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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Diagonal Quilting

Quilting...
Halfway Through Quilting

I just love these "in progress" photos, and it is also a great excuse to take a quick break from the machine. I am doing a simple diagonal quilt, which apparently isn't as easy as it looks. I am now eye-balling the lines which is accurate enough for my liking.

I started off with the blue painters tape as we had some in the shed left over from renovations and I have read it is a good way to aid sewing nice straight lines. However after laying it out and sticking on a couple of guide lines I was already tired of that method. To be honest I wasn't any more accurate with the tape either.

Have you quilted diagonally across squares like this? How did you obtain nice straight lines?

1 comment:

BlueRidge Boomer said...

I mark the center of the square and then sew from corner to corner.....not always straight..but, it works for me!!

Enjoy....LindaMay