Spinning seams in quilting

Seam Spinning Spinning your seams is a necessity for all sorts of quilting patterns. It allows all of those stitches to lay correctly, making your finished quilt top smooth and gorgeous. Sometimes getting those seams to spin correctly can be a bit of an issue. Once you learn how to do it correct

Last week I posted a picture on Instagram of an hourglass block for a quilt that I am currently working on and asked if there were others, like me, who "spin" their seams. I had several people ask me how it is done, so I decided to share a step-by-step tutorial. The reason that I like to spin my seams is that it creates less bulk at the intersections. I will be making a four patch block for this example, but the same technique works for hourglass blocks, pinwheels, and many more. 1. Start…

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Spinning seams hand pieced blocks tutorial

When quilting, the flatter your patchwork, the more accurate your sewing can be. Popping your seams, also called “spinning your seams,” is a way to achieve flatter patchwork.

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And twirl. They're all terms used to describe the technique of this... Simple description - the stitches above the seam line joining the two halves of the block are removed so that the center can be opened up. This makes the center junction nice and flat - in large part because the seams are pressed in opposite directions. One technique - two big benefits.

How to SEW Spinning Seams

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Learn how to create perfectly flat pinwheel quilt blocks. This tutorial has tips on reducing bulk in pinwheel block seams, which is essential!