THE FWS PONY CLUB Quilt-Along Wk 10 Country Lanes & Cowboy's Star Discussion Page
03-11-2012, 06:08 PM
#31
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As with snowflakes with no two being alike. sewers, blocks, machines follow the same vein. what's easy for me might be difficult for you and as hard as I try I cannot sew a straight seam by hand or machine..I use guides all the time.
I do love the challenge of different blocks and wonder "how did she get the points so perfect" "why is it so easy for her to do it not pping when I pp and it still comes out wonky" it's because we're "different" in the way we sew, cut and press....and ....that's what makes each of us "Special"and our blocks as well!
I do love the challenge of different blocks and wonder "how did she get the points so perfect" "why is it so easy for her to do it not pping when I pp and it still comes out wonky" it's because we're "different" in the way we sew, cut and press....and ....that's what makes each of us "Special"and our blocks as well!
03-11-2012, 07:17 PM
#32
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Well put Anne 
when it comes to quilting... I happen to be a bit of a wierdo, I dont pre wash, I dont press, before or during or after block assembly, and I really dont use starch! But I can cut more accurately with scissors than a rotary cutter and can sew a DARN GOOD straight seam
only recently have I learned the concept of PP... and we dont get along so well.... LOL
ahhhh the joys of quilting
~~~GREAT BLOCKS ALL ~~~
when it comes to quilting... I happen to be a bit of a wierdo, I dont pre wash, I dont press, before or during or after block assembly, and I really dont use starch! But I can cut more accurately with scissors than a rotary cutter and can sew a DARN GOOD straight seam
only recently have I learned the concept of PP... and we dont get along so well.... LOLahhhh the joys of quilting
~~~GREAT BLOCKS ALL ~~~
As with snowflakes with no two being alike. sewers, blocks, machines follow the same vein. what's easy for me might be difficult for you and as hard as I try I cannot sew a straight seam by hand or machine..I use guides all the time.
I do love the challenge of different blocks and wonder "how did she get the points so perfect" "why is it so easy for her to do it not pping when I pp and it still comes out wonky" it's because we're "different" in the way we sew, cut and press....and ....that's what makes each of us "Special"and our blocks as well!
I do love the challenge of different blocks and wonder "how did she get the points so perfect" "why is it so easy for her to do it not pping when I pp and it still comes out wonky" it's because we're "different" in the way we sew, cut and press....and ....that's what makes each of us "Special"and our blocks as well!
03-11-2012, 07:59 PM
#33
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Well put Anne
when it comes to quilting... I happen to be a bit of a wierdo, I dont pre wash, I dont press, before or during or after block assembly, and I really dont use starch! But I can cut more accurately with scissors than a rotary cutter and can sew a DARN GOOD straight seam only recently have I learned the concept of PP... and we dont get along so well.... LOL
ahhhh the joys of quilting
~~~GREAT BLOCKS ALL ~~~
when it comes to quilting... I happen to be a bit of a wierdo, I dont pre wash, I dont press, before or during or after block assembly, and I really dont use starch! But I can cut more accurately with scissors than a rotary cutter and can sew a DARN GOOD straight seam
only recently have I learned the concept of PP... and we dont get along so well.... LOLahhhh the joys of quilting
~~~GREAT BLOCKS ALL ~~~
03-11-2012, 08:05 PM
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That's what makes quilting so enjoyable ... we can all create the same thing, in so many different ways. Then we get to discover how we all did it differently.
And thus, all the mutations of the how-to's. Evolution!!!
It's important to remember ... there's no wrong way to do something,
Rather, there's your very own way and it's perfectly right!!
And thus, all the mutations of the how-to's. Evolution!!!
It's important to remember ... there's no wrong way to do something,
Rather, there's your very own way and it's perfectly right!!
03-13-2012, 11:37 AM
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I photographed this week's blocks and then last weeks blocks to post; thought I would really hate the Cowboy's Star, but it was not that bad to do...especially after I hit the Confederate Rose. John Barley Corn lived in Arkansas, his pony was named "Bob", and the Confederate Rose was his block???? The truth is stranger than fiction; wow. Razor Backs (wild hogs) might have been a better choice to represent AR; as the Hawkeyes (hawk) are for Iowa. Wonder how many with substitute a different block. Time will tell the tale. Just very happy that once was enough to do last week and this week's block, and on to the next ones.
03-14-2012, 06:09 AM
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I photographed this week's blocks and then last weeks blocks to post; thought I would really hate the Cowboy's Star, but it was not that bad to do...especially after I hit the Confederate Rose. John Barley Corn lived in Arkansas, his pony was named "Bob", and the Confederate Rose was his block???? The truth is stranger than fiction; wow. Razor Backs (wild hogs) might have been a better choice to represent AR; as the Hawkeyes (hawk) are for Iowa. Wonder how many with substitute a different block. Time will tell the tale. Just very happy that once was enough to do last week and this week's block, and on to the next ones.
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