Hello all, were my ears buring? LOL And as for the copying thing, it's the sincerest form of flattery isn't it? :lol: :lol: :lol:
Why don't you come and post your progress on the Floral Master group thread? I thought it would be fun to see the different results we all got from working with the same fabric - some ppl are even doing octagons with it. :-D
I agree with Gai about the resewing in that case I'm afraid (the first pic I mean) - a little bit of mismatch can be starched and/or quilted out but too much and you'll get peaks and troughs. :-D
PS In the book, she tells you to line up the dog ears of the rows, pin and then sew the rows together. And not to worry if there were mismatches as the pattern is so busy blah blah.. This wasn't accurate enough for persnickety me so I applied the same principle of vertical pin to match the points then horizontal pin as shallow as possible that we use in the layering of repeats process to joining the rows together as I show in my You Tube video. This is in no way intended to replace the book or imply that you can make an OBW without it - it is only intended to demonstrate my personal method of dealing with that stage of the process. I also show my 'wiggle and press' technique for pressing an open seam. The link is above in Gai's post - thanks Gai. :-D