McCalls Quilting Jan/Feb 2012 / 3 month mystery quilt along
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I finally pulled fabrics for the Mystery Quilt. The colors are so muddy and dark in the photo, think jewel tones. But it is snowing outside so I decided that I would try indoor pics. And yes, the second one is the Queen Quilt Inspector helping me.
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This is my inspector..
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Bobbie- the floral was my favorite and the purple looks awesome with it - I just couldn't see spending 9.00 a yard times over 3 yards for a quilt I am not sure what it will look like ****big sigh*****
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All of the fabrics that I pulled from my stash for this quilt cost on the average of $1.00 a yard. Hooray for thrift stores! The caveat is that you have to cruise them regularly. I am with you, I would not go out to buy fabric for a quilt that I don't know what it will look like when I am done.
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Ok, now I need some help. I have my first installment pieces cut and the hourglass units are sewn together, but I find no place in the directions to tell me what size I need to square them to. Are the rest of you just cutting off the dogears or are you squaring the blocks to a certain size, maybe 61/2"?
I was very careful cutting and sewing, and even squared the cut pieces before sewing, but I can tell that my blocks are not completely square after sewing them.
I was very careful cutting and sewing, and even squared the cut pieces before sewing, but I can tell that my blocks are not completely square after sewing them.
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Ok, now I need some help. I have my first installment pieces cut and the hourglass units are sewn together, but I find no place in the directions to tell me what size I need to square them to. Are the rest of you just cutting off the dogears or are you squaring the blocks to a certain size, maybe 61/2"?
I was very careful cutting and sewing, and even squared the cut pieces before sewing, but I can tell that my blocks are not completely square after sewing them.
I was very careful cutting and sewing, and even squared the cut pieces before sewing, but I can tell that my blocks are not completely square after sewing them.
Valerie_Uland
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At the end of Part 1, your UNFINISHED (raw edge) blocks should now measure 6 INCHES SQUARE. (Do NOT trim your Part 1 unfinished blocks smaller than 6 inches square!) Jan 10, 2012 at 08:36 AM
kingt
Final measurement of first two squares
I am really pretty new at this and am still not completely understanding answers to others who had the same question I did. So let me ask the question this way. After all the squares are sewn as directed, and we are going to square them up and wait for part 2 instructions, do we square them up to 6 inches or do we square them up to 5 1/2 inches? Jan 06, 2012 at 05:32 PM
Last edited by Havplenty; 01-17-2012 at 02:32 PM.
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got my magazine copy in today now to finish picking fabs. still trying not to buy any fabs so..... i'm still looking through my fabrics. i normally only buy fabrics for projects so dont have a lot of "extra" fabrics. this is gonna be tough for the 3+ yards but i'm hopeful.
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