X Blocks - Any Tips?
#3
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Montana
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I have the book and a pattern and two different size rulers. I made a quilt out of the book and it just needs the borders. Very easy to make but you need a very accurate 1/4" for when you so strip sets to be cut. I hope this helps.
#4
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
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I have the ruler but haven't used it yet. As with any re-cut blocks, starch well as sometimes the edges are not on the straight of grain for sewing them together. Keep us posted and maybe it will motivate me to break mine out of the package.
#7
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Utah
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I LOVE making the X-blocks quilts! It's a lot of fun, but you can't be a perfectionist with them. When it says to press the seams open, it really is the best way to go. The lighter colored one I made for my husband. The darker colored one I made for my boss, who's a rancher. If you look carefully, you'll see cows, barbed wire, brands, etc. The secret with X-blocks quilts is where you put the light, medium and dark prints.
Have fun with it!
Have fun with it!
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