Originally Posted by
jlt37869
Perfect match for SBG.
FABRIC ARRIVING! Woo hoo.... jlt, that looks like a great red for that fabric! Thanks!
As for your questions, you can make and press a block any way you want, as long as you have 1/4" seams and the block finishes out at 12.5". Press seams any way you normally do.
I think thread is up to you, too. Anything you would normally use for quilting.
Duplicates do happen sometimes, but aren't usually identical because we each choose fabrics to go with the focus fabric, and the likelihood of them being identical is extremely small. It is good to look at the gallery and see what's already been made and posted for each fabric. I don't think anyone would deliberately make the same block as anyone else.
The link to the gallery is given in the first post of each Boom thread. Right now only our fabrics are there. As we make blocks and post our photos of them (not required, btw), Janice will 'grab' them and put them up in the gallery. She will post a separate gallery for March group and April group. We post our photos right here in our thread, and Janice picks them up. You
can keep your blocks a secret, but then they may be duplicated.
Plus, we all love to see them as they are made.
Hope that answers your questions.