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littlehud 09-21-2009 05:48 PM

Those purples are beautiful and I love the way you fixed your block. It turned out wonderful.

Quaint Quilter 09-21-2009 07:07 PM

Looks beautiful!!

amma 09-21-2009 10:31 PM

Thank you!!! :D

Joan 09-22-2009 07:06 AM

No one would ever know there was a problem Amma, if you hadn't spilled the beans.

I think it is just beautiful and I'm very jealous of your nice straight
stitching----it is wonderful!

amma 09-22-2009 07:18 AM

Thank you Joan :D the stitches stayed so straight from running the inside toe, of the open toe foot right along the seam and moving the needle over right next to it..it wants to snug up to it and almost does all of the work all on it's own.

MollieSue 09-22-2009 08:11 AM

That block is absolutely beautiful, Amma!!! :D :D

k3n 09-22-2009 08:25 AM

Beautiful amma and thanks so much for the tute on 'how to mess up a block then rescue it so it looks EVEN MORE lovely than was intended'! :D

PS - re seam ripping when PPing - I had to rip a seam in Joy's block I made - I positioned the piece wrong so that when I flipped it didn't extend to the edge - and I remembered having seen a video somewhere on the net of a lady seam ripping with a rotary cutter - you pull the seam apart ever so gently, just enough to give a little tension in the stitch, then nick it with the (sharp!) blade of your cutter; it worked a treat, was really quick and there was no distortion even though the seam was on the bias. I'm sorry, I can't remember where I saw it to give the link but I hope you get the idea from my rambling explanation! :D

amma 09-22-2009 09:17 AM

Thank you :D

I remember seeing that on the net too, did not think about it for smaller seams in PP...I was thinking about getting one of those really tiny rotary cutters for that...but then I get chicken and use my manicure scissors LOL I will make up some practice pieces out of scraps and give it a go!!!

k3n 09-22-2009 09:59 AM


Originally Posted by amma
Thank you :D

I remember seeing that on the net too, did not think about it for smaller seams in PP...I was thinking about getting one of those really tiny rotary cutters for that...but then I get chicken and use my manicure scissors LOL I will make up some practice pieces out of scraps and give it a go!!!

I used my tiny one - I think it's about an inch across. :D

sylslight 09-24-2009 06:56 AM

omg!!!! it looks like it was intended and perfect!!!! In my first star block, i only notcied after i put it all together, that many of the corners in the blocks wee puckered in some way. I know i could just stich them down, but i threw it in a pile or quilt tops i will one day quilt...jsut because i didnt really want to or know how to deal with it! lol anyway, great jobn fixing it!!!!!


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