Warning about Stack and Whack and other similar designs
#71
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OMG .... totally a OBW addict! that's what got me quilting a couple years ago and I love them ... am branching out a little, but have so many pieces of fun fabrics to do other OBW and some already to go for my next one ... I could go on ... not for everyone ... but I'm really not interested in very many other types because I love them so much
My firsts quilt ... OBW!
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#73
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I've done one hexagon and 10 octagons .... Love the artsyness (is that a word) with the smaller triangles ... but the hexagons are easier in the long run! I sometimes get really caught up in making sure everything is perfect, which we all know is just not possible!!!
#74
Originally Posted by susiequilt
I think I'm the only one on the board that has no interest in them!
I don't know why they don't appeal to me.
I don't know why they don't appeal to me.
I believe that the warning applies to all quilting tho!!
#75
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Location: Portland, OR via Hawaii
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Originally Posted by Holice
I firmly believe every book/pattern/tutorial/instruction should have the following warning.
Be aware that this technique is addictive and may cause undue stress on your quiltmaking. You will discover that before you have the first top finished you will have another cut, another on the cutting table to be cut and about three more still in the original store bags waiting in line to start the process.
Be aware that this technique is addictive and may cause undue stress on your quiltmaking. You will discover that before you have the first top finished you will have another cut, another on the cutting table to be cut and about three more still in the original store bags waiting in line to start the process.
:thumbup: That's me with the OBW quilts and don't get me going on flying geese!
#78
Karen - I just love yours! The greater variation in color makes it more apealing to me.
I am also working on a very small OBW, from a print with a 6" repeat. I guess you could almost call it a miniature.
I am also working on a very small OBW, from a print with a 6" repeat. I guess you could almost call it a miniature.
Small repeat fabric
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OBW hexagons
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#79
Stack and Whack is a quilt design that looks like a keleidoscope when the blocks are sewn together.
It really is easier to have someone show you or take a class. It is real important for the effect that you line up repeats in the fabric so that it looks like there are several of the same image in each block.. hope that makes sense. There are specific ways to cut the repeats, line them up and sew them together. It's not really hard when you understand what they are trying to show you.
I have done several, but if I haven't done one for a while, then I do have to go back and refresh my memory...maybe it's my old age..but it is so much fun seeing how they will look.
I have a mirror that has a fold to it so I can preview fabric to see if I like how it would look...
It really is easier to have someone show you or take a class. It is real important for the effect that you line up repeats in the fabric so that it looks like there are several of the same image in each block.. hope that makes sense. There are specific ways to cut the repeats, line them up and sew them together. It's not really hard when you understand what they are trying to show you.
I have done several, but if I haven't done one for a while, then I do have to go back and refresh my memory...maybe it's my old age..but it is so much fun seeing how they will look.
I have a mirror that has a fold to it so I can preview fabric to see if I like how it would look...
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