Old 08-05-2010, 04:38 PM
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Quilting Nonnie
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Here's my first two blocks. After the long wait, it was sooooo much fun. I'm paper piecing anything that is beyond squares and triangles! I love the look.

For those who came in later, I learned something from someone's earlier comment. You can buy a program called BlockBase from Electric Quilt. It has all the blocks from Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. You can look up thousands of blocks.

The reason I got it is: 1) I don't have the money to buy EQ yet (maybe Christmas ;) ) It will interface with EQ if (and when) you buy it. Reason 2), when you find a block, you can have it print out a foundation for paper piecing, or have it print out rotary cutting instructions. It also does templates, which you don't need with FW because we have them, but later on might come in handy.

I got it mainly for the paper piecing instructions. Not all blocks have it, but it will certainly help! I got the paper piecing for the first block, Attic Windows.

Attic Windows
[ATTACH=CONFIG]92396[/ATTACH]

Autumn Tints
[ATTACH=CONFIG]92397[/ATTACH]
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