Originally Posted by Rhonda
Thanks K3n I keep trying to express to people that it is so thrilling that you can get such intricate designs with such easy steps!!! But people look at what looks so hard to do and they turn away without giving it a chance.
I have a hard time getting people to understand that they don't have to do miniatures to use the methods!!! I just prefer to do minis but they don't have to~~
So having someone like you try out the methods and tell people how easy it is really helps!! I don't know what your skill level is I wasn't refering to that. Just good to get an independant opinion!!
Thanks so much!!
My machine piecing skills are fairly basic - I mostly did hand work til I joined this board. I really struggle with HSTs etc the traditional way, getting the points to match :evil: But I'm persevering and making myself choose patterns that use them!
I like your way for making small pieces and using scraps and the traditional way for making lots the same. I did however use yardage for this piece and I wasted some fabric but it's not really waste - I made some HST blocks with the larger scrpas and some crumb crazy blocks with the small bits - these will be used in a future piece! Your way for these sharp points is the ONLY way I'd attempt at this stage!
With regards to not having to be miniature - for info, the star point blocks finished at 3" plus seam allowance - I guess you can make them any size you like, I just happened to have a square template that size!
K x