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#82
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I'm very impressed by the progress everyone is making. I took one look at the instructions and recognized that I'm not ready for this particular quilt yet. However, I'm also very curious as to what it will look like in the end.
Cheers, K
Cheers, K
#83
Okay...I have a question. I have no stash to use (too new to quilting to have a stash built up enough to use yet). I bought fabric for this quilt. For this week's blocks, do I have to paper piece? I thought I would cut different width long strips, sew them together then cut 3 1/2" blocks out of them. Is there some reason this won't work? What am I missing?
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Okay...I have a question. I have no stash to use (too new to quilting to have a stash built up enough to use yet). I bought fabric for this quilt. For this week's blocks, do I have to paper piece? I thought I would cut different width long strips, sew them together then cut 3 1/2" blocks out of them. Is there some reason this won't work? What am I missing?
#85
My adult ed. quilting teacher has us use tissue paper, the type you use for gifts. It is very cheap to use and easy to remove (make your stitch lenght smaller). Make any size sq., sew strips on, then iron, turn over to paper side and resquare. The paper shinks a little so make sure you don't cut around paper, but position a square over the paper and cut an accurate square. Remove paper.
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Okay...I have a question. I have no stash to use (too new to quilting to have a stash built up enough to use yet). I bought fabric for this quilt. For this week's blocks, do I have to paper piece? I thought I would cut different width long strips, sew them together then cut 3 1/2" blocks out of them. Is there some reason this won't work? What am I missing?
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