Summertime Sampler - Blocks 9 and 10
04-22-2017, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by FGlinda
I have this pattern & after seeing yours I am inspired to start. I read thru the directions & have a couple of questions. It says to staple the pieces to the background. Did you do that - was the staple easy to remove & did it leave any marks. Also, the pattern says to whipstitch the pieces to the background using one strand of matching floss & then blanket stitch with a contrasting color. This seems like a lot of extra work. I have minimal experience with wool. Can you use a fusible on wool? Also, do I prewash the wool? Thanks in advance for helping me out.
04-23-2017, 05:27 AM
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Your stitches are really very even but then you have been getting a lot of practice by doing all these blocks. Ha! I think my favorite so far is the birds/watermelon one that you show in this post. Two more blocks to go, yay! I have been meaning to ask (or maybe I already did and have forgotten) if you are using "wool felt" or "felted wool". There seems to be a difference and I am a bit confused by it all and wondering if they can be used interchangeably. Just bought a bunch of small cuts and a bag of felted wool from the guild table at a quilt show. Hopefully I will be able to use them. They were someone's cast offs I am sure but so cheap I could not pass them up.
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