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05-02-2011, 07:26 AM

#81

Marvel

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Location: eastern Oklahoma

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Girl if you finished the blocks do not cut them apart. I saw on Simply Quilts a long time ago that it was accepted to even up too small blocks by simply adding a strip of material around the block to make it the same size. Best of luck. I am on my 3rd quilt of Valor.

05-02-2011, 05:45 PM

#82

lots2do

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Location: Maine-ly Florida

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Originally Posted by QuiltswithConvicts

Since I did not make any promises to anyone or anything about not buying new fabric or anything else, I reward myself with Quilty $$$. DH & I go to Albuquerque several times a year & I have been "spending" my quilty $$$ up there. How much I give myself depends on how much I didn't want to finish something. The more I really didn't want - the more $$$. :wink: Nearly blew an entire lifetime's $$$ on the November trip. ALmost plunked down $$$ for a HandiQuilter Avante 18!!! Common sense got the better of me (darn it!) & I came away without it.

I am currently finishing up a wall hanging that I started several years ago - worth - um - $100-150. I also get to set the price. No penalty for not finishing on time as I also don't set deadlines. This one is going to be hanging in a Quilt Festival in June - so I have plenty of time to get 'er done. I must admit that this method IS getting things out of the closet and finished.

Okay, help me get this straight. You finish a project you didn't want to finish and reward yourself with bucks to spend on more fabric. I tell myself I earn Bliss Bucks when I have a really rotten day at school but really that's been just a joke to make myself feel better. Maybe I should follow your lead!