2015 - December Block of the Month - Photos
12-05-2015, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by ranger
Patrice....are there any hints you can give me?
I looked at the link to the instructions. Did you add the corner triangles to the windmill row before joining the the rows together?
I think my problem may be the diagonal of the triangle. The fabric must have stretched because that side had too much fullness when I tried to sew the rows together.
Thanks.
I looked at the link to the instructions. Did you add the corner triangles to the windmill row before joining the the rows together?
I think my problem may be the diagonal of the triangle. The fabric must have stretched because that side had too much fullness when I tried to sew the rows together.
Thanks.
i am not 100% sure it must be done that way. i'd have to make a third copy of the block to find out - which i don't plan to do at this time.
did you starch your fabrics before you cut out your pieces? i always starch the heck out of my fabrics before i make the first cut. if i'm going to be working with any angles at all, i starch the double-heck out of it. the stiffer the fabrics the easier it is [for me] to cut accurately; match the pieces; and sew accurate seams without stretching things out of shape.
i also used a lot of pins when it came time to join each of the large triangular units to the windmill row.
i started by pinning each of the points where the triangles poked up against the corners of the square.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]537089[/ATTACH]
after making sure my "point pins" were as straight as possible i added pins on each side.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]537090[/ATTACH]
then i stitched between those pins and checked to see if they'd joined up properly. when they don't, i only have to remove a few stitches instead a whole seam. once i have them joined well enough, i sew the whole seam.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]537091[/ATTACH]
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12-05-2015, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by PatriceJ
yes ... added the corner triangles to the windmill row before joining it to the two big triangle-shaped units.
i am not 100% sure it must be done that way. i'd have to make a third copy of the block to find out - which i don't plan to do at this time.
did you starch your fabrics before you cut out your pieces? i always starch the heck out of my fabrics before i make the first cut. if i'm going to be working with any angles at all, i starch the double-heck out of it. the stiffer the fabrics the easier it is [for me] to cut accurately; match the pieces; and sew accurate seams without stretching things out of shape.
i also used a lot of pins when it came time to join each of the large triangular units to the windmill row.
i started by pinning each of the points where the triangles poked up against the corners of the square.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]537089[/ATTACH]
after making sure my "point pins" were as straight as possible i added pins on each side.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]537090[/ATTACH]
then i stitched between those pins and checked to see if they'd joined up properly. when they don't, i only have to remove a few stitches instead a whole seam. once i have them joined well enough, i sew the whole seam.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]537091[/ATTACH]
i am not 100% sure it must be done that way. i'd have to make a third copy of the block to find out - which i don't plan to do at this time.
did you starch your fabrics before you cut out your pieces? i always starch the heck out of my fabrics before i make the first cut. if i'm going to be working with any angles at all, i starch the double-heck out of it. the stiffer the fabrics the easier it is [for me] to cut accurately; match the pieces; and sew accurate seams without stretching things out of shape.
i also used a lot of pins when it came time to join each of the large triangular units to the windmill row.
i started by pinning each of the points where the triangles poked up against the corners of the square.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]537089[/ATTACH]
after making sure my "point pins" were as straight as possible i added pins on each side.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]537090[/ATTACH]
then i stitched between those pins and checked to see if they'd joined up properly. when they don't, i only have to remove a few stitches instead a whole seam. once i have them joined well enough, i sew the whole seam.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]537091[/ATTACH]
I don't usually starch fabrics but I think this block requires it.
Your photos are a great help. So nice of you to take pics and post them. I appreciate it.
Will try the block tomorrow after the starching.
12-14-2015, 05:02 PM
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you should be proud of that block. looks great! 
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01-02-2016, 08:01 PM
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Kathryn - nice job on your block!
Patrice - thank you so much for the "detailed photos" - hopefully my block will turn out remotely acceptable (ha, ha, ha!!). I'm about "3 blocks" behind - of course, I'm blaming the holidays for my slacking on the BOM's
Patrice - thank you so much for the "detailed photos" - hopefully my block will turn out remotely acceptable (ha, ha, ha!!). I'm about "3 blocks" behind - of course, I'm blaming the holidays for my slacking on the BOM's
01-07-2016, 04:11 AM
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there's no such thing as "behind."
there is only "i haven't gotten around to it yet."
there is only "i haven't gotten around to it yet."
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01-08-2016, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by PatriceJ
there's no such thing as "behind."
there is only "i haven't gotten around to it yet."
there is only "i haven't gotten around to it yet."
BLOCK UPDATE: I still haven't gotten around to it (yet!), but "tomorrow" is another day
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