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05-26-2014, 06:01 PM

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Cedar

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Yea . . . . I know the whole historical swastika thing . . . . But it's for my exs birthday and I just got on his Jewish fiancé's good side . . . . So hysterically bad form!

All better now!

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05-26-2014, 08:36 PM

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stillclock

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i made a whole quilt with vibrant red swastikas. it was a rail fence variation.

it's well loved....in its home far far away from me!

ha!

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05-26-2014, 08:46 PM

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bearisgray

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Then make another potholder in a 9- patch. It would probsbly be faster than redoing that one.

I still think potholders are fsirly hard to do nicely.

05-27-2014, 03:02 AM

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QuiltnNan

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Cedar

Yea . . . . I know the whole historical swastika thing . . . . But it's for my exs birthday and I just got on his Jewish fiancé's good side . . . . So hysterically bad form!

All better now!

i was on the side of those who thought you should leave it.... but now it looks lots better!! good call

05-27-2014, 05:02 AM

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yadroc

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Originally Posted by Cedar

Ok thanks for not seeing the giant swastika I just made too!

I feel a little less dumb. The green fading into the background will fix the problem.

The same thing happened to me when I made a baby quilt from one of the disappearing blocks, can!t remember which one. I saw it right away when I layed out the block so I changed it. It was not intentional but I sure did not want to offend anyone.

05-27-2014, 05:38 AM

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meyert

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I like the binding you have on it... its lovely

05-27-2014, 05:48 AM

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Tink's Mom

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It looked just fine to me the first way, but I do like the finished product. The only change I would have made to the first one was to match the thread to the binding.

05-27-2014, 01:48 PM

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bearisgray

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The green binding make it definitely a pinwheel or rail fence now. It does look nice with the green, too.

Kind of interesting how some of us see things that the rest of us totally miss!

05-27-2014, 02:32 PM

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ManiacQuilter2

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NOTHING that is a quilt and is finished is called a failure. You might have made an error in the placement of your colors but we have ALL learned by our mistake. The other item I have notice is that usually the stitch length of machine quilting is about a 2.5 or 3. Your stitching appears to be a little small. Keep up the good work.

05-27-2014, 05:59 PM

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jeanharville

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I just don't see a swastika at all. Because of the contrast in colors the white fabric sorta makes a cartwheel. But I do like the green binding better. Also I'm glad to hear others say that potholders are a little hard to make. I thought it was just me. The binding and the quilting was hard for me. Next time I will round the corners and do straight line quilting.