it’s on my timeline and as info for any of my fb friends who may be interested in quilting now or in the future.
Marjorie Austen
Jul 10. 2017
Way too intense for me. I don’t think she has much fun quilting. Sad.
Tonya Weizenegger
Jul 10. 2017
I need to remember that 1.9 stitch length!
Shelly Van Lanen
Jul 10. 2017
Nicole Buettner good tips!
Linda Butterfield
Jul 11. 2017
Such a good tutorial very instructive
Louise Strzalka
Jul 12. 2017
Great instructions helped a lot.
Shirley Nevius Pandi
Jul 12. 2017
Oh he’ll no
Patricia Long
Jul 12. 2017
See this Cathy Jackson.
Irene Laliberte
Jul 12. 2017
Wow very good
Melissa Bandura
Jul 14. 2017
Amanda Hannah
Denise Barber
Jul 14. 2017
Ty for sharing!
Nancy Finlayson
Jul 14. 2017
Good information
Marla Stebens
Jul 15. 2017
Thank you!
Adele Becker
Jul 16. 2017
Thanks for those tips
Karletta Myers
Jul 16. 2017
I press to the dark side. It works for me.
Janet Coutu
Jul 16. 2017
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Alicia Counsil Peters
Jul 16. 2017
Make sure you turn your stitch length down
Linda Hudson
Jul 16. 2017
Great ideas.
Melissa Bright
Jul 17. 2017
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Lola Bryant
Jul 17. 2017
First thing I thought…yikes hot iron + cutting mat =DISASTER
Nancy O'Keefe Bugliosi
Jul 17. 2017
Thank you!! Love the music!
Diane Crady
Jul 18. 2017
I press seams to the side. I was taught that if you press them open it weakens the seam. As long as you are consistent with the method you use it should be fine.
Adele Getz
Jul 19. 2017
Janice Stock do you recommend ironing the seams open to make it better to long arm quilt?
Helen Thompson
Jul 19. 2017
I would/will never press my quilt seams open. It makes the seam too weak.
Ev Ottley
Jul 19. 2017
Jennifer Clayton Ottley
Helen Hunt
Jul 21. 2017
Shirley Stevenson
Helen Hunt
Jul 21. 2017
This is what I saw today
Wendy
Jul 23. 2017
Thing that confused me was about NOT MARKING ON THE CUTTING MAT? I understand not using the lines on the mat as they are thick but NOT MARKING YOUR FABRIC ON IT! Can someone help me out here please?
Cecily Skennar
Jul 29. 2017
Lyn this lady says to press to seams open for a perfect block. What do you think. More work or easier
Sherri Katafias
Jul 31. 2017
I have been taught to press seams to the side. Anyone switch after seeing this?
Judith Reed Diver
Jul 31. 2017
I have taught quilting for some time and I believe you should only press seams open if several seams are coming together in the same place! It does reduce bulk. BUT if you do not need to do it to reduce bulk, then do not press them open. It produces a much weaker seam which will wear out sooner!
Clare Bartkowski
Aug 01. 2017
Joanne Waters, thanks so much for sharing this. It will help me so much.
Charlotte Mills
Aug 02. 2017
Thanks. Good job!
Peggy Abarr Oney
Aug 03. 2017
Shelley Abarr Harkins Megan Oney Hegwood
Krys Koniecko
Aug 03. 2017
Hey Madelyn, you should post this to my Quilting Together page.
Judy Kiviaho
Aug 05. 2017
See El and Jane-Ann Dunville. Great tips for all
Brenda Lutz Wellnitz
Aug 06. 2017
Erica Heesaker Judy Petrowitz
Karen Treadway Hernandez
Aug 06. 2017
Nice thanks for sharing
Eileen De Ville
Aug 06. 2017
I do like the the open seam. Will try that with my next project. Thanks.
Rose Peters
Aug 06. 2017
Great tips
DeeAnn Galland
Aug 08. 2017
April Acey Hamilton
April Acey Hamilton
Aug 08. 2017
Love this. Thank you DeeAnn.
Brenda Shepherd Thomas
Aug 09. 2017
I watched this last week. lots of helpful hints.
Donna Schupp Abell
Aug 11. 2017
I think it’s more work. If you press to one side you can nest your seams, a lot easier than trying to match up an open seam.
Donna Schupp Abell
Aug 11. 2017
My longarmer doesn’t care. And she thinks an open seam is weaker.
Donna Schupp Abell
Aug 11. 2017
Me too.
Linda Tarlton
Aug 12. 2017
Thank you for info.
Joline Clark
Aug 13. 2017
Ann Parent
Jo Davison
Aug 13. 2017
Thank you so much. I’m a beginner and getting frustrated by my seams
Kathy Rowett
Aug 15. 2017
I agree
Tina Miracle
Aug 16. 2017
Excellent job
Donna Harrison Harris
Aug 16. 2017
Very good technique & video – thank you!
Lilian Little
Aug 18. 2017
Diane Brader. Seems like more people are pressing seams open. Go figure.
Diane Brader
Aug 18. 2017
Very helpful. I am saving this to watch again.
Donna Taylor
Aug 21. 2017
Kelly Hively. Watch this.
Ruth Butcher
Aug 21. 2017
Crystal Banks very good info
Kathleen Harpster Monfette
Aug 21. 2017
I guess I’ve learned the incorrect way. Time for a change.
Brenda Martin
Aug 22. 2017
Brenda Martin
Donna Boles
Aug 23. 2017
I don’t pin. It takes too long.
Marilyn Saunders
Aug 28. 2017
Thank you
Marilyn Saunders
Aug 28. 2017
Thank you
Janet Thor Capito
Aug 28. 2017
Interesting
Carolyn Bauknight
Aug 28. 2017
Thank you
Jeannette Durette
Aug 28. 2017
Thank you
Edna Summers
Aug 28. 2017
Not wrong if you are pressing to the dark just different I feel it’s a stronger Seam pressed to one side just my opinion though
Anita Mahfouz Shaw
Aug 29. 2017
Guess I’ve been doing it wrong on the 35 quilts I’ve made.
Janet Carpenter
Aug 30. 2017
Margie Threet and Michelle Lynn Bagnas Herrera. Wow! I’ve been doing several things wrong all this time!
Irene
Aug 30. 2017
Great video thank you.
Susan Rhoades
Aug 31. 2017
Thanks for the review keeps my on the straight and square.
Sandra Jones
Aug 31. 2017
Than you
Tiffani Roland
Sep 01. 2017
What other videos does Sharon have?
Sharon Hopfinger
Sep 02. 2017
This is a great video. Sometimes we are so interested in teaching how to make a block we forget the beginning techniques. Good job
Erin Williamson
Sep 02. 2017
I really miss my quilting friend!!…how are you??
Cathy Knights Harmon
Sep 02. 2017
Great instructions!
Barb Austin
Sep 02. 2017
Gloria Kay Gossett
Tammey Stray
Sep 03. 2017
I don’t agree with opening of the seams though. I don’t open seams. I have mine going the opposite way and I find it easier to match corners when they lock no pins needed. But nice video.
Maureen Hill Budowle
Sep 03. 2017
For me, it depends on the block.
Gladys Miller
Sep 03. 2017
Great video refresh for me
Brenda Martin
Sep 05. 2017
Brenda Martin
Lynda Keyes
Sep 06. 2017
Andrea Sheather
Kathie LaForge
Sep 10. 2017
Billie Kneen do u press seams open?
Brenda Butler Hill
Sep 10. 2017
Charlene, watch this and let’s talk about it.
Patricia Cundall
Sep 10. 2017
I’ve watched this and tried some of her tips, they work.
Billie Kneen
Sep 10. 2017
No I don’t unless it actually calls for it in the pattern. It makes the seams lay flatter if there is a lot of bulk.
Debbi Treusch
Sep 12. 2017
Pressing seams open does not help you longarmer. Especially if you want custom quilting as there is longer a ditch. Butting your seams with proper pressing is much better.
Karen Minckler
Sep 12. 2017
Donna Schupp Abell that’s what I was told too.
Debi Fowler Stewart Walker
Sep 12. 2017
Kay Branan Niblett
Donna Boles
Sep 13. 2017
I don’t pin either. I hold mine in place
Rita Kay Coulter Taylor
Sep 13. 2017
Interesting
Claire C Miller
Sep 13. 2017
I don’t think it has a thing todo with party., it has to with them being flaming asses.. and our leader is right up there with them.
Dianna L. Wiggers
Sep 14. 2017
I also think pressing to one side makes the seam stronger and not have as much stress on the seam.
Billie Burkett
Sep 15. 2017
Tabitha Smith
Tabitha Smith
Sep 15. 2017
Maybe that’s why it said to press open!
Janene Stewart
Sep 15. 2017
Pressing open does give a nic e flat seam, but what if you want stitch in the ditch to quilt. What is the stitching catching? It will only catch your stitching not the top layer of fabric?
Fay Mortimer Herig Stone
Sep 16. 2017
They always say to press seams to one side so they are stronger
Linda Arnold
Sep 17. 2017
Julie, suppose we could play this at Quilt guild??!!
Marsha Nix
Sep 18. 2017
Bobbie Wines, are you quilting?
Lilian Little
Sep 21. 2017
If you press your seams open, do not quilt in the ditch. Just a hint..
Charlene Broce
Sep 21. 2017
Excellent demo!
Lucy Harrelson
Sep 23. 2017
Very heLpful. Stitch length 1.9. I am new and where do you set this.
Marina Pellouchoud
Sep 24. 2017
Do you open your seams?
Marjory Warlick
Sep 24. 2017
I think this is the best teaching video I have seen.
Joanie Wakeman
Sep 27. 2017
I was tought to press open, I had read many tutorials to press to one side, it didn’t accomplish anything for me except being tedious!
Gloria Rangel
Sep 29. 2017
Great recommendations for quilters, I have been quilting for over 30 years and will change the way I do my pressing and I do like opening those seams open. Take your time and you will achieve better results with your blocks which will turn out like hers. It is important to be accurate as possible and your quilts blocks won’t be wonky and will look better when putting blocks together. Happy Quilting!
Cynthia Phillips Dinsdale
Sep 30. 2017
I”m not sure you can iron “wrong.” It would be good to remember that this video is just one person’s opinion. It is wise to know several methods for each part of the quilt making process so you can choose which is best for you and the particular pattern you are working on at that time.
Ann Cano
Sep 30. 2017
This is a good demonstration!
Bobby Karen Jones
Oct 01. 2017
Great job. Never really knew how to do this. I did mine best I knew how. Thank you so much looking forward to the examle
Bonnie Noel
Oct 02. 2017
Jim Noel
Betty Hafford-Hogue
Oct 02. 2017
Looks perfect. As a beginner, I get confused at all the conflicting advice. Some say NEVER press seams open; others say always do it. Same with washing fabrics, using steam, etc. I guess you just have to experiment.
Cynthia Butman Peters
Oct 03. 2017
Sally Gilbert look at this video
Patricia Rice
Oct 03. 2017
If you don’t press to me it look good
Sandra Bonow
Oct 04. 2017
Nice video. I thought all quilter’s pressed the seams to one side or the other, alternating direction and “nesting” with each row! Love the pinning method for lining up corners as well. Thank you. Also liked product suggestions
Brenda Rider Lehman
Oct 05. 2017
Instructor Sharon teaches precision in this video, Celia Harris and Donna Gear. I’d interest, she opens all seams and steams from top down, rather than pressing from one side to another. Always new things to think about!
Melinda Larsen
Oct 05. 2017
This is very interesting Dee Diana Churches
Jo Vanderpool
Oct 05. 2017
This was a good video thanks for sharing
Mary A Bruntmeyer
Oct 06. 2017
Don’t press on cutting board EVER
Brenda Trahan
Oct 06. 2017
Artist at work. Tedious job.
Linda McVettie
Oct 06. 2017
Most directions say press to dark side.
Kathy Osborne
Oct 06. 2017
Thank You
Beth Gay Eberhardt
Oct 07. 2017
Beth Gay Eberhardt
Donna Winkler
Oct 07. 2017
Curtis Winkler
Sherry Lowe
Oct 09. 2017
Mary are you sharing this for the group or just your timeline?
Donna Winkler
Oct 09. 2017
Starene Stewart interesting
Mitzie Bone
Oct 09. 2017
Well done
Phyllis Franseen
Oct 10. 2017
Excellent lesson. I always like to know why I’m doing things a certain way. Thanks, Sharon
Lucille Guidry
Oct 11. 2017
Great video.
Jorietha Barry
Oct 11. 2017
Excellent video!
GinnySue Welch
Oct 13. 2017
Video would not run
Susan Gaus
Oct 13. 2017
how to make perfect blocks? have Lynda McCoy make ’em!!!
DeAnna Lynn Bishop
Oct 14. 2017
DeAnna Lynn Bishop
Margaret Duncan
Oct 15. 2017
Thanks for this video tips . Just finished my first Quilt enjoyed making it .
Judy Carnahan
Oct 15. 2017
I keep my steam iron away from my cutting mat…
Ann Butler Worden
Oct 15. 2017
It would depend on your machine. Look in your owner’s manual for adjusting stitch length.
Debra Lee Black
Oct 15. 2017
I have done this and it works!!!! So easu.
Judy Graves
Oct 16. 2017
Good job.
Ellen Parker-Hofer
Oct 17. 2017
great info. Thank you!
Martha Sheriff
Oct 19. 2017
I cannot believe she actually used the selvedge in that block. As picky as she is with everything else, that just blows my mind!
Mary Cloin Lett
Oct 21. 2017
Serenia, Denise, I’m sure you already know this. Not sure this applies to hand quilting.
Juanita Wheeler-King
Oct 22. 2017
Denise see the video back to me please.thanks
Patricia Hasch Zabrocki
Oct 22. 2017
Such clear and concise instructions. Really surprised about open seam.
Karen Howard Sample
Oct 23. 2017
Wish I could’ve seen the tutorial. It did not appear when it should have. Tried 2/3 times.
Mathilda Bohanon
Oct 23. 2017
Christy Burnette Hart can you use this info?
Karen Civit
Oct 25. 2017
Shirley Litzinger
Pam Rowell Hibler
Oct 25. 2017
Kenna Kliewer- Howard looks like I told you wrong. Watch this.
Kenna Kliewer- Howard
Oct 26. 2017
Very helpful. One day I hope to get back to my quilts. Lol thanks Pam for thinking bout me.
Carol Riley
Oct 26. 2017
Rena McCoy
Sherry Sutton Langley
Oct 28. 2017
Donna Ford Cazort
Carol Herman Gray
Oct 29. 2017
When I was in high school and taking home economics, we were always told to press the seams open. That’s how I’ve been doing it all the time.
Sandra Perdue
Oct 30. 2017
My log cabins..even with Accuquilt. .are wonky
Dawn Rahmlow
Oct 31. 2017
Michelle Jenkins Ellenbecker this was an interesting video.
Caroline Maynor
Oct 31. 2017
Very good! I open seams bc I started sewing with garments, lays flat. I pin very little tho, I feel that it actually makes my sewing less accurate.
Karen Anderson Peck
Nov 01. 2017
This is so great to know on how to press the seams open and not to side. I’m a beginner ( I’m 70 years old) on making patch quilt and could use everything I need to know to make it easier for me.
Sandy Phillips
Nov 01. 2017
Good information!
Jill Ellen Tubbergen Lester
Nov 03. 2017
Thank you. I’m a new quilter and loved seeing this.
Linda Compher
Nov 06. 2017
Sally Rathkamp
Nancy Riggers
Nov 07. 2017
Sherril
Lorae Radunz
Nov 08. 2017
Following
Monika Smith
Nov 08. 2017
Refresher course Crabby Quilting Queen Sue Castle Maggie Bosman-Clarke
Wendy Watkins
Nov 08. 2017
As a long arm Quilter it is far easier to Stitch in the ditch if Sean allowances are pressed flat to one side not opened flat. Each to their own preference.
Bangge Leow
Nov 09. 2017
Great tips !
Barbara Miller
Nov 10. 2017
Good instruction – I too was taught to press seams to side but am open to trying this. I also struggle with pressing. I want o move the iron back and forth and often distort my block. Thanks for the info.
Luvia Treftlin
Nov 10. 2017
Thanks, Gay.
Becky Macom
Nov 11. 2017
I been quilting for a longtime and I too press to the dark side and this makes more since
Teresa Manship
Nov 11. 2017
Sue Manship, do you quilt?
Jennifer Miller
Nov 12. 2017
Melissa Bec Carmody this is a great lesson on basic cutting and ironing
Lisa Archer
Nov 12. 2017
Interesting!
Patty Butterfield Yates
Nov 13. 2017
Good advice thx
Mary Sue Lobo-Davis
Nov 15. 2017
Not to sure about the open seams
Annette Deardurff
Nov 16. 2017
Interesting Jacki Agosto-Cook Nani and Rose Marie Agosto-Begley. I feel like some of my blocks would do better opening the seams instead of pressing to the dark. How do you decide which is best?
Kay Tira
Nov 17. 2017
Elizabeth Allmer
Teresa Laine Schmidt
Cora Skinner
Nov 18. 2017
How do you hand quilt it thrn
Anonymous
Nov 19. 2017
Hi from Boise
Karen Marx Cook
Nov 20. 2017
Thank you for the info. Learned something new and am anxious to try this method!
JoAnne Herring
Nov 20. 2017
Debbie Smith Russo, JoAnne Herring
Glenna Sue Richter
Nov 20. 2017
Thanks Karlene Workman I have not opened my seams before except on my storm at Sea which has so many seams. Renee recommended it.
Linda Jo Boswell
Nov 23. 2017
Thank u
LuAnn Knopp Murray
Nov 23. 2017
In the picture it looks like she is ironing on her cutting mat. That will ruin a cutting mat!
Anne Marie Davis
Nov 23. 2017
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Linda Michano
Nov 25. 2017
Joni Michano
Kathy Dehnel
Nov 26. 2017
When I learned to quilt, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I was taught to open seams. Then everyone said to press them to the side and I started having problems with them. I prefer the open seams. Beside having the points match up better, it cuts down on the bulk when I quilt. I always laugh when someone comments on how precise my corners are and then chastise me when I tell them I open my seams. Lol
Sue Donnelly
Nov 26. 2017
Paca Pressing Mat is made in USA and much better for Pressing! WAV-farm.com
Stacy Cadwallader
Nov 26. 2017
Thank you ! Definitely going to give your way a try.
Sue Klassy Moffett
Nov 27. 2017
Kim Ranczka Gyuricsko, Ann Marie Brown, Dawn Boeve
Jill Nowers
Nov 28. 2017
The part I hate worse…ironing
Robin Beeman Carpenter
Nov 30. 2017
Good luck ripping with a stitch that small. Also if you open seams then they pull apart when quilted and you can’t stitch in the ditch with open seams
Mary Anne Hunt
Nov 30. 2017
Mary Saddler check this video. What do you think?
Mary Saddler
Nov 30. 2017
As a long-arm quilter, do you have problems with bulk? I like nesting seams because it’s so touch oriented. It seems more work this way. Will you be doing this?
Mary Anne Hunt
Nov 30. 2017
Bulk is only an issue with pinwheel blocks. It is not what I am used to, may try it on a sample block
Mary Saddler
Nov 30. 2017
Mary Anne Hunt I’ll remember for pinwheels. Not on my current list!
Carol Winkler
Dec 01. 2017
THANKS
Gloria Splane Hart
Dec 02. 2017
Bennett Sally
Anne Marie Wynveen
Dec 03. 2017
Thanks……. very useful tutorial !
Karen Civit
Dec 05. 2017
I tried this and it has made a huge difference in my seams lining up!!! Great video.
Julie Emery Hines
Dec 05. 2017
Alicia Weidner Julie Emery Hines
Barb Green
Dec 06. 2017
Sorry, don’t agree. Seams in quilts that are washed, are better quality.
Barb Green
Dec 06. 2017
Press seams to one side, are stronger.
Evelyn Rankin
Dec 06. 2017
Angela D Hudson
Brenda Jo Wallis
Dec 07. 2017
Great info! Thank you!
Kathy Shute
Dec 07. 2017
For my quilting friends
Cat Deuel
Dec 07. 2017
Following!!!
Geraldine Chicoskie Lombardo
Dec 08. 2017
Nice video with great explanation. However, you have a stronger seam when it’s pressed to one side. Give the “tug” test. A seam pressed open will rip apart before a seam pressed to one side. As far as distributing bulk, with ever other blocks alternating the “bulk” would be distributed throughout. Making a shorter stitch lengh is going to strengthen any seam.
Again, great video. Explaining the “why” is crucial in all tasks. Seams pressed to one side, seams pressed open, what ever process works for you, have at it! Happy sewing!
Karen Lynn Watson
Dec 10. 2017
Sharon McCord McElfresh
Donna Guffee
Dec 12. 2017
Sharon Reed King
Pam Jones Bailey
Dec 13. 2017
Great video! Very helpful for me as a beginner !
Janice Molln Williams
Dec 14. 2017
As a longarm quilter pressing seams open for custom quilting, makes it impossible to stitch in the ditch those blocks. You would be stitching on thread. But it would lay flat for freehand quilting of using a pantograph.
Ruth Stroeder
Dec 14. 2017
Kathy Anderson
Jill Thomas
Dec 16. 2017
Great tutorial
Linda Bailey Waples Madary
Dec 16. 2017
Awesome
Louise Shaffer
Dec 18. 2017
Great video!
Cynthia Ratcliff
Dec 18. 2017
Donna Beyer
Violet McCormick Haynes
Dec 18. 2017
Thank you.
Sandra Story Harn
Dec 18. 2017
Nice sewing room!!
Wendy Larsen-Cleaves
Dec 19. 2017
Been quilting since 1983 – learned new ideas and will change my methods. Thanks!
Jo Lambdin- Greene
Dec 20. 2017
❤️
Sunny Nestler
Dec 20. 2017
This makes so much more sense…the no-prewashing, opening the seams rather than pressing them to one side. I’ve been collecting fabric, wanting to make quilts, but was too intimidated. After your explanations, I’m ready to sew!! Thank you!!
Sandra Johnson Reges
Dec 22. 2017
Linda Ritson
Ellen Folsom
Dec 22. 2017
Yes
Rita Grizzard
Dec 25. 2017
Will have to read this
Lynda Pellerin
Dec 25. 2017
Elle repasse les coutures ouvertes?!
Debb Ryan
Dec 26. 2017
Andrea PA
Nancy Adams Coates
Dec 26. 2017
I’m a new quilter, have always been taught like others to press seems to the dark side. I like this idea so much better, and all your pointers are so excellent. Thank you.
Kris Hare
Dec 26. 2017
Thanks Pat!
Jo Dee Watson
Dec 27. 2017
Cool
Margaret Foster
Dec 27. 2017
Cassandra Siebert
Deborah Wodicker
Dec 28. 2017
Kathleen Boehmer
Doris Rhodes
Dec 28. 2017
Great instructions!
Charlene Carter
Dec 29. 2017
Judy Whiteside
Quilts of Valor
Rita Zuckerberg
Dec 30. 2017
Thank you
Gloria Hemingway Pace
Dec 30. 2017
Iron my seams open to. Old school
Elizabeth Williamson
Dec 31. 2017
I feel I need to get rid of my scraps. But now I learned how to make a scrappy quilt by hand. Barb Witt encouraged me to make quilts & Longtime friend who has passed. EDDIE CHESTER. 1980’S DIED.
Elizabeth Williamson
Dec 31. 2017
Eddy (Edith Chester)
Donna Moench Hopkins
Dec 31. 2017
Pamela Moench Carlson. Wednesday!!!
Pamela Moench Carlson
Dec 31. 2017
Can’t wait!!!
Mary Ann Hogan
Jan 01. 2018
Great piece of knowledge to those who listen to learn.
Karen S. Robinson Ewaniuk
Jan 01. 2018
This is a good one?
Joanne Newman Agro
Jan 02. 2018
Sent this to you Donna thought you may like it.
Ingeborg Johnson
Jan 02. 2018
That was a very good demonstration on doing the 9 patch. Great job!
Rebecca Goldner
Jan 02. 2018
Something to consider on when to press open…anytime I have points coming together (such as pinwheels) I will press open. I do longarm quilting for others and pressing seams to one side or the other will often create a bump at the intersection of the points. When the needle or foot of the longarm hits this bump the stitches may go wonky and create a bubble or pleat in that area. Hope this makes some sense. Btw, on quilts that I piece, I always take the time to press open…allows me to check my stitches and my seams
Beverly Joan Wilson
Jan 02. 2018
Thanks Anna
Bonnie Schimpf
Jan 04. 2018
Leona Urbanoski
Maxine Alderink
Jan 05. 2018
How ?
Phyllis Fay
Jan 06. 2018
Wow, I stopped watching within minutes because there were so many things I did not agree with her on.
Evelyn Messer
Jan 09. 2018
Wow! Good tips! I am ready to go on a 9 patch.
Cyndi Guffey
Jan 10. 2018
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Lila Killingbeck
Jan 11. 2018
Nesting your seams are much easier to line up and you end up with the same amount of bulk at each seam. Pressing and pinning is important which ever method you use.
Mary MacFarlane
Jan 11. 2018
Very informative!
Cindy Randall Hankinson Sova
Jan 11. 2018
I’m a new quilter and I was taught to press seams towards the darker fabric.
Micky Bearden
Jan 12. 2018
Very Informative!!
Sheena Lynn Ellison Timko
Jan 14. 2018
This is a great tutorial. It’s nice to see how different techniques effect our finished quilting projects.
Le Etta Dampf
Jan 14. 2018
One of the first things I was taught in sewing class was to press every seam you sew!!
Janet Thor Capito
Jan 26. 2018
Thank you
Janet Thor Capito
Jan 28. 2018
Thanks
Lynn Kennedy Hall
Jan 30. 2018
It works, especially the 1/4 I. Foot.
Jaynee Boucher
Jan 31. 2018
Very helpful. I’ve always pressed toward the darker piec. They like this so much better
Paula Alexander
Feb 01. 2018
Danna Companion
Karen Keys-Shear
Feb 01. 2018
Josh Poole
Myrna Burgoyne
Feb 04. 2018
Every time is not one word.
There. I’ve said it. Now I can get to the important stuff …
Janice Crape
Feb 04. 2018
Recently saw a roller to use on seams. Not able to find a supplier yet.
Sue Belanger
Feb 07. 2018
So open seams!
Lynda Beauregard
Feb 07. 2018
Being a visual person, I truly appreciate this video, thank you!
Nicolle Leap
Feb 07. 2018
Open seams make for more uniform quilting.
Karen Kraus King
Feb 09. 2018
Interesting
Heather N John Molyneux
Feb 09. 2018
Striving for perfection leaves me with too many UFO’s. But good tips!
Brenda Ivey Shaffer
Feb 09. 2018
My grandmas taught me to quilt and they both pressed their seams open. I always try and follow the pressing directions with the pattern but I might try pressing them open on my next blocks. My Grandma’s taught me 52 years ago so I think I’ll try an old trick!
Joyce Willits
Feb 10. 2018
Go for it! If it suits you it is great!! We were all beginners at one time! Do not be afraid of perfection…….not possible!!
Doris Trudeau
Feb 11. 2018
Awesome teacher.
Mary C. Mitchell
Feb 11. 2018
Great video. You can always learn something new even if you have been quilting for awhile. Thank you!
Jana Brannon Washburn
Feb 11. 2018
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Carol S. Marcellus
Feb 14. 2018
Why does it have to be perfect? I like a few irregularities in my quilt.
Estelle Hampton
Feb 15. 2018
Very good
Sharon Hinckley Costedio
Feb 18. 2018
I’ve been sewing a long time and although this goes against almost everything I’ve learned, I’m going to give her techniques a go!
Norma Barbe
Feb 18. 2018
Done
Nita Crooks
Feb 18. 2018
Colleen Raypole, some helpful tips
Colleen Raypole
Feb 18. 2018
Thank you!!
Sandra Derry
Feb 19. 2018
Great video
Geraldine
Feb 20. 2018
Great video! Love learning something new!!
Joyce Puckett
Feb 20. 2018
Sylvia Amend Batha, Sylvia N Mason Williams, Rita Bunker, Lenora Center, Ivy Jones
Linda Wirz
Feb 22. 2018
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Lauri Teeguarden Conley
Feb 22. 2018
I prefer to prewash my fabric. Too many chemicals used and the constant handling over years can cause illness and cancer. I just use a natural starch, saturate the fabric, and pressing.
Lauri Teeguarden Conley
Feb 22. 2018
Yes. I always press to one side and nest the seams. I also free motion on my home machine. So, it’s my headache if there’s bulk. Lol plus I always prewash. I put small pieces, left folded, in lingerie bags on delicate in the washer. Then remove for drying. Too many bad chemicals on fabric to not pre wash. Just use a good starch and steam iron.
Christine Jane Bourque-Comeau
Feb 23. 2018
Great instructions.
Elaine Reynolds Watson
Feb 23. 2018
Beverly Forsyth Baxter
Shirley Gibbons
Feb 24. 2018
Bought some material to make a quilt. Question to any quilter do I wash the material first &if so do I iron before cutting the strips????Thank you in advance
Vivian Shatley
Feb 25. 2018
Great tutorial!
Rebekah Wilson
Feb 25. 2018
Very helpful for sure! Thank you for sharing.
Isabel Stjules
Feb 26. 2018
Love your video Thank you
Linda Mae Grace Waldrip
Feb 28. 2018
a seam pressed open allows the batting to push out
Bev Tapley
Feb 28. 2018
Good find!!
Senega Burke Tackett
Mar 01. 2018
My friend bought me this for Christmas (which was celebrated today). She has one and loves hers. I’m sure I’ll use mine a lot!
Geraldine Chicoskie Lombardo
Mar 02. 2018
Linda Mae Grace Waldrip I never thought of that one! Thanks for that tip!!
Gloria Douse Aide
Mar 02. 2018
Thanks Karen. There were some interesting tips in this.
Kristi Shaw
Mar 02. 2018
Get to your point,lost me
Patricia Andres Brewer
Mar 02. 2018
What? Using an iron on or near the cutting mat??.
Carol King
Mar 03. 2018
I prefer to press to one side, makes a much stronger seam and they do nest together nicely
Doris Hagel
Mar 04. 2018
You
Kathy Potts
Mar 05. 2018
I love the sewing table. Was it special made?
Linda Copeland
Mar 08. 2018
I’ve done both , and find it best to press to the side. I’ve been quilting for 35 yrs . Good luck and keep on creating
Colleen Carmickle
Mar 09. 2018
I wash to get rid of chemicals and to allow the fabric to readjust after it has been put on the blot and I press seams to one side so they when sewing together. This means I do not have to pin.