Ah, a dinoctopus!!! Wonderful mythical creature........Originally Posted by Siodach
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Ah, a dinoctopus!!! Wonderful mythical creature........
I love you quilt. Wod you be willing to share the name of the pattern?
I'd love to know also. I really like the design. That was really clever, incorporating the colors from all the wedding participants dresses! What a great keepsake!
Cathy
The quilt is the quilt. The bleeding does not take anything away from the sentiments of you or your guests. The Bleed is a fact of life...This should be the worst that life has to offer them! Relax; share the "oh dear", and enjoy everyone's praises and love. It is a wonderful job well done!
I thought it was a purple shadow! I love the "mistake"!
I love the helo affect around the dinosaur. Just think of this instead of a bleed. A wonderful design feature not easy to do.
Finished is better than a UFO
You could try a Pro Marker blender pen, pro markers are alcohol ink pens for crafting and there is a blender pen which you can use to blend out the colour or remove colour if you go outside the lines, defo get them in Scotland, if you near a hobbycraft, or any paper crafting shop. I think it still looks beautiful, adds to the originality x
"Purple aura" yeah, that sounds good. You meant to do it that way. Stick with that. Seriously, it really is a cute quilt.
Like the rest, it looks fine - you're the only one that will notice. Lovely quilt - no pandas?
Lang may yer lum reek. (I'm a knitter - hence - 'Knit-ette'. Confuses a lot of people!)
Notmorecraft, I'll definitely look out for that pen. We have 2 hobby crafts in a 40 mile radius so do get to one or the other every so often. Thanks for the suggestion.
We weren't allowed near the pandas on the day. At the time they thought she might be expecting, so they were off limits! There was even a no-fly-zone over the zoo for the tourist helicopters in case it upset her lol.
The pattern for my quilt was inspired by this:
http://tamarackshack.blogspot.co.uk/...spy-quilt.html
Once I'd worked out the repeating unit I drew up this:
I was pleased to see it would lend itself to paper piecing, especially with all the bias edges involved. I used a couple of packs of Moda pre-cut hexagons. I did think I could cut some corners by strip-piecing the colours, but I think that actually made assembly more difficult later - if I got any strip misaligned even by a fraction, it made matching units awkward - that's when I was glad of the bias lol.
The outer border is a friendship braid.
Now that it's properly dry, the halo is much less obvious, so I've stopped panicking about it now lol.
Thank you all for your support!
cheers, K
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