After assembling the first two diamonds and working very carefully to match seams to get nice points, I was frustrated again. I decided that the points that didn't match perfectly were better than the puckers that resulted by trying to force them to match.
When I simply went with the 1/4" dog ears on each end of the diamonds, amazingly, they matched up quite well, better than I had anticipated and by the end of the day I had eight points done. I was curious about how they were going to come together in the center since I knew the diamonds were a little wonky because of the kit pieces not all being a consistent size.
I trimmed them up a tad and then started joining them. The person for whom I am finishing this quilt wanted black filler blocks. I joined them all up and was stunned at the beauty!
I was also surprised that there was not a bigger problem in the center than there was...
There was a pucker,
but I knew how I would tame it.
On a flat surface, and looking at the backside of the top, I took inventory of the situation. I removed the stitches from the vertical and the horizontal seams...
I adjusted the seam depth with long straight pins until it laid flat. I did this with all four seams and then I flipped the top over to view it from the top...
It looked pretty good, but there was still a little pucker... I adjusted, re-pinned and pressed until I was satisfied...
My final result?
And that, my friend, is how you fix a Broken Star!
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