marytoddliz

I love shoes! A Shoe fabric, or a shoe block would be awesome!

hoppyfrog

You are such a reliable person and respond to PM'm and e-mails quickly I don't feel you or your family need the added aggravation. Maybe if one or two people feel they need it you could send it to just them.

babeyruth

Question about the washing and size. I see it says to wash the block before sending it home. So, do you think we need to make it a slightly bigger in case of shrinking?
I just want to make sure no one gets upset. I see some people are talking about prewashing so I'm a little confused. I just want the best way to get the size done, and washed at the right time!

PokerDiva

Do not wash the block. Wash your fabric before you send your F8 and any fabric you might put into the block but not the block itself. Hope that helps.

Havplenty

as an fyi, the completed blocks should measure an unfinished 12.5". proper cutting and sewing an accuratee 1/4" seam is key. if you do not have a 1/4" presser foot, you can use the blue painter's tape (removes easily) to tape off your 1/4" seam mark or i saw a sewing tip that used a package of post-it-notes as a marker. sticking a package of post-it-notes at the 1/4" mark acts as a stop gap & will keep your fabric from going over the seam allowance. the notes are easily removable too, just stick them on or take them off.

while we may all have our times of mis-cutting or mis-sewing a seam, if the receiver gets a block that is less than 12.5" unfinished, it can be difficult to fix that issue depending on the pattern of the block. i have two 1/4" presser feet as well as i keep a seam gauge near while i am sewing to check my seams.

also as i make some blocks without the actual patterns (i see the blocks on the web or in a picture), i have to calculate what the proporations are so i will cut the block out of practice fabric and make it up first just to make sure i get it right. as i will probably make several paper pieced blocks this upcoming boom (the shoe blocks), i know i will be doing plenty of practice blocks so i can make something worth sending. hopefully these are helpful tips to someone out there.

Havplenty

hmm i'm thinking scandulous stilettoes!

missgigglewings

I totally agree...I would never call you about a swap matter. You are so kind to do this for us when you can't even join us! Please don't should stretch yourself too thin. We love and need you my dear!

missgigglewings

How in the world can we put together a Boom quilt without a moonrise block??

sharon b

My 2 cents if you think you might be unavailable for a few days have someone else help answer questions - this is my first time doing one of your swaps - but in all the other swaps I have done there is no real need to call. We are doing this for fun and it should be kept in perspective as a fun swap. Everyone has life emergencies and things come up and we all understand that :wink: I don't see any reason I would need to call you and would probably forget where I wrote the number down anyways :oops: LOL

moonrise

Awww ... how sweet of you to say that! :)

Y'all don't have to twist my arm anymore. Moonrise is IN! :mrgreen: :lol: ;)

My fabric is all picked out. I'd bought two "potential" fabrics for the last Boomerang, then changed my mind and went with something else. I went digging through my stash, and there were the two original fabrics! I'd forgotten about them! :oops: :thumbup:

I'll probably send half of my F8s in blue, and the other half in purple (same fabric; different colorway) ... if I can bear to cut into it, that is! :shock: :lol: