2016 UFO Challenge of the Month
02-19-2016, 06:50 AM
#744
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,111
Originally Posted by Blue Bell
And wouldn't you know, I ran into a problem with the binding. I was a 1/2 INCH short and couldn't find the fabric, but I did manage to find the triangles that I cut off when I joined the binding. Showed my husband the 2 tiny pieces and told him that we quilters throw nothing away.
I still don't understand how 4 strips of fabric, each 6" longer than the square quilt, didn't make it all the way around the quilt. I guess mitred corners and 45 degree joins use more fabric than I thought.
02-19-2016, 08:24 AM
#745
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Blacksburg, SC
Posts: 731
Terrific save, Blue Bell!!
I tend to make waaaayyyy too much binding for a particular quilt - but then I save any leftovers, and combine those to create a mixed up binding for "utility" quilts.
LTeacherGeorge, what an absolutely ADORABLE quilt!! Those boys will have a blast playing on that, with their little MatchBox cars and trucks!! and I love the checkerboard border!! Awesome job!!
I tend to make waaaayyyy too much binding for a particular quilt - but then I save any leftovers, and combine those to create a mixed up binding for "utility" quilts.
LTeacherGeorge, what an absolutely ADORABLE quilt!! Those boys will have a blast playing on that, with their little MatchBox cars and trucks!! and I love the checkerboard border!! Awesome job!!
02-19-2016, 10:47 AM
#747
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Cottage Grove, MN
Posts: 2,807
This is NOT a UFO but it is the reason I haven't been working on any of them.
The fabric for the Dresden blades and parallelograms are from my MIL's stash as is the grey/blue dot. This is for my son and future DIL. It amazingly is quite even as far as measurements go (86 X 92) and flat but it is just hanging on the design board funny. The light blues are the same too but we have a cloudy and rainy day in MN today so the colors are uneven looking.
I will appliqué some of my MIL's blocks on the sheet backing along with a small Dresden plate that I made originally. Then off to the hand quilter's. I hope I get it back at least a week before the May 20th wedding so I can bind it.
Connie
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It is much brighter in person.
The fabric for the Dresden blades and parallelograms are from my MIL's stash as is the grey/blue dot. This is for my son and future DIL. It amazingly is quite even as far as measurements go (86 X 92) and flat but it is just hanging on the design board funny. The light blues are the same too but we have a cloudy and rainy day in MN today so the colors are uneven looking.
I will appliqué some of my MIL's blocks on the sheet backing along with a small Dresden plate that I made originally. Then off to the hand quilter's. I hope I get it back at least a week before the May 20th wedding so I can bind it.
Connie
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It is much brighter in person.
Last edited by retiredteacher09; 02-19-2016 at 10:49 AM.
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