With the glue stick, I wasn’t too worried about re-doing any pieces as it was so quick and easy. I laid out all the pieces and I liked what I saw. (And it saves time and energy and my hands!) It was easier to keep the pieces centered (sometimes I put a dot of glue on the piece before putting it down, but not always) and I love how they look. Then I just smoothed the seam allowance up over the glue. I’d read that it was not a good idea to go all the way to the edge of the paper when glueing, that it was better to leave a small bit unglued. I had purchased the narrow glue stick for the The New Hexagon Millefiore Quilt Along and thought it was time to learn a few new tricks. I tried a new-to-me technique this time: glueing down the seam allowances. But if you need your yellow on one side and your gold on the other and you don’t want to have to figure it out, then put the printed side down, for that’s how you see it.
I sometimes get confused whether the pieces should go printed side up, or printed side down, so my usual recommendation is if they are bi-directional - meaning it doesn’t matter - then it doesn’t matter. I’m not a purist–I don’t need everything to be hand-sewn and doing this step this way will make your circle more accurate and save you a lot of headache.
I also used the technique of seaming together my two fabrics, then cutting out the pattern piece, lining up the center lines. or 20-lb) Yes, I am a stationary/paper nerd, too. paper, a bit heavier than the usual copy paper (which can either be 18-lb. Remembering the nightmare of trying to get all those points to fit into the center on a previous block, I added a small circle, and changed the pattern to the one you have now:įor this project, I use 24 lb. I must admit to being a bit nervous about this new process, so I drew up a circle and then tried to fit the pieces into it, making sure that they were all the same size as the other circles.Īnd then I didn’t like how the pattern looked, so I went and redrew it (you have the latest version). Illustrations below are with the OLD version of the pattern, so it may vary from what’s included now. Please remember to set your printer settings to 100% and check the little scale square included on the pattern.
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