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Im collecting 2 inch blocks, will have to save this, thanks for sharing.
Originally Posted by mary quilting
(Post 6471380)
Check this out it might save you a lot of time if you do it this way. I saw it on pinterest today.(very timely)
http://www.sewmamasew.com/2009/10/el...-tiny-squares/ |
Looks like I'll be nesting. Thanks all!
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Originally Posted by mary quilting
(Post 6471380)
Check this out it might save you a lot of time if you do it this way. I saw it on pinterest today.(very timely)
http://www.sewmamasew.com/2009/10/el...-tiny-squares/ Hmmm ... may have to give that a try. |
I just finished the first 1/4 of my postage stamp sized (1" finished squares) Trip Around the World. I strip pieced it and it's turning out great. I didn't worry about how I ironed, I just ironed a lot and it's all fine. 40 fabrics, 80 rows in the whole quilt for a total of 6400 pieces in the finished quilt (hopefully sometime this spring!) 1600 pieces in this quarter, which is a Christmas gift.....
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Just do what works best for you.Or do you N E E D a rule to work by.
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have to try this. I would like to do a miniature trip around the world.
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I've been working on a Postage Stamp quilt using 1" finished squares. Mine is a checkerboard pattern with every other square being white (Kona Snow) so I did blocks of 10 squares by 10 with seams pressed toward the colored squares. I have found I get beautiful results by pressing each row after it's added. This is easy for me to do as I have a little pressing station set up next to my sewing machine so all I have to do is swivel my chair. Sewing station is a wooden TV tray with batting and a cover over it. I also like to have an extra piece of disposable fabric over the cover as I sometimes use starch or Clear Press and over time the area where I iron the most will discolor and become brittle. When it's discolored I just rotate the cloth or if there's no clear space left, toss it.
I had to smile reading the description of "small pieces" and realizing they are talking about 2" squares. After you've worked with 1.5 inch squares for a while even a 2" square looks big ... |
Originally Posted by mary quilting
(Post 6471380)
Check this out it might save you a lot of time if you do it this way. I saw it on pinterest today.(very timely)
http://www.sewmamasew.com/2009/10/el...-tiny-squares/ |
I made such a quilt as a millenium quilt with 2000 squares. I used the gridded Pellon (?) interfacing and sewed according to the directions. It worked great and saved me much frustration, offering accurate sewing and little problem matching seams.
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Thanks for sharing the PS tutorial.
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