Help with squaring blocks!!!
03-07-2011, 12:46 PM
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Ok so I am making a sinature quilt for my son for his graduation (both high school and his AA degree :)), but i think i should included some other colors to cover my mistakes :oops:
Here are a few pics i hope you see how bad my seems are and they are not meeting and refusing to even get together friendly, so since i made more blocks than i need (i was bored), i don't really mind squaring the blocks to a smaller size, so the pic that you see with the ruler on top of the block is when i tried to do that but look at the corners of the ruler and how they are not meeting either...hmmmm
Does it matter if i meet corner to corner on the color corners or the white corners only or do they both have to be good (just to remind you i made 100 blocks so whatever it is you better fix my problem not tell me make 100 more...lol).
I hope you get the big picture here and help me out PLEASE.
Thank you all
Here are a few pics i hope you see how bad my seems are and they are not meeting and refusing to even get together friendly, so since i made more blocks than i need (i was bored), i don't really mind squaring the blocks to a smaller size, so the pic that you see with the ruler on top of the block is when i tried to do that but look at the corners of the ruler and how they are not meeting either...hmmmm
Does it matter if i meet corner to corner on the color corners or the white corners only or do they both have to be good (just to remind you i made 100 blocks so whatever it is you better fix my problem not tell me make 100 more...lol).
I hope you get the big picture here and help me out PLEASE.
Thank you all
This is the layout of the quilt
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Look closely how they are far and not straight
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close pic of two blocks not being nice to each other
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here is a block with a smaller square ruler
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03-07-2011, 12:52 PM
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You have room to move the ruler slightly to make it meet at the corner. Just nudge the bottom right up so that the corner of the ruler is on the seam line. Once you have trimmed all the blocks to the same size, they should go together easier.
03-07-2011, 12:59 PM
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But if i do that the bottom left will not meet. Do you think a little stitching maybe of 1/8" on one of the side just half way would help?
Thanks
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Originally Posted by dungeonquilter
You have room to move the ruler slightly to make it meet at the corner. Just nudge the bottom right up so that the corner of the ruler is on the seam line. Once you have trimmed all the blocks to the same size, they should go together easier.
03-07-2011, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Charming
But if i do that the bottom left will not meet. Do you think a little stitching maybe of 1/8" on one of the side just half way would help?
Thanks
Thanks
Originally Posted by dungeonquilter
You have room to move the ruler slightly to make it meet at the corner. Just nudge the bottom right up so that the corner of the ruler is on the seam line. Once you have trimmed all the blocks to the same size, they should go together easier.
03-07-2011, 04:15 PM
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Thank you so much for your suggestion. I think it worked better than i thought, except for the squares of green but who cares. I like it anyways and my son loves it.
Here is couple of new pics after fixing.
I wouldn't worry about the white fabric. You need to rotate the ruler slightly so that the upper right and bottom left corners are on the seam lines.
Here is couple of new pics after fixing.
Originally Posted by dungeonquilter
Originally Posted by Charming
But if i do that the bottom left will not meet. Do you think a little stitching maybe of 1/8" on one of the side just half way would help?
Thanks
Thanks
Originally Posted by dungeonquilter
You have room to move the ruler slightly to make it meet at the corner. Just nudge the bottom right up so that the corner of the ruler is on the seam line. Once you have trimmed all the blocks to the same size, they should go together easier.
notice the green is off a little (I DON"T CARE REALLY)
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03-07-2011, 09:30 PM
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I know but don't you feel the urge to go back to your quilt and staring at THAT block...lol. Thanks anyway.
Originally Posted by GrannyW5
I really like the layout. It is very nice. Only you will see that seam not meeting.
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