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Originally Posted by BlueChicken
They're just little pearl beads... I didn't plan it well, I should have put a collar on before I pieced it. The next one (and you KNOW there'll be a next one! lol) will be better planned I think.
I can't wait to try one and so thankful for you and Pam, I could never do what the 2 of you have done, looked at EQ6 and started to buy it , then chickened out. That dusty rose is beautiful and I think I like it better than the red and blue!Makes it look more old fashioned to me! :D Ninnie |
The first of any block is always the most difficult, particularly if there aren't instructions. I actually favour bright colours, but was digging through my scraps and found a piece of this silk and thought the same thing, old fashioned type dress material.
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I have never worked with silk, have always heard it was hard to work with.
Maybe with small pieces I could do it! :D :?: Ninnie |
I tend to forget things like that when I start things like this! LOL
If there were lots of pieces I think it would be difficult. Because I paper pieced the seam between the sleeve section and the bodice / skirt section, I was guaranteed it would be exact even if I had stretched the silk a little. |
Soooooooooo need to learn to paper piece! There just seems to be so much that can be don with it. My next goal, as soon as I get caught up! LOL
Ninnie |
lol
It's really easy.... actually, I think I've got the name mixed up. I put a piece of paper with the template cut out onto the reverse side of the fabric, tack down the seam allowance, then whipstitch the seam by hand. |
Now I would have never have thought to do that! Great idea. See if I wasn't up in the middle of the night with insomnia, I would have missed that! LOL
Ninnie |
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It's only 9:30pm here.... but I'm wishing I was asleep! We had a big function last night and didn't get home till 3am. Got woken at 8am by the blimmen neighbour hammering and banging away, I was not impressed! |
Blue - I love your block! So cute with the little pearl 'buttons'! The girl one must be easier to do than the boy - less crotch problems LOL!
K x |
We scraped the den ceiling today, it had that sprayed on stuff on it from the 70's
Had every sheet I own on the floor, what a mess. Took till 8:00 tonight to clean up the mess. DH will paint tomorrow after church, Guess I"m just wound up. going to bed now! Night Night! Ninnie |
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