What am I missing (or am I really that dumb)?
04-07-2011, 03:05 PM
#71
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Originally Posted by amma
Here is a close up of my OBW
See how each individual hexagon unit is off set? They do not line up in a row, they kind of zig zag.
I hope this helps :D
See how each individual hexagon unit is off set? They do not line up in a row, they kind of zig zag.
I hope this helps :D
04-07-2011, 03:49 PM
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And you are not dumb. WE learn things a little at a time and you haven't run across this method yet. Your mind was trying to put into some method you already knew or saw the six sided and was trying to put them together. We learn, but we learn in different ways. You definitely are not dumb
04-07-2011, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Suzi
AHA!! - EUREKA!! - SHAZAAM!! - BINGO!! I dwaddled around out at the kennels, hoping that one of these comments would click when I returned and reread. Trapezoids from RebeccaVLQ gave me a mental picture, amma's pic of her OBW let me see what I needed to see and then dunster put the cap on it. It turns out that my main problem was that I had laid out the hexes without regard to where the pinned centers were facing ...... some were right and most were wrong. Every one of you helped me and I'm forever grateful. This board is fantastic ----- I belong to a few forums covering several different subjects and none of them would have gotton me out of this jam so quickly and so well. Thank you, thank you, thank you ...........!!!
04-07-2011, 06:50 PM
#77
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Originally Posted by amma
You sew half hexagons, 3 pieces together. Lay them out as a whole block on a design wall, bed, floor, etc...
Sew 2 more halves together and place them next to the first one. You need to place the second one upside down to get the sides to match up.
Keep going until all of the blocks are sewn and switch the blocks around til you are happy with how they look.
Once you are happy with the layout, then you will sew the halves into strips vertically, and then all of the strips together :D:D:D
Sew 2 more halves together and place them next to the first one. You need to place the second one upside down to get the sides to match up.
Keep going until all of the blocks are sewn and switch the blocks around til you are happy with how they look.
Once you are happy with the layout, then you will sew the halves into strips vertically, and then all of the strips together :D:D:D
04-07-2011, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Joyce29
LQS .... why don't you come?
(yes, a tad long of a commute! :))
(yes, a tad long of a commute! :))
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Now wouldn't that be something if you could organize it! Take a look for Waterloo Airport in Kitchener, Ontario... it's very very close to the LQS. I would gladly pick you up!
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