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pamlaw3, sorry I missed your question WOF is Width Of Fabric...from salvage to salvage, make sure you watch that 7/8 mark, it's important to get accurate with cutting.
I didn't get an email on this post of yours, unless it was before I joined, so I hope I can help more.

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Originally Posted by seweasy

Hi! Bewitching Stitcher, Thank you much for the sample of the border. I printed it out so I could put in my quilt scrapbook. Its amazing what EQ can do. I bought EQ5 second-hand from someone who wasn't quilting anymore. I went through the books and learned how to do quite a few things but have since forgotten alot of it because I don't use it enough. I'm primarlily a grment sewer/machine embroiderer who likes to occasionally quilt.
I have several questions, when you were putting the border together, did you do it in strip sets or any particular order to put it together? Looking at the diagram, I wondered
if you did the inner row of blocks, then the row with the black blocks, then the outer row? And did you use the HST ruler? I've not purchased one of those yet.
Take care, Chris

I put the border together like a nine patch blocks, then the bocks into one side of the quilt. That way you only have to worry about 3 seams matching at the most. if you make each border seperately then you have an awful long time just matching seams. I am not much of a gadget girl. so I probably just drew a grid on paper and photocopied it. (PPT's)

I'm no teacher,but i love quilting and paper piecing.I live in Colorado near Canon City.So if i can help let me know.Connie in CO

Width of Fabric.....selvage to selvage.

Thanks very much. I will be asking you lots of questions.

What is papr pieceing?

Paper Piecing is a pattern on paper with straight lines. You put your fabric against the paper, and stitch on the line, iron it back & aleign another piece to stitch on a line. Here is a link for a tutorial to explain. But it's a nice way to get precision blocks, just "stitchin on the line" like coloring in the lines as kids. :thumbup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgr5JMxNfow

[quote=quazyquilter]I would like to challenge all the "veteran" quilters on this board to find a "newbie" and adopt one. I have taken one under my wing, so to speak and I am teaching her to quilt via this board, e-mail and the phone.
There are some "newbies" out there that would probably welcome our help and guidance and have lots of questions that maybe they are too shy to ask, or they may not know how to ask about certain things, for fear that they will be considered "dumb questions".
So, QUILTERS,UNITE!!!

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I could definitely use help with binding - I cant seem to master that at all- all phases really. even hand qsewing the other side - you can see my stitches and corners and the ends lol yes all of it thanks :D :D

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Originally Posted by nascarflipper99

I'm new to Quilting. I will take 2 beginner classes next week. The first one is making a Block & the second one is making a table runner. It looks interesting except when I have to pick the different materials. I'm not real good at figuring out what prints & colors go well together.

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Just noticed your avitar - is that carl edwards in picture with you? I am from Jefferson City just 35 miles from Columbia - his hometown but have never seen him in person!!!