Makes sense now that you say it. Thanks alot. PP give me anxiety. Takes all the fun out of quilting for me.
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Originally Posted by Up North
It will work as long as all three are the same size, your block will just be a tad smaller and in order to bring it up to the 12 1/2 size you need to add a border anyway.
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WOW. I just spent the last two days going through this library of blocks. what a gold mine. thank you
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Originally Posted by quiltinghere
Originally Posted by Up North
It will work as long as all three are the same size, your block will just be a tad smaller and in order to bring it up to the 12 1/2 size you need to add a border anyway.
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Beautiful! Haven't tried paper piecing yet, but it doesn't look like a too-complicated block. Can't wait to get at it!
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I might be the only one having a hard time.
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Originally Posted by meesabell
Originally Posted by quiltinghere
I just printed off 1 page and the 1" test square does not equal 1". Using Opera browser...gonna try IE to see if that'll allow me to resize or print actual size without modification.
ETA: I was able to print it off and get the 1" test square to be 1" using Internet Explorer. Oh, and doing the test piece really helped give me a good idea and to make sure to have enough overlap for seam allowances. |
I was having a hard time too (printing to scale). I could not get EXACTLY 1". It was either 15/16 or 1 1/16. I'm on a mac so I don't use IE. I was anxious to start cutting and someone answered my call for help. I finally decided on 1 1/16 for A, B, C , pages.
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Originally Posted by neeng
Originally Posted by meesabell
Originally Posted by quiltinghere
I just printed off 1 page and the 1" test square does not equal 1". Using Opera browser...gonna try IE to see if that'll allow me to resize or print actual size without modification.
ETA: I was able to print it off and get the 1" test square to be 1" using Internet Explorer. Oh, and doing the test piece really helped give me a good idea and to make sure to have enough overlap for seam allowances. |
A question for those with more experience with pp than myself (read: if you've made this block, you have more experience than me):
What do you do with the grain of the fabric when doing angled pieces (ie. the part of the church building at the tops of the windows or where the roof is angled). Do you just eyeball it so that when it's done, it's basically going the right way? Does grain even matter in something like this? I'd like to use plaids . . . they are so homey (Ha ha! How'd you like that one?). I got a bunch of plaid FQs for Xmas and would love to use them, but I don't want to waste them if it turns out badly. I've thought of drafting the church onto freezer paper and doing the block as applique instead of pp, but that seems like cheating here. Defeats the purpose of learning something new. Because plaids are directional, maybe this isn't a good application. Just thinking out loud here. I do have a back-up plan for another fabric selection but I'm not as excited about it. Thoughts anyone? |
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