Nesting Seams Tutorial

I sent my oldest daughter home last weekend with a stack of 4 inch squares I've been collecting to make an I-Spy quilt for our little guy. Her husband works 12 hour shifts, thus I took the opportunity to "replant the quilting seed"  as she's already successfully made one charm pack quilt: 

The day after she got home, she texted me this picture of her "new sewing area" and even used my idea of pinning a flannel backed tablecloth to the wall as a make shift design wall. I was impressed she already had two rows sewn and  I only needed to remind her about "nesting the rows" when she sews them together.

So this tutorial is especially for you girl. Here ya go:

Nesting Seams Tutorial

First, lay your rows on the ironing board right side down and in the order you want them:

Next, you press (not iron) the seams in opposite directions:

You continue alternating the direction you press the seams.

When you go to stitch your rows together, the seams will "nest" flat like this:

And your squares will easily line up: 

As you can see, I'm working on my ALYofF 30's Baby Quilt today and am probably among the few women who gets to spend the day without football! LOL

With Smiles,

Val:)