lovngrandma

ok here are my finished owls and oh man more snow coming, and here is the snoman, and my baby named muddy, and just got word they have closed all schools in our area and city,and state offices, so i am not going outside , i got packages to mail and blocks to mail, sorry they will have to wait

owlvamp

Love the owl blocks.
The snow looks like a lot of fun and cold. Love the snowman. My grandson made about a seven inch snowman out of snow and sense our snow stays for one day and gone the next he brought his snowman in and ask if he could save it in the freezer. LOL it's still in there. I'll get my daughter to take a picture for me to post. So I am saving his snowman in my freezer. It makes him happy therefore I am happy.

Dragonfly Nana

Thinking hard about doing this one. I have a lot on my plate right now but this would be so much fun!

dhanke

Here's my second set, these are pieced with appliqued eyes.

owlvamp

Dragonfly Nana do come and play with us. We need you and anyone else that will come play.

dhanke those are adorable. I love the owl blocks.

owlvamp

Okay ladies I love quilting but the last two day I was ready to throw in the towel. I was trying to make pin wheels but for the life of me couldn't get the points to match up. I will get my daughters phone tonight to take pictures to show you all. Okay so then I put it down and walked away. Came back and made another one and the points are better but still not totally matching. All the fabric I am using for this is all I have for it so can't afford to mess it up. I came up with a different idea for a different block sense I already cut them all into triangles. Points match pretty good but now the block is too small and I have to add a border. I don't I have anything to match. It's totally crazy let me tell you. So then decided on the other blocks to do a ten minute block and five minute block. I really like them but found them to be a little more difficult than I thought. Is quilting for me? I am trying to get out of just the block style but I don't know. I see so many beautiful quilts and I just want to make one but I guess I'm not ready. It's just when you see someone post this is my first quilt and wow they did awesome point on points. And I can barely master what I do. Okay enough of my whining. Needed to get it off my chest. I have almost 5 sets done so I will take pictures, and post for you all see. Thanks for listening.

Muse&Sew

So sorry you've had a bad quilt day. I'm still working on my points! What's worked the best for me is taking more time measuring each square for the blocks before I sew them. Also, make sure you use a narrow 1/4 inch seam. This allows a little extra room for when you turn the fabric. So for pin wheels blocks you use HS triangles. If your HS is the accurate size (even though you sew them together, oft-times 2 HS blocks will have a little extra room on both sides.) measure after you sew the 2 HS's together. Trim any excess. When you do the bottom 2 HS's line up your point before you sew with your fingers. It helps to grab a needle & sew it in place a couple stitches. Pins can still allow your fabric to move. If your point is in place then sew. Works most of the time for me. Other than that,
you can try Paper-piecing which allows you to get those perfect points. Either way, it takes a little bit of patience. Hope this makes sense. Good luck!

owlvamp

Thanks for the advice. I need to try pp but havent dont that yet.

Muse&Sew

Owlvamp here's some other tips. I learned a lot from Rhonda. Check out her pages here.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...ts-t23252.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...rs-t46365.html

lovngrandma

owls will go out tomorow, went to the post office today and got stamps and envelopes and all and got told my fat 8ths cant be sent like that so im gonna get that press and seal and redo the envelopes and see how taht gors and then all will be in mail tomorow, spent 50 bucks at PO , shoudlnt have to go for a while lol