What? You have GOT to be kidding!
08-05-2014, 06:17 AM
#52
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Originally Posted by Conartist1945
The same thing happened with my niece- We fixed it by putting a large half square triangle in one of the colors of the quilt. Looked just fine
08-06-2014, 04:57 PM
#56
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That is a very pretty bargello. Like the others, I "think" I can see what you mean, but not even sure and I did just have eye surgery to remove cataracts and have new glasses. No one will have a clue. Beautiful fix.
08-10-2014, 07:58 PM
#58
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Great save. Your problem-solving skills are in good working order! I had a somewhat similar situation last year when I made a quilt for my MIL from my DIL"s shirts. He had passed away a couple of years ago and I asked her if I could have his shirts for quilting fabric. Since she was going to give them away anyway, she gave them to me. She didn't know I planned to make a quilt for HER from them, though. Found the perfect pattern in a Bonnie Hunter book and made the quilt. It has two borders, one of which is pieced from the shirt. Some of the shirts I had were solid, but some were striped. Well I used solids on two corners and stripes on the diagonal ones. One of the striped corners just happened to line up beautifully when I mitered it. But, oh my, not the other one. I hadn't even considered the stripes when I was assembling the border pieces.
Of course, I didn't have a long enough piece left over to fit the corner. However, by taking a longer piece from the side of the border and fitting some others in place, I was able to get a long piece and managed to get those stripes to match. Boy, was I happy!
You'll probably always "see' your patched corner, but no one else will. It's your (and now our) little secret
.
Of course, I didn't have a long enough piece left over to fit the corner. However, by taking a longer piece from the side of the border and fitting some others in place, I was able to get a long piece and managed to get those stripes to match. Boy, was I happy!
You'll probably always "see' your patched corner, but no one else will. It's your (and now our) little secret
.
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