My Little Brown Bird Project
03-30-2020, 02:26 AM
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Wow! I'm so impressed that you are getting these done so quickly. Good for you. They are wonderful and you'll be done very quickly. Your design wall tells the story.
As far as doing your embroidery in a hoop or not, I don't use a hoop for this. I don't really know what it is that allows me to embroider without the hoop but I know that I don't pull the threads tight. That would cause puckers.
I have all 40 of the blocks done with the exception of doing the embroidery on the last 4 blocks. I need to pull out my embroidery floss, pigma pens and paint pens to finish up. I might use the inktense pencils, too. My plan is to get the 4 finished up this week. You'd think I could get caught up with my sewing/quilting but I'm so far behind I might never be caught up.
As far as doing your embroidery in a hoop or not, I don't use a hoop for this. I don't really know what it is that allows me to embroider without the hoop but I know that I don't pull the threads tight. That would cause puckers.
I have all 40 of the blocks done with the exception of doing the embroidery on the last 4 blocks. I need to pull out my embroidery floss, pigma pens and paint pens to finish up. I might use the inktense pencils, too. My plan is to get the 4 finished up this week. You'd think I could get caught up with my sewing/quilting but I'm so far behind I might never be caught up.
03-30-2020, 08:13 AM
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Nanna, If you haven't done so, pressing may remove the puckers. Place your block face down onto a towel and then press. Do not scrub with the iron, just the up and down motion. Applique block always look better following a good press. And please, let us see your blocks.
04-07-2020, 04:25 PM
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My LBB Block 13
Number 13 is a lucky number after all. I was looking forward to this block because it is so different from the first 12. It was pretty easy until I got to the point of adding those little, did I say little, I meant tiny flowers. The book called for 4 but after 3 I jumped ship. I think it came out okay even if it is a flower short.
04-07-2020, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by SewingSenior
Number 13 is a lucky number after all. I was looking forward to this block because it is so different from the first 12. It was pretty easy until I got to the point of adding those little, did I say little, I meant tiny flowers. The book called for 4 but after 3 I jumped ship. I think it came out okay even if it is a flower short.
04-13-2020, 03:50 AM
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Your 13 and 14 look fabulous. Yes, those tiny flowers were a bit tedious, weren't they? But 3 looks nice. Actually, an odd number is always more pleasing to the eye.
1/3 done! Yeah. You are amazing getting these done so quickly. I've started working on my HST strips for the sides of the blocks. I think I'll do one of the reverse applique blocks first. I'm so excited to finally start putting this together. Of course I'm not done with the borders yet. Will I ever get this quilt finished? I sure hope so.
1/3 done! Yeah. You are amazing getting these done so quickly. I've started working on my HST strips for the sides of the blocks. I think I'll do one of the reverse applique blocks first. I'm so excited to finally start putting this together. Of course I'm not done with the borders yet. Will I ever get this quilt finished? I sure hope so.
04-13-2020, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by nanna-up-north
Your 13 and 14 look fabulous. Yes, those tiny flowers were a bit tedious, weren't they? But 3 looks nice. Actually, an odd number is always more pleasing to the eye.
1/3 done! Yeah. You are amazing getting these done so quickly. I've started working on my HST strips for the sides of the blocks. I think I'll do one of the reverse applique blocks first. I'm so excited to finally start putting this together. Of course I'm not done with the borders yet. Will I ever get this quilt finished? I sure hope so.
1/3 done! Yeah. You are amazing getting these done so quickly. I've started working on my HST strips for the sides of the blocks. I think I'll do one of the reverse applique blocks first. I'm so excited to finally start putting this together. Of course I'm not done with the borders yet. Will I ever get this quilt finished? I sure hope so.
