Trying to get more "white space" at the end of my points
08-23-2014, 07:55 PM
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Trying to get more "white space" at the end of my points
This is quilt that I'm trying to make similar. It's a lovely top that I think I saw on Pinterest called "Coastal Lily". It has lots of flying geese and the "lily" part looks like it is stitched 1/2 or 3/4 inch from the next seam and it doesn't appear to have an extra white strip between the lily and the next block. Best I can do is copy and paste the web page and it's on the far right side and the second row. Any advice is welcome. I can't find the pattern locally.
http://www.pinterest.com/greenfairyq...dsen-quilting/
http://www.pinterest.com/greenfairyq...dsen-quilting/
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08-23-2014, 08:16 PM
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You would cut the rectangle a bigger 'height'. For instance a common size would be to cut the rectangle 2.5X4.5 inches, and the squares 2.5 inches. If you cut the rectangle 3X4.5, and keep the squares at 2.5 inches, you will get a goose unit that finishes at 2.5X4 and has a white margin. To keep the finished unit at 2 x 4, paper pieceing would be a good option.
08-24-2014, 05:32 AM
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Here's a link to a picture of the block. http://www.cupcakesndaisies.com/2013...stal-lily.html
You could draft your own block and make templates. A quicker method would be to use an over sized hst sewn to a triangle to make the points. Clear as mud?
You could draft your own block and make templates. A quicker method would be to use an over sized hst sewn to a triangle to make the points. Clear as mud?
08-25-2014, 12:32 PM
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You would cut the rectangle a bigger 'height'. For instance a common size would be to cut the rectangle 2.5X4.5 inches, and the squares 2.5 inches. If you cut the rectangle 3X4.5, and keep the squares at 2.5 inches, you will get a goose unit that finishes at 2.5X4 and has a white margin. To keep the finished unit at 2 x 4, paper pieceing would be a good option.
08-25-2014, 06:45 PM
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Thanks everyone for your advice. I have ordered the pattern, thanks to you finding it for me. I didn't explain very well that it's the points on the liles I'm trying to get more white space around, not around the geese.
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