MTS who suggested her piecing book for the "accuracy-challenged".
On this my 4th project, the piecing kept coming out squared and flat, which was a huge shock to my system!! I kept double checking with different rulers! there were NO wonkies, no cutting down the 12 1/2" 9-patch blocks because they all blocked nicely to 12 1/2", no wobbly strip cuts on the sash, I can't believe it! If quilting is a journey, then I may have got my bags packed, filled the tank and changed the oil. :)

Thanks much to all the quilters on this great board - your helpful and inspirational posts, patience, encouragement, and positivity have kept me going!

:) :)
NOTE I am picturing this now because who knows what it will look like after I quilt, bind and post-wash it LOL

Very cute!

well if you don't stop dancing around the room you'll never get it finished!
congratulations!!!! don't it feel good when it works :thumbup:

Congrads on your good work! Just don't dislocate your shoulder while patting yourself on your back. ;-)

Wonderful job! Happy dance!

You refer to a book by MTS for the accuracy challenged. Can you point me to the way to find it? It sure did the job for you!

LOL!! The book is not by me. I just recommended it to Sue. ;-)

It's called The Art of Machine Piecing by Sally Collins.
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Machine-Pi...508666&sr=8-1/
She really deconstructs the whole process, each and every step. Even though she works on a small scale, her explanations of how and why things go wrong are relative to whatever size block you're working on.
It's not a quilt police thing at all. And I always say this - you don't have to even follow her each of her methods. But when something goes wrong or is a bit off on your next project, at least now you'll know why. And how to deal with it.

It really should be the FIRST book a newbie buys, instead of a book with easy quilts and generic instructions.

And I have, on occasion, seen it in the racks at Joann's.


@Sue -
Wow, that quilt top is seriously FLAT and SQUARE. I'm so glad the book was helpful to you.

nice job!

Adorable!

Very nice . I'm gonna track that book down!

Cute! You did a great job on it!

You have done a lovely job on this quilt :D:D:D

Love Sally Collins but don't have this book. Just ordered one through Amazon! Thanks for sharing your recommendation.

Real cute.

When our quilt guild had the symposium a couple of years ago, Sally Collins was one of the instructors. I could not believe her beautiful quilts! They were so tiny. Made me want to send her all my scraps....they can't hardly get too small for her to use. She has very maticulous work and it is absolutely gorgeous!

Wow - I'm impressed! I was at a show a few months ago and one of the quilts that won had points all over the place that didn't meet up. Couldn't believe it won. YOUR points are all PERFECT. I'll have to look up this Sally lady :)

Oops, too late- crawling around the floor to pin it is simply killing me LOL must be my shoulder

:-) :-) :-)

I probably wouldn't have picked up the Sally Collins book as my first quilt book, although it should have been, because she makes it so complicated you don't think you can/don't want to do it. Heck, anybody can cut and sew, right? HAHA

I had to see how bad my work was in order to accept that I needed to do the very basics a lot better.

Here is a wonky block from project 3 - before Sally. It is one of 6 blocks (of 14) which were too wonky to use.

well thanks for listening and sharing your comments about Sally Collins -

Very nice block. good work.

Great job and I love the fabrics you chose.