Boom 21 - Waves
10-22-2018, 07:07 AM
#1213
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Boonville, Missouri
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Ahh Mona..he is so cute!! Ive had shoulder problems for a week. The orth dr told me last year Id probably need another "shot" unless I chose surgery. I cant get into see him until Nov 6th. Had to get up and try to sleep in recliner last night it hurt so bad..Trying to finish my bosses quilt so I can get it in the mail to her. Hopefully she can return it on the 3rd and I can get binding put on it. I haven't done anything with my brown blocks..still thinking about QAYG or what to do with it....
10-22-2018, 12:29 PM
#1214
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Mississippi
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Joan, so sorry you are having that kind of pain. Only you will know when it's time to consider surgery. In the meantime: ICE! Ice is your friend....
Had a guild meeting on Saturday. One of the sweet ladies had bought a Studio cutter, and a small fortune in dies! She was kindly letting us bring fabric and have a cutting party with her dies. I had her cut up 4 collections of fabric for me, to make Take Five quilts. When I got home I started to sew them together and couldn't get a 12.5" block with a scant 1/4" seam! One side was always small so I had to cut every block down to 12.25". Then I started to measure the pieces with my acrylic rulers, and they were so off! The pieces that make the Take 5 block are an 8.5" square, an 8.5x4.5" rectangle, and three 4.5" squares. The 8.5 actually measured 8.5x 8 and 3/8". Same for the other pieces... one direction on each was a full 1/8" short! I thought, 'they have a nerve to call their company "Accuquilt" when it's dies are anything but accurate'.
Anybody else find this kind of inaccuracy in their accuquilt dies?
Had a guild meeting on Saturday. One of the sweet ladies had bought a Studio cutter, and a small fortune in dies! She was kindly letting us bring fabric and have a cutting party with her dies. I had her cut up 4 collections of fabric for me, to make Take Five quilts. When I got home I started to sew them together and couldn't get a 12.5" block with a scant 1/4" seam! One side was always small so I had to cut every block down to 12.25". Then I started to measure the pieces with my acrylic rulers, and they were so off! The pieces that make the Take 5 block are an 8.5" square, an 8.5x4.5" rectangle, and three 4.5" squares. The 8.5 actually measured 8.5x 8 and 3/8". Same for the other pieces... one direction on each was a full 1/8" short! I thought, 'they have a nerve to call their company "Accuquilt" when it's dies are anything but accurate'.
Anybody else find this kind of inaccuracy in their accuquilt dies?
10-23-2018, 04:16 AM
#1215
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Wisconsin-Alabama Gulf Coast Snow Bird
Posts: 2,147
Anybody else find this kind of inaccuracy in their accuquilt dies?
Yep! I found that I need to move my needle over two positions to get the correct size of a finished block. Like you, I was in disbelief that after cutting and that adjustments still needed to be made
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Having said that, I made a Hunters Star quilt using the Go die and it turned out beautifully. I didn't realize until all my blocks were sewn together that they only measured 12 1/4", but because they were consistent in size, the quilt went together well. It was after this quilt that I started to make adjustments with the needle.[SUB][SUP]
Yep! I found that I need to move my needle over two positions to get the correct size of a finished block. Like you, I was in disbelief that after cutting and that adjustments still needed to be made
. Having said that, I made a Hunters Star quilt using the Go die and it turned out beautifully. I didn't realize until all my blocks were sewn together that they only measured 12 1/4", but because they were consistent in size, the quilt went together well. It was after this quilt that I started to make adjustments with the needle.[SUB][SUP]
10-23-2018, 06:34 AM
#1216
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Mississippi
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When the piece is 1/8" shy, that only leaves you with a scant 1/8" seam... which is just too small.
My friend has the hunter star die too, but if yours only come out 12 1/4", then I guess that die has the same problem.
My friend has the hunter star die too, but if yours only come out 12 1/4", then I guess that die has the same problem.
10-23-2018, 02:08 PM
#1217
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Location: Mississippi
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I've been making my Christmas lap quilts with my Christmas blocks (both mine and the ones Hav4 gave me...). However, I couldn't bear to give this block away, from Ibex. So I made it into a Christmas wall hanging and will enjoy it on the wall every year. She did such an amazing paper piecing job on this!
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10-23-2018, 02:19 PM
#1218
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Join Date: Sep 2011
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awww. Love your binding and sashing! I had no problems with my Accuquilt Hunter's Star giving me a 12.5" block. I am troubled by the idea that their dies may not be acurate. I better double check my dies before I commit to making 12.5" blocks.
I hope these next couple of weeks go by fast for you Joanelizbay! Aches that destroy your sleep are troublesome on so many levels. I sympathize and am sending you lots of good gris gris to heal quickly.
I hope these next couple of weeks go by fast for you Joanelizbay! Aches that destroy your sleep are troublesome on so many levels. I sympathize and am sending you lots of good gris gris to heal quickly.
10-24-2018, 04:44 AM
#1220
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: WNC
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Morning, Waves...just a quick fyi that the next couple of weeks I'll be traveling and busy with a couple of big house projects so my attention here will be spotty. I'll have time to check in but for the most part, not a lot of posting At this time, it still looks like we'll be a go for sign-ups at the end of this year. Stay tuned!
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