Seams Common Sense with Valerie Nesbitt & Jennie Rayment
Classes with Valerie Nesbitt • Educational, G, 21-Aug-2020
Seams open or seams closed?
Jennie has years of twiddling, fiddling, nipping, and tucking her fabrics. She is undoubted that you need to press seams open for this work style. Valerie, however, came to machine patchwork from hand-sewing where seams remain closed for strength.
Enjoy the merits and discussions by these two on their differing approach to sewing patchwork, but on one thing, they are agreed – the result is king, and the choice is yours – and the quilt police do not check inside the quilt!
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