Why am I having so much trouble with this?
02-27-2010, 05:14 AM
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Right now I'm thinking of taking apart the sections of log cabin blocks already sewn together into the supposedly finished 1/3 of the top that look the worst (the blocks were basically ok individually, just did not go together right when attaching them to each other) and following the suggestion of using the log cabin blocks as a focal point surrounded by squares. (Thanks for that suggestion btw)
Will likely just go with squares that are the same size as the centers already cut (8") although I might do some the size of the completed blocks (about 14"-15" if I remember correctly).
Will have to play around with this some more since it's going in a new direction.
May also use some of the blocks as throw pillows. Already did one pillow with a block that I had the dark and light strips on the opposite edges from the rest of the blocks (mirror image).
Hey, this UFO may actually get back to being a WIP!
don't know how I ended up with the smiley...thought I was closing my parentheses(sp?)...
Will likely just go with squares that are the same size as the centers already cut (8") although I might do some the size of the completed blocks (about 14"-15" if I remember correctly).
Will have to play around with this some more since it's going in a new direction.
May also use some of the blocks as throw pillows. Already did one pillow with a block that I had the dark and light strips on the opposite edges from the rest of the blocks (mirror image).
Hey, this UFO may actually get back to being a WIP!
don't know how I ended up with the smiley...thought I was closing my parentheses(sp?)...
03-03-2010, 09:17 PM
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Just got it out again and realized that I actually had the top half of the whole thing already together, so I decided I needed to figure out how to just go on from here.
Got out my steam iron and attacked the joinings where it was puckered and got most of it to lie flat and the rest I've decided to just not worry about and hope it will sorta 'disappear' when I get to the quilting stage...probably going to tie at the troublesome intersections.
It's going to be six blocks by six blocks...have it at six blocks by three blocks now.
Hopefully the second half will go together better than the first! I've gotten a new machine since I did the other so it should be better.
Thanks for all the great ideas (and commiseration!).
Got out my steam iron and attacked the joinings where it was puckered and got most of it to lie flat and the rest I've decided to just not worry about and hope it will sorta 'disappear' when I get to the quilting stage...probably going to tie at the troublesome intersections.
It's going to be six blocks by six blocks...have it at six blocks by three blocks now.
Hopefully the second half will go together better than the first! I've gotten a new machine since I did the other so it should be better.
Thanks for all the great ideas (and commiseration!).
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