Yikes, love that red, white and blue. :):)
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Originally Posted by meanmom
(Post 4851534)
I plan on making my blocks larger so it ends up queen sized. Do I need the CD or can I just blow everything up the same % on a copy machine. DOes anyone know if this will work. I assume it will be oK for the blocks but what about the triangles.
The most important thing to remember ADD SEAM ALLOWANCE TO YOUR FINISHED PATTERN lines. Do NOT under any circumstances refer to a seam allowance in any original pattern as it will be way too large or too small [you can adjust the size of your seam allowance accordingly - provided you are consistent in your approach throughout whatever quilt you are making.] |
Bleed test. I took a swatch of my royal blue and a swatch of my white, wet them down and laid them together for an hour or so. NO bleeding. I'm good to go as I really did not want to wash all 8 yards of the blue. If someone thinks I should do something different let me know before Tuesday. That is my slated time spot to start my blocks. (Too much going on between now and than.)
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I just finished ironing 17 yards of the red I bought today. I washed it 4 times before the rinse water was clear. I also used hot water to make sure it shrank all that it is going to. I found that if I put washing soda in the wash water, more of the dye came out. But that's OK. I just don't want anything to happen after the quilt is made, no matter how it is washed. I bought so many yards [the entire bolt again] as I had another 60% coupon and I ended up paying just over $1.10/yd. I'm going to use the rest of the yardage for the backing. I think I'll wash all of the muslin tomorrow and see how that shrinks.
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Oh my, Nancy, what wonderful deals you get! You are such a lucky duck.
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I washed both the red and the muslin in the hottest water that I could. The muslin shrank 8% in width and 11% in length. The red shrank 11% in width. I didn't measure the length - it's on the bolt and I don't want to unwind again :) These numbers are why I always prewash. Different fabrics shrink different amounts in width and length. If I'm doing applique, for example, I don't want that applique to go wonky... if I want a circle, I want it to remain a circle.
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I was just visiting a DJ on-line forum and ran across another way to QAYG our DJ's. It's similar to the way it's explained on this site, but it's done in manageable sections instead of individual blocks. It looks pretty interesting.
http://creativeribbons.blogspot.com/...u-gomy-dj.html |
Originally Posted by katybob
(Post 4854685)
I was just visiting a DJ on-line forum and ran across another way to QAYG our DJ's. It's similar to the way it's explained on this site, but it's done in manageable sections instead of individual blocks. It looks pretty interesting.
http://creativeribbons.blogspot.com/...u-gomy-dj.html |
Thhis is too tedious for me. While it is lovely I could not do all that intricate work it calls for. Best of luck to all who are doing this.
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Originally Posted by katybob
(Post 4854685)
I was just visiting a DJ on-line forum and ran across another way to QAYG our DJ's. It's similar to the way it's explained on this site, but it's done in manageable sections instead of individual blocks. It looks pretty interesting.
http://creativeribbons.blogspot.com/...u-gomy-dj.html |
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