2014--50 Fabulous Paper-Pieced Stars BOW
#1041
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That would eliminate the excess. I was going by the book which has sizes to cut each piece. Luckily I have a friend who is saving scraps for dog beds so I was able to use the clippings for something.
#1042
Ladies your blocks are wonderful. I am curious Toverly and Mirabelle, how much background fabric did you start with? What size are your blocks? The reason I am asking is I am right now considering buying some background for my start on these and its a light batik background. These are not only hard to find to begin with but will be impossible later! I was going to get 2 yards. I plan on making my blocks between 10 1/2 and 12 1/2.
Hope this has helped you.
#1043
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Just a quick and sincere thank you to those who sent me ideas, patterns, and suggestions for a Mariner's Compass block for the center of my quilt when I asked for help a while back. One of the patterns sent was instructions on how to draft your own compass which is what I did. I drafted a 12 x 24 compass block for the center and will just use my blocks around them with sashing. I think I'll make a practice block just to see if my drafting works. Now I'm excited to start QAYG and putting this quilt together. Thank you all again!
#1044
Thank you!
qltgrose I had 5 yards of the background fabric and my blocks are 10 1/2 inches. I am not a fabric hacker and cut strips 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 inches for my background triangles and then smaller strips if needed. I have had no waste and was really surprised at how much it used. I would go with Anael's suggestion of 7 to 8 yards.
Hope this has helped you.
Hope this has helped you.
#1045
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Warning, pale batiks are addictive! I have so much more than when I started. I seem to pick them up whenever I go shopping for fabric. I do love the scrappy look of the light batiks, it adds dimension to the quilt.
#1047
Great blocks from last week and this week too (Jan).
I have more done, but not the "right" weeks to share....not sure when I will get back to sewing them again. It might not be until my retreat in October. I have couple other quilts I need to finish in September. Not much sewing time with working three days a week now and homeschooling my kids.
I have more done, but not the "right" weeks to share....not sure when I will get back to sewing them again. It might not be until my retreat in October. I have couple other quilts I need to finish in September. Not much sewing time with working three days a week now and homeschooling my kids.
#1048
Ok, of the ladies who have done the 10 1/2 size-- or -gulp smaller...do you think it makes them any more difficult? You can see my profile butterfly block which was 12 1/2 and I about tore my hair out on the small bits in that one. On the other hand, I would like to make this with all 50 blocks so its going to be huge, even if I set them side by side, without sashing. What do you think...if you were starting over today...would you still make the smaller size or go bigger?
#1049
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Great blocks from last week and this week too (Jan).
I have more done, but not the "right" weeks to share....not sure when I will get back to sewing them again. It might not be until my retreat in October. I have couple other quilts I need to finish in September. Not much sewing time with working three days a week now and homeschooling my kids.
I have more done, but not the "right" weeks to share....not sure when I will get back to sewing them again. It might not be until my retreat in October. I have couple other quilts I need to finish in September. Not much sewing time with working three days a week now and homeschooling my kids.
Thank you for starting this great thread. There has been some really pretty eye candy on here and so many great color ideas. I am planning to start these blocks in 2015.
#1050
qltgrose--I am making 10 1/2 in blocks (will finish at 10") and haven't found any of the pieces too small to work with. I did another pp'd quilt that was 8" and didn't have problems with that either.
Barb--I will get some pictures of my blocks when I get a chance to put them on the display board. I would love to have enough blocks done this year so that in early 2015 I am assembling blocks into quilts, but we shall see how that works out. We will be sure to follow you in your journey and others who decide to join in.
Barb--I will get some pictures of my blocks when I get a chance to put them on the display board. I would love to have enough blocks done this year so that in early 2015 I am assembling blocks into quilts, but we shall see how that works out. We will be sure to follow you in your journey and others who decide to join in.
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