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Old 11-24-2010, 04:21 AM
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needlenut
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Originally Posted by amma
Originally Posted by sandy12010
I have around 50 of them. I think the person that had them before put a piece of material on the back and then slit it and stuff the picture to make it stand out that is what one of the ones I got has on the back of it and is stuff a little. but I dont want to do that
My grama made quilts like that in the late 60's early 70's :D:D:D

You can trim them so they all show just some white around some of the edges. Don't worry about some of the sides with the greenery :wink: just keep enough white around the animals so they don't get cut off.

Then measure them, figure out the difference between the smallest and biggest square.
Add different colored sashing strips to each block (green on one block, brown on another, etc) in a width to bring them all up to the same size.

If your largest block is 6", add 1 1/2" sashing strips to them (9" block).
If your smallest block is 4 1/2" add sashing strips 2 1/4" to them (9" block).

You can pick out a few widths of sashing strips, sew them onto the blocks and then square them up to 9". Unless you want to measure them all out :wink:

You can lay them out randomly, and the blocks will be offset, none will line up perfectly, but that is ok, it is the style now :D:D:D
Great advice. This will make it work into a beautiful work of art.
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