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    Old 01-25-2018, 06:47 PM
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    OMGosh!!! These are awesome. I love love love the churn dash mini.... And that crumb block...yikes! Can you actually do a 1/4" seam allowance on tiles this small? These are really tiny pieces.
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    Old 01-25-2018, 06:53 PM
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    Wow these tiny blocks / quilts are amazing. Do you hand sew them or machine?
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    Old 01-25-2018, 07:04 PM
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    Oh, my! I absolutely love all of the projects shown but no way am I doing those small pieces! Lol!

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    Old 01-25-2018, 07:23 PM
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    Thanks folks...Kassaundra, all machine pieced. I use 1/4" seam allowance on almost everything. Nice thing about the crumb blocks is you can go a little narrower, because accuracy is not important.
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    Old 01-25-2018, 08:21 PM
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    Originally Posted by larkitecht
    I was just thinking this! I'm going through my tiny box of ~2" scraps trying to figure out what to do with them... tried to do tiny HSTs but I know I'm going to get frustrated fast!
    MAKE them into ribbon borders by adding triangles on the sides.
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    Old 01-25-2018, 08:22 PM
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    You did a great job on this. I have this pattern, and look at it from time to time.
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    Old 01-25-2018, 08:23 PM
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    YIKES, you are a very ambitious person. My hat's off to you for these for sure.
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    Old 01-26-2018, 07:06 AM
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    I think this mini quilt holds the record of number of pieces for me. It's 14 x 14 and close to 700 pieces. I made the stars 3" with extra around the edges to avoid matching point.

    These are paper pieced, and some of the pieces ended up only 1/8" wide. I graded all the seams to help them lay flat, and hand tacked a lot of the points together when assembling the stars.

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    Old 01-26-2018, 07:40 AM
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    Edyta Sitar's pattern, Quilter's Patch requires precision piecing. Some pieces are cut less than an inch. I had a huge amount of trouble until I realized I needed to pin, pin, pin with my thinnest pins! I have gained some valuable skills doing this quilt--which I will never do again. I like larger pieces to work with. My scraps include nothing less than 2". Everything else goes into dog beds for the shelter.
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    Old 01-26-2018, 08:35 AM
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    Wow that is amazing and impressive!
    Originally Posted by Macybaby
    I think this mini quilt holds the record of number of pieces for me. It's 14 x 14 and close to 700 pieces. I made the stars 3" with extra around the edges to avoid matching point.

    These are paper pieced, and some of the pieces ended up only 1/8" wide. I graded all the seams to help them lay flat, and hand tacked a lot of the points together when assembling the stars.

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