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hvnknows
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How Do I?

Post by hvnknows » Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:16 am

My sewing machine has been silent for 20 years. I'm now working on a crib-sized (just for practice) Lover's Knot quilt but I am confused when the directions say to lock seams. What does that mean exactly?
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Valentine44
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Re: How Do I?

Post by Valentine44 » Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:25 am

That means to back stitch a few stitches and than forward. That will lock the seam so it won't unsew.
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hvnknows
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Re: How Do I?

Post by hvnknows » Sat Nov 28, 2009 11:10 am

Aha! Thanks for the tip.
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xteacher
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Re: How Do I?

Post by xteacher » Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:05 pm

Are you sure they aren't talking about where you press the two seams in opposite directions so that they will "lock" together when you put the two pieces together?
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stitcherkjb
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Re: How Do I?

Post by stitcherkjb » Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:03 am

I, too, am new to this term... I searched for help with this last night and this discussion did not appear. Went through google groups to find it. so... which is it? tack at the beginning and end or where you stitch over the strips' connections in the middle of the 6 1/2 square?

thanks for any help..

kate
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auntjana
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Re: How Do I?

Post by auntjana » Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:51 am

When using El's Quilt books - the term "to lock seams together" is exactly what Karon said - you press the seams in opposite directions and then they will nestle right up together and you have perfect meetings of the intersections of each piece.

It really works! You will get great results by locking the seams together - the corners are perfect!

Look at the media theatre and it has videos on how to "swirl" the seams so they lay nice and flat too.

Jana
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rosebud3
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Re: How Do I?

Post by rosebud3 » Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:42 am

Jana and Karon are correct. When sewing garments you lock the seam by reversing and tacking the seam. When quilting the term "locking your seam" means to have your seams pressed in opposite directions and nestle them together. If you feel a big bump where the seams butt up to each other, they are not "locked" together. If the seams are butted up next to each other and the intersection is smooth they are"locked". Good luck.

MaryD
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