anyone made patches of life by Elanor burns???
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anyone made patches of life by Elanor burns???
the directions are to sew the vertical rows and not cut the threads, well I found it really hard to handle all the blocks hooked together like that. My rows are 16 blocks vertical and 11 rows horizontal. they are 6" finished blocks just wondering if anyone had a technique or hint to help
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I haven’t seen that one. I would sew the blocks into smaller units or quads. Sew together 4 blocks across and three down.
The last row would be 4 blocks and two down. Then sew those units together.
Does this pattern only got sewn together in one way? That may be the reason not to cut threads. The blocks will be in order on each row. Less likely to turn them wrong.
The last row would be 4 blocks and two down. Then sew those units together.
Does this pattern only got sewn together in one way? That may be the reason not to cut threads. The blocks will be in order on each row. Less likely to turn them wrong.
Last edited by Rhonda K; 09-22-2020 at 01:05 PM.
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It sounds as if they are using webbing to keep the blocks in the correct order while assembling the quilt top. A picture is worth a thousand words, so here is a video tute.
https://youtu.be/2cJQBZqEw0I
https://youtu.be/2cJQBZqEw0I
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Bonnie Hunter webs her quilt tops and I think she has a demo on it on her quiltville site. Tried it, don’t like it. I spent more time untangling the blocks then if I just keep the blocks on my design wall and walk over to get the next one. Besides getting up to get the next block is good stretching for my body.