collage and one block wonder aha moment
06-12-2018, 04:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Jan in VA
Sometimes turning your back to the quilt hanging on your design wall and looking at it through a mirror over your shoulder will help "distance" yourself from the individual blocks, giving you an overall perspective. Or through the wrong end of a pair of binoculars.
06-12-2018, 05:16 AM
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Originally Posted by farmquilter
You can also use one of those door peep things to put it farther away. I learned that at a quilt camp and they are tiny enough to keep close by. Never heard about the mirror trick, might give that a try.
Don't we all! Thanks for the laugh!
06-12-2018, 04:44 PM
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That's a good idea! One guild member is very ocd about fabric placement and cannot be around me when I do scrappy or color choices blocks. She gets so upset that I don't care what color goes where. She gets very anxious and agitated but tries to hide it.
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