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Old 01-11-2010, 09:19 AM
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makin, that's the same pattern I had. When you sew your strips together for the four patch, you have to square up the edges as you cut your small square sections.
Have you strip pieced before?
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Old 01-11-2010, 10:53 AM
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Right off the bat, I put my kit together wrong. I sewed a couple pieces of the larger border fabric together with the 4-patch fabric. I looked at it and realized my mistake. Maybe I'll write an encyclopedia of quilting mistakes.
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Old 01-11-2010, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by JJean
Right off the bat, I put my kit together wrong. I sewed a couple pieces of the larger border fabric together with the 4-patch fabric. I looked at it and realized my mistake. Maybe I'll write an encyclopedia of quilting mistakes.
FYI - most of the completed ones I've seen and the kits I've received used a stripe print as the border. It might be easier to figure out what's what if you kit has a striped fabric. :)
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Old 01-12-2010, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by makin
Wow, thanks for all your help and advice. I don't know yet how to post pictures. I think I will take what I have apart and square it all up and hope it doesn't become too small. Yes I got the 4-patch with larger squares version. I'll be back begging for help if this doesn't work. And, I'll learn how to post pix. Thank you all. :-)
good luck.
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Old 01-14-2010, 10:52 AM
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Update: I disassembled the blocks I had sewn and measured each one. I can certainly understand the problem with any of the four-patch squares I had sewn but the larger blocks actually ranged in size from 5 3/4" to a little more than 6 1/4". I squared them to 6" and will add an additional narrow border to make up the size. Wish me luck!
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Old 01-14-2010, 12:07 PM
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Good luck now that you have re-cut the kit. I have made several for them with no problems. Ordered another one the other day.
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