What are “nested” seams?

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What are "nested" seams?

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Nested seams come from pressing the seams on your pieces in opposite directions. Then when you join those two pieces, it is easy to match the seams because they butt up against each other.

Commonly seams are pressed to the dark side, but not always. Learn about Thoughtful Pressing here.

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Elizabeth DeCroos is the designer and teacher at Epida Studio. She loves to work with quilting, pojagi and embroidery and teach those techniques to others. Take a class today or get her to visit your group.

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