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May 4th, 2012, 09:12 AM
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Drunkard's Path
So, I vowed never to sew a quilt with curved seams, because sewing them would be a totally frustrating experience. However, at the Paducah Quilt Show last week, a vendor had invented a foot that helps you make perfect Drunkard's Path blocks, with no muss, no fuss, and they come out perfect (of course, she has practiced a little bit!) She invented a universal foot that has very short "toes" in the front of the sewing are, so you can see very easily to keep the edges of the fabric lined up. You hold the fabric for the first part, and a nifty tweezers comes with the set up to grab the last inch that your fingers can't hold. It was so easy, I purchased one, now I'm willing to try it. My question is--how do you cut a drunkard's path block? Do you use a circle ruler? It seems to me that from some quilts I've seen that the curved part is a quarter of a circle, can you use a regular circle ruler or do you have to have a special template for this? Any advice? I have a circle ruler, so I could experiment. You would have to allow your 1/4" seam allowance on both sides of the cut to make it work. I'm going to experiment, but if anyone has some advice, send it my way!
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