I was asked to do a little workshop on how to insert skinny lines into quilts. I've done a bit of it before, and wanted to include both straight line inserts and curved inserts and both of varying widths. I took inspiration from Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr, Irene Roderick, Cindy Grisdela, and Jean Wells, among others. It seems like the super skinny lines are showing up more often in quilt shows and that intrigued me.
I showed skinny lines inserted into curved pieces that finished about 1/8" on a previous blog. These will be about 1/4" inserted into a square in a square block. I cut a wonky rectangle to start with. To this, I sewed the 3/4" strips of gold with a 1/8" seam, pressed, and trimmed them to 1/2" from the sewn line. I used strips about 3" wide from the lime green fabric and sewed those in the next row with 1/4" seam allowance.
I trimmed them wonky after they were pressed, and to be 1" to 2" wide.
The process continued with more 3/4" strips of gold, and one more row of lime green. On one side, I inserted a strip of gold. The piece ended up about 7-1/2" x 7-1/2", with one side wonky. I may or may not trim this when it gets sewn into the quilt.
I hope this helps sew skinny lines into some of your blocks.
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