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I have a love/hate relationship with panels -- I love the look of the (they have some of the cutest) but squaring some of the up is a misery. I have spent WAY too much time trying to come up with a square block for the Eric Carl Brown Bear and Very series. I am trying to make a quilt with 2 - 9 block squares of Brown Bear and 2 from the Very series.
I could not square up the panels themselves (they were anywhere from 1/2" to 1 1/2" off). I tried my grandmother's trick of soaking them with starch and stretching as I pressed them to the lines. I got 1 to square up -- 3 to go. Then I added sashing to them and tried again, I now have 2 that are great, but 2 are still wonky -- did I mention that I am trying to get them to the same size with the sashing LOL. (I did not prewash this set since when I prewashed the last set I had an even bigger battle.) I am taking a break and a breath. I wonder why I would ever buy panels, then I look at them and I love them all over again. Next step is to wet the wayward panels and pin them to a grid and let them dry that way. Attached is a pict of the 4 -- they look pretty square from a distance. Thanks for listening. |
This is going to be soooo cute! You can defeat the panel, I just know you can.
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I think blocking the panels may help you. I did that with a couple of wonky ones and worked pretty good.
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hang in there. we're all rooting for you.....
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Maybe just square them up by using wonky cut sashing??
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Have you seen Sharon Schamber's videos on how to square up blocks? Might help. I will try to add links to them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-3RIWhBvcA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6aplw_tVZc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIjZqABo2NY |
Originally Posted by Prism99
Have you seen Sharon Schamber's videos on how to square up blocks? Might help. I will try to add links to them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-3RIWhBvcA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6aplw_tVZc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIjZqABo2NY Thanks!! |
It's like blocking a sweater. Works wonders.
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I had some cute printed cat blocks that were not square. I squared them up after adding a border. You can't tell looking at the quilt that the original blocks were not quite square.
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