Originally Posted by weezie
Originally Posted by Honchey
The first # 7 I did finally came out great but it was 6" not 6.5". So I made another one trimed up each individual square, then did each row, measured,pressed, pinned took my time doing it. squared up each 1/4 block square and it came out better and I wasn't so agrivated the second time around. there's no forgiveness in blocks this small.
I recollect that you posted a picture of your 6" "birds in the air" block and, yes, it was very nice. What a bummer!
I have 1 final seam to sew on #7; then if it's FINALLY right, I'll press and trim (hopefully tomorrow). The thing is: block #26 (Cut Glass Dish) is the same sort, only more of the stinkin' little triangles. Of the 111 blocks, there may be more blocks like that, but I went into a sort of shock when I looked at block 26 and stopped flipping pages. I had already seen all the blocks when I read the book a few weeks ago, but now that I'm constructing them, I'm looking at them in a whole new light ... an I'm not liking some of them at all!
Ummmmmmm. this isn't too bad. you're working with sets of 4. Even with the 2 sets of 4 going into 8. getting the 4 squared up is the part that HAS to be done. when you cut for these little triangles cut just a little bigger. open them up after sewing. try not to stretch them when pressing. You can see immediately if they are wonky or out of square. If you are sewing exact precisely cut pieces and then go over the 1/4 " seam allowance or sew crooked seams( like I do)-- then open them and they are not square--you have nothing to trim off to make them square. After I sew all these little buggers and then press them open--I sit down with a piece of cardboard that I cut to the size I need. I put the cardboard square on the fabric piece hold them between my thumb and fingers then trim around with little scissors. That's how I do it. I pin them together matching the seams at the point. I also pin with the grain of fabric . I have to stop. I'm rambling on. Need to go get a snack.