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Seamingly Accurate®
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Seamingly Accurate® is a NEW Seam Guide distributed by Quiltwoman.com
for ReannaLily Designs. 

Seamingly Accurate® was previously available as a free download, but has
gained much popularity and as a result, has been picked up by Quiltwoman.com.
Please shop at Quiltwoman.com or ask for YOUR Seamingly Accurate in your
notions department of your quilting and hobby stores.

Wholesale inquiries regarding Seamingly Accurate® should contact Quiltwoman.com.

Click on the patterns link to see ReannaLily Designs' patterns that feature the
NEW seam guide.

Thank you for all the support thus far.  You, quilters and seamstresses, have made
Seamingly Accurate® an amazing success.  Thank you!

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Tired of having inaccurate seams?  Is your sewing machine covered in masking
tape for your wider hemming and sewing needs? Wish you had a REAL guide
beyond the metal throat plate?  Do you have a metric machine and need
an "inches" guide for your new patterns?

Seamingly Accurate® is a new product allowing you to sew hems, apply
trims, quickly make half-square-triangles and more without permanently
altering your sewing machine!  This product has been designed by me,
owner and founder of ReannaLily Designs.  I found, in my commissioned
sewing endeavors, that I really needed more sewing guide lines.  It occurred
to me, that you might also.

Sample Uses

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To Use:

Click PLAY to watch this 3 minute Installation movie:

1. Peel off the backing of Seamingly Accurate® to expose the repositionable adhesive.

2. Apply Seamingly Accurate® to your sewing machine over and around the throat
plate, lining up the black "needle line" of Seamingly Accurate®
with your needle as shown.

Use any straight lines on your machine such as the edge of the throat plate to help you line up your Seamingly Accurate® straight on your machine. Use a ruler to help you. Remember that you can remove and reposition it many times if needed. If you have an accessory case that opens or a removable table, or free-arm bed, make a cut in the Seamingly Accurate® so you can open your accessory case or remove your arm or table without removing Seamingly Accurate®. You can position Seamingly Accurate® any way you like.

3. Using a craft knife, cut around your metal throat plate and bob-bin case. Remove this piece of paper, or you can mark where you want to cut with a pencil, remove Seamingly Accurate® from your machine, cut with scissors, and reposition Seamingly Accurate® on the machine. If you have an accessory case that opens or a removable table, or free-arm bed, make a cut in the Seamingly Accurate® so you can open your accessory case or remove your arm or table without removing Seamingly Accurate®.

4. Now your guide is fitted to your sewing machine and can be easily used and reinstalled on many occasions.

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Your throat plate position will vary depending on your sewing machine brand.
ReannaLily Designs recommends removing that portion, in case you need access
to that pesky bobbin case during your sewing afternoon.

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Seamingly Accurate® is excellent for making Half Square Triangles (HST)!

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A. Position your Seamingly Accurate® paper guide by laying the Needle Line in line with your needle.  As you sew, make sure that the corner point is lined up with the Dotted ¼” line. This will keep your diagonal center line ¼” from your stitching line the entire time.

B. Sew down the left side, using the Seamingly Accurate® as your guide. Flip the square unit and sew along the right side, still continue to use the guide, giving you a square that looks like the one pictured.
 

*You will never have to mark the centers of those squares again!*


C. Cut the two halves apart along the imaginary centerline, between the two stitching lines. Press the new HST open. It should measure  square.

 

Seamingly Accurate® is excellent for making LARGER Half Square Triangles (HST) too!

A. Mark the center line of the first square of your project, as you would traditionally. 

B. Start sewing 1/4" to the left of that center line, still pretty traditional.

C. Here's the magic-  Make a note, as to where on the seam guide the right hand corner passes.
(where the arrow is pointing in the picture)

D. Now, with every other large HST pair of that size, sew by lining up the right hand corner with the guide line from step C.
Once the large square has moved up onto the seam guide, you can continue to sew 1/4" from the center by making sure that the corner point is lined up with the Dotted ¼” line, next to the Needle Line.
 

Seamingly Accurate® is excellent for Triangles and Continuous Binding!

When making continuous binding strips, I cut many 2.5" strips of fabric and join them with a 45* seam.  This is method eliminates bulk when I'm hand sewing or machine stitching the binding in place. 

The 45* angle is also a very popular angle in quilt triangle construction.  To join a two pieces of fabric with a 45* cut, the quilter needs to off-set the angles and  Seamingly Accurate® can help!  The off-set should line up with the needle stitching line.  {see the photo below}

 

Seamingly Accurate® is excellent for making Flanged Pillow Shams!

What's a Flanged Pillow Sham?- Think Ravioli-  The seam guide allows for perfect flanged edges
around the pillow sham.

 

Seamingly Accurate® is excellent for making Wide Hems!

Need a 3" hem on the bottom of your new drapery or garment?  Try Seamingly Accurate®.
Depending on your sewing machine's area under the sewing machine "head" you can make
perfect hems up to 5.5" wide.

Many of ReannaLily Designs' Patterns feature Seamingly Accurate® to help sew
faster and more accurately. 

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Seamingly Accurate® is protected by copyright.  You may NOT copy,
 sell or distribute this product for your own profit without consent from
ReannaLily Designs or Quiltwoman.com. 

Seamingly Accurate® is also a protected registered trademark. 

 

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