Is that how you feel about sewing curves? That they are too hard to do well or *dangerous*? Liken sewing curves with dating that *bad boy* in college: they can be challenging to deal with but they are really fun! 🙂 I can’t give you dating tips but I can help you with sewing curves!

Since I am not an experienced quilter, I can’t really tell you if this is the right/best way to sew curves, but it works for me. Lemme show you.

First, cut your curve long and sloping. If the curve is too severe it’ll be harder to work with. I like to use a lot of wavy S-curves in my designs. Cutting the curve through both fabrics (the print and the solid shown here) at the same time will ensure that your curve is identical. Just overlap the edges of your fabrics with right sides up and use a rotary cutter. You can free hand the curve or draw it out on a pattern piece first.

TIP! Use a vanishing ink pen to mark the peak of each curve on both pieces of fabric (Can you see above?). These marks should be directly across from each other along the cut.

Flip one fabric piece over on top of the other so they are right sides together, line up the coordinating marks and pin together.

Now go back and align the rest of the fabric edges together, pinning as you go. Don’t stretch the fabric, it should ease in between your peak pins. Use a lot of pins!

Now sew with  1/4″ seam allowance, removing the pins as you come to them. As the fabric approaches the foot, the fabric should be lying flat between pins.