need some pattern suggestions

I'm sure that using different machines was a major part of the problem. The
one time I tried that, my seams didn't match either.
Roberta in D

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I used strip piecing, but I used about 4 different sewing machines
throughtout the process and by the time I got around to sewing those
strips together, I discovered that not all seam allowances are the
same. I have more puckers in this quilt than I've ever had in
anything I've ever done. I expect to use the "beat it into
submission" quilt pattern when I get around to finishing it. I would
just start over but I don't have enough of the focal fabric left of
this one and I bought the fabric in another state and can't get it up
here. I feel really bad about the puckers, but I doubt the nephew
will notice. And if it's really bad when it's finished, I'll just get
some other fabric and make a new one. I can always use this one for a
dog bed.....if I ever get a dog.

The strip piecing is easier, but sewing those strips into the finished
blocks is awful. I really hate matching those seams up. Or maybe it
was keeping track of which strip came next. I think it was just
having to think during the process. It didn't take long, I just like
quick, easy patterns and in retrospect, I don't think I've ever
enjoyed making a double irish chain. It's my favorite finished quilt
pattern though, which is probably why I keep doing it.

Tamra




On Aug 18, 1:55?am, "Roberta Zollner" wrote:
Tell us about your process! And don't tell us you started out by cutting
lots of tiny squares! I use Eleanor Burns's method for Irish chain, goes
fast. You really can make a top in a day, if you don't have much else to
do.
Roberta in D