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    Old 12-30-2013, 07:00 AM
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    I am thinking of doing this one QAYG, one row at a time. Alaska and Hawaii will be my pillow shams as they are not connected by land to the 48 states. Today I make the triangles going by the directions given on this site...in Kona Snow and I am basically thinking red, white and blue for the stars....will see as we get into the actual project.
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    Old 12-31-2013, 09:28 AM
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    Book has arrived. I'm deeply disappointed that the CD doesn't have the patterns on it so I can resize without dealing with a xerox machine. No matter. I'm determined to give this a go. If I can get a quarter of a star completed every week, I'll be thrilled. New grandbaby arriving next week. :-) Happy New Year everyone! -- J
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    Old 12-31-2013, 09:31 AM
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    ibex94--there is a program at quiltpro.com you can buy to download, then you can re-size and print accordingly. http://quiltpro.com/page/Foundation_...0_Fab_Mainpage You *do not* have to have quilt pro to use this program.
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    Old 12-31-2013, 09:59 AM
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    Thank you for letting me know. I should have bought this instead of the book. Oh well. The pictures are pretty in the book, lol, and it provides the % to reduce the patterns in the book but if xeroxing drives me crazy, I'll spend the money for the program, too. Thanks!!
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    Old 12-31-2013, 11:03 AM
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    Foundation is worth every penny. I did the first two wedges of Alabama this morning, and it was super sweet to do...and got to wondering if I had the time to make two 50 Star quilts....
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    Old 12-31-2013, 11:09 AM
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    QuiltingNinaSue, I thought the same thing. What if there was one with a light background and one with a dark background. But I am holding back for now. I don't know how I'll feel in August. I love your idea of having Hawaii and Alaska as pillows since they aren't on the mainland. That's clever.
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    Old 12-31-2013, 02:42 PM
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    Making some progress. Took my book to Staples today and had the binding cut off so I could photocopy the foundation templates more easily. Now it's time to pick out the fabrics from my stash and start making the blocks. I just can't seem to decide what colors/fabrics I want to use. Batiks are beautiful but maybe 30's or brights or Asians or something else would be pretty too. I change my mind every time I think about it....LOL.
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    Old 01-01-2014, 07:58 AM
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    I tried to get the binding cut off my book and my local copy place only had the plastic comb binders. Which I didn't want. Has anyone found actual spiral capabilities at Staples or Office Depot?
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    Old 01-01-2014, 08:11 AM
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    Originally Posted by toverly
    I tried to get the binding cut off my book and my local copy place only had the plastic comb binders. Which I didn't want. Has anyone found actual spiral capabilities at Staples or Office Depot?
    I would call them before going up there to see if they have the spiral. I hadn't thought about doing that to mine, what I have done with other books, it after the binding is cut off is put is sheet proctectors in a binder.
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    Old 01-01-2014, 09:13 AM
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    Originally Posted by toverly
    I tried to get the binding cut off my book and my local copy place only had the plastic comb binders. Which I didn't want. Has anyone found actual spiral capabilities at Staples or Office Depot?

    I get quite a few books spiraled. The staff at staples know me by sight. I even spiraled my new Dear Jane book that I got last week. Spirals make life a lot easier. . . . GP
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